An officer from the Madison Police Department in Alabama has been recommended for termination after making a stop that left a 57-year-old Indian citizen partially paralyzed, WHNT 19 reports. Madison Police Officer Eric Parker has been charged with third-degree assault in the incident, with Police Chief Larry Muncey declaring that Parker’s actions did not meet…

A white homeowner was caught on tape, apparently pulling a gun on a black man who was approaching him outside his house, the Daily Mail reports. Demetrius Taylor, a native of St. Paul, Minn., said he was just sitting in his car, talking with a friend, when they saw the white homeowner taking photos. Taylor approached…

Georgia police are under scrutiny as more details emerge about Kevin Davis, who was shot by a DeKalb County officer Dec. 29 and died two days later, The Guardian reports. According to the report, Davis was held at Grady Hospital in Atlanta for the last two days of his life, handcuffed to his bed. His…

Robert Robinson Taylor, often recognized as the first African-American graduate of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was honored by the U.S. Postal Service, becoming the 38th honoree in its Black Heritage Stamp series. The first-day-of-issuance ceremony at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., overlapped with the museum’s exhibit “Freedom Around the Corner:…

Police in Cobb County, Ga., have charged three suspects in the shooting death of James Jones Jr., a 21-year-old Clark Atlanta University junior, who was slain during an apparent robbery on Monday in Marietta, WSB-TV reports.  Jordan Baker, 18; Jonathan Myles, 19; and Kaylnn Ruthenberg, 21, were all charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and…

Madison, Ala., police are accused of injuring an Indian man who was taking a walk outside the home of his son, whom he was visiting from his small town in India, AL.com reports. Sureshbhai Patel was reportedly rendered partly paralyzed and remains hospitalized after having two vertebrae fused. “He was just walking on the sidewalk as…

Three Muslim students were shot to death at a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill residential complex, and a suspect, with reportedly anti-religious views, has been taken into custody, Al-Jazeera reports.  Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, was arrested and charged in the triple homicide of 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat; his wife, 21-year-old Yusor Mohammad; and…

Rookie New York City cop Peter Liang will face criminal charges for his part in the November shooting death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley, NY1 reports. Last year Gurley was shot in the stairwell of a Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment building. At that time, the New York City Police Department called the shooting an “accident.” Liang had only…

Two St. Louis suburbs are facing lawsuits in which they are accused by residents of providing “grotesque” conditions for individuals jailed for minor offenses, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the lawsuits against Ferguson and Jennings, Mo., jail cells are crowded and filthy, covered in mucus, blood and feces. Inmates are also allegedly deprived of…

West Virginia police have charged a university student in connection with the beating death of a local pastor over the weekend, Reuters reports. Camille Brown, a 19-year-old student at West Virginia University, has been charged with murder and breaking and entering after she reportedly confessed to killing 68-year-old Ronald Browning, police confirmed. Browning, a pastor…