In a disturbingly graphic video filmed by a police body camera, an Oklahoma officer can be seen shooting an armed suspect who tried to flee the scene of a domestic dispute, Yahoo News reports. The footage, released Friday, shows Muskogee Officer Chansey McMillin responding to a domestic-abuse complaint. He approached 21-year-old Terrance Walker outside the…

In a story ripped straight from a nightmare, police say a New York City father went on a murderous rampage early Saturday, killing his 7-year-old daughter, along with his girlfriend and her 62-year-old mother, before turning a gun on himself, according to the New York Post. His 12-year-old daughter clings to life with a gunshot…

The White House announced last week that President Barack Obama plans to head to Selma, Ala., in March to commemorate the 50th anniversary of historic marches led by civil rights leaders. But some black lawmakers are upset over his planned date of arrival to participate in the event, Alabama Media Group reports. A group of…

In a case that could have far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court said Friday it would review whether a drug protocol used in Oklahoma’s recent lethal injections violates the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, Reuters reports. News of the Supreme Court review came Friday after one of four Oklahoma death row inmates, who filed…

Teen daughters unfair to Mom? Well, that’s what a single North Carolina mom is claiming, and she’s not taking it sitting down, so to speak. Naasira Muhammad, of Winston-Salem, made a “Mom on Strike!” placard and began marching up and down the sidewalk in front of her home about a week ago after, she says,…

Nearly two years after Pittsburgh police shot Leon Ford Jr. five times during a traffic stop, leaving him paralyzed, prosecutors announced Friday that Ford would not face a second trial on charges stemming from the incident, BET reports. The 2012 shooting generated one of the earliest protests against police use of force in black communities.…

Ernie Banks, who became the first black player for the Chicago Cubs during his remarkable lifetime, died Friday, his wife, Liz, confirmed for the Chicago Tribune. He was 83. Banks, widely known as “Mr. Cub,” was the first African American to play for the Chicago team, making his debut Sept. 17, 1953. He “went on…

Liberal billionaire George Soros has donated $33 million to social-justice groups in recent months in an effort to draw attention to police violence in the black community in cities like Ferguson, Mo., according to the Daily Mail, citing a report at the Washington Times. Ferguson ignited a national debate about police violence in August after…

A 22-year-old New Jersey woman has been arrested on charges of intentionally burning her newborn girl alive, the New York Daily News reports. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier of Pemberton Township, N.J., in Burlington County was charged with one count of murder in the infant’s death, the report says. She is accused of pouring a flammable liquid on…

A St. Louis County, Mo., police chief has apologized to a 22-year-old student who was brutally beaten by police officers who were pursuing another man, according to Raw Story, citing a report at KMOV Channel 4. The incident began Thursday while officers were pursuing a suspect named Anton Simmons on Interstate 70 outside St. Louis.…