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  • Judge Frees Another Person Framed by Crooked Brooklyn Detective Louis Scarcella

    A Brooklyn, N.Y., judge has ordered the release of Rosean Hargrave, a man convicted in 1991 of murdering an off-duty corrections officer, the New York Daily News reported. Hargrave’s case is the latest overturned conviction involving former New York City Detective Louis Scarcella, who has been accused many times of framing suspects. “The finding of…

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  • Dozens Arrested in Coast-to-Coast Protests Against Police Violence

    The recent police shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in North Charleston, S.C., sparked a fresh wave of national protests against police violence. Authorities arrested scores of demonstrators from coast to coast as part of a national day of action to end police killings of unarmed minorities, according to Reuters. In New York…

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  • Chicago Proposes Reparations Package to Police Torture Victims  

    Chicago is trying to apply closure to a scandal that continues to haunt the city. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and several city aldermen proposed Tuesday a $5.5 million reparations package for victims of police torture, reported the Associated Press. The package will be introduced Wednesday to the City Council. “Today we stand together as a city…

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  • Nigeria’s President-Elect: I Cannot Promise That We Can Find Abducted Girls

    Today marks a somber anniversary in Nigeria—and indeed around the world. It’s been one year since the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the northeast-Nigerian town of Chibok. Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari issued a statement Tuesday saying that it may never be possible to locate the missing girls. “We do…

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  • Black Lawyers Group Calls for a Special Prosecutor in North Charleston Police Shooting

    Black Lawyers for Justice wants a special prosecutor to handle a white police officer’s deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in North Charleston, S.C., the Associated Press reports. Malik Shabazz, the organization’s president, issued the call Monday during a rally at the North Charleston City Hall. According to AP, Shabazz also said that BLJ…

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  • Home Health Workers Are an Invisible Force in the ‘Fight for $15’ Movement

    Labor forces are planning the largest rally in decades—their latest effort in an uprising against low wages. On April 15 these workers will join their voices to demand a $15-per-hour living wage from rich industries that they say are pinching pennies on salaries. The Fight for $15 movement burst onto the scene in late 2012…

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  • How Obama Is Addressing the Crisis Among Boys and Young Men of Color

    It was easy to mistake Thursday’s gathering at a New York City hotel for a religious meeting. One panelist, who proudly proclaimed his Baptist-preacher lineage, issued the rallying cry in his opening remarks: “God is good all the time.” But the roughly 200 people in attendance had gathered at the National Action Committee’s panel discussion…

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  • National Action Network Panel on Brutality Has Emotional Response to SC Shooting

    With the backdrop of the 50th anniversary of the Selma, Ala., march and yet another deadly police shooting of an unarmed black man, the National Action Network held its 17th annual convention in New York City. The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the civil rights organization, is hosting the four-day gathering, which got…

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  • Watch: Minneapolis Cop Threatens to Break Teenager’s Leg During Traffic Stop

    A video has surfaced that appears to show a Minneapolis police officer threatening to break a teenager’s leg during a traffic stop. Hamza Jeylani, 17, who recorded the cellphone video, told MRP News that he and his friends had left a YMCA on March 18 when police pulled them over. The four young men, of…

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  • Ga. Judge Allegedly Uses N-Word in Court

    A county judge in Georgia and two sheriff’s deputies are accused of using the n-word in court, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Allen Duray Green, an African American, was waiting in the Fannin County Courthouse on March 16 to testify at a bond hearing for his friend Robert Vivian, who is white.   When Judge…

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