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Emmett Till Investigation Closes With No Charges For Accuser
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division closed the investigation after it was unable to prove that Carolyn Bryant Donham lied.
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Trial Date Set for Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer Following Confrontation With Black Newspaper Carrier
Sheriff Troyer called 911 and falsely claimed that Sedrick Altheimer threatened to kill him. More than 40 officers arrived on the scene.
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Justice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Mount Vernon, N.Y Police Department
Mount Vernon police officers are accused of several civil rights abuses in the predominantly Black city.
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Mostly White Jury Chosen for Kim Potter Trial in the Death of Daunte Wright
The jurors were asked their opinions about Black Lives Matter, law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
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Black Georgia Election Workers Suing Far-Right Conspiracy Website For Dragging Them Into Trump’s Election Fraud Circus
Mother and daughter, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, were targets in election fraud conspiracy theories pushed by far-right site, The Gateway Pundit.
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Child Actor Jonshel Alexander Fatally Shot in New Orleans at 22
Jonshel Alexander starred as Joy Strong in the Oscar-nominated movie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” when she was 12 years old.
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Circus-themed Ball for St. Petersburg’s 1st Black Mayor Canceled After He Declined His Invite
Ken Welch was elected as St. Petersburg, Florida’s first Black mayor in November, months after the Junior League of St. Petersburg planned the event.
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Black Washington Superintendent Interrupted by ‘Zoom-Bombers’ With Racist Soundtrack
Superintendent Dr. Shaun Carey was presenting at a Enumclaw, Washington school board meeting when two Zoom-Bombers began to play recordings of the N-word.
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Arizona State University Students Protest Having Kyle Rittenhouse As A Fellow Student
While on trial, Rittenhouse testified that he was taking online classes at ASU. That’s no longer the case, but some students want to keep it that way.
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Symone Sanders, Vice President Kamala Harris’ Top Aide, To Depart White House
Sanders’ expected departure is the second high profile exit from the VP’s office to make headlines in recent weeks.
