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Judicial Inquiry Begins in Eric Garner Case, 7 Years After His Death
Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has already been disciplined, but some think more public officials should be reprimanded for their role in Garner’s case.
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Black Panther Party Celebrates Its 55th Anniversary With Unveiling of Huey Newton Bust
The bust is the first permanent piece of art to honor the Black Panther Party in Oakland, the city where the group was founded.
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Statue Honoring Black Civil War Soldiers Erected Across From Confederate Monument in Tennessee
The statue is a part of an art initiative intended to tell the full story about slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow in Franklin, Tenn.
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Minneapolis Officer Charged in Fatal Car Crash Death of Leneal Frazier
Leneal Frazier was the uncle of Darnella Frazier, the teenager who captured George Floyd’s death at the hands of police on video in 2020.
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Mistrial Declared in Case of Kansas City Police Officers’ Wrongful Arrest of Black Teenager
Tyree Bell, who was 15 years old, spent three weeks in jail before police reviewed their dashcam footage and realized he wasn’t the suspect.
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DOJ Finds Racism Running Rampant in Utah School District
The Justice Department concluded that the Davis School District failed to effectively respond to widespread racial discrimination and harassment in its schools.
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Prosecutors Rest Their Case in Trial Over Police Stun Gun Death of Eurie Martin
Witnesses recall the officers yelling at Martin while he was face down on the ground and tasing him repeatedly, sometimes for as long as two minutes at a time.
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Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Over Anti-Critical Race Theory Bill
The suit claims that the Oklahoma law passed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in May violates teachers’ free speech.
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10-Year-Old Black Girl Handcuffed and Arrested for ‘Offensive’ Drawing of Her School Bully
The ACLU claims the girl was handcuffed with excessive force in front of her classmates and officers wouldn’t let her speak to her mother.
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Henrietta Lacks, Whose Cells Were Taken and Used in Scientific Breakthroughs, Receives Posthumous Award
While Henrietta Lacks was being treated for cervical cancer, researchers took biopsies without her consent and created the first ‘immortal’ cell line.
