A jury in Savannah, Ga., on Friday cleared two former Chatham County sheriff’s deputies of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Matthew Ajibade, a 22-year-old mentally ill college student who died earlier this year in police custody, according to CNN. Jason Kenny, 31, and his former supervisor, Cpl. Maxine Evans, 56, were found guilty of…

President Barack Obama, known for his sharp sense of humor, doled out some funny and critical advice to presidential aspirant Kanye West on Saturday during a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, Calif. An estimated 1,300 people paid between $250 and $10,000 per person to attend the event, which was headlined by West, alongside…

The father of Raven-Symoné, the embattled co-host of TV talk-show The View, spoke out in support of his daughter, who has been under fire in recent days for saying that she would not hire someone with a black-sounding name. In a Facebook post Saturday, Christopher B. Pearman, who is also Raven-Symoné’s ex-business manager and the author of Daddy’s…

A judge released disturbing video footage of El Centro, Calif., police refusing to provide medical help to a dying man, including telling a 911 dispatcher to ignore his family’s calls for an ambulance, reports the Associated Press. The 15-minute video was ordered released Thursday by a judge in a wrongful death suit filed by the…

Fresh off a meeting with high-ranking leaders of the powerful Black Lives Matter movement, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Friday tweeted a blunt message: “Racism is America’s original sin.” She also thanked the leaders for sharing their ideas. One of those leaders was DeRay Mckesson, a prominent movement activist whom Clinton dubbed the “social…

Man’s best friend? Well, Reliford Cooper III, 26, of Palmetto, Fla., apparently doesn’t feel that way about his dog. He told police that it was his dog, not he, who led them on a high-speed chase through a community that ended with his car crashed into an occupied home in the city, about 15 miles…

In a major blow to Bill Cosby as he tries to defend himself against numerous allegations of sex assault, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Friday that a defamation lawsuit filed by three women can move forward, reports the Associated Press.   U.S. District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni rejected an effort by Cosby’s legal team…