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Richmond Black Man Granted Conditional Pardon After Over 20 Years in Prison for a Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit
Imagine being put in prison for a crime you didn’t commit and then being pardoned over 20 years later under the condition that you don’t raise complaints you may have against the arresting officers, prosecutors, or your imprisonment. This may very well be the story of 40-year-old Rojai Fentress from Richmond, Va., who has maintained…
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Video Shows White Woman Pulling a Gun on a Black Woman and Child After an Argument in a Detroit Parking Lot
This is no “Karen” story. This isn’t a story about an entitled white woman calling the police on Black people for simply existing. This is a story about a Black family calling the police on a white woman who pulled a gun on them in a Detroit, Mich., parking lot Wednesday…for doing little more than…
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Miami Officer ‘Relieved of Duty’ and Under Investigation After Video Catches Him Hitting Black Woman in Airport
You really can’t blame Black people for believing that excessive force is just the police go-to for dealing with Black people when they get into heated exchanges with them. If our lived experiences weren’t enough to convince us of this, the fact that we can’t seem to go more than a week without seeing a…
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3 Federal Agencies Confirm an Ongoing Investigation Into Elijah McClain’s Death for Potential Civil Rights Violations
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Denver Division of the FBI released a joint statement Tuesday confirming that they have been reviewing the facts in the case of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old Black man who died last August after an altercation with…
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‘Oh My God, You Broke My Wrist’: Georgia Police Sued Over Violent Takedown of the Wrong Man
On Feb. 8 in Valdosta, Ga., white police officers walked up behind a Black man who was already being questioned by another police officer, who was also Black. One of the white officers, without even announcing his presence, grabbed the Black man from behind, commanded him to put his hands behind his back then, within…
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New Jersey Karen Harasses and Calls Police on Black Neighbors for Building a Patio on Their Own Property
Maybe it really is time we stop giving white people who seek to weaponize the police against Black people cutesy little nicknames like “BBQ Becky” or “Central Park Karen.” Perhaps it’s time for more fitting monikers like “Terrorist Tammy” or “Killer by Police Kathy.” In Montclair, N.J., a white woman has been dubbed “Permit Karen”…
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North Carolina Wilmington Professor Retires Amid Calls for His Firing Over Bigoted and Insensitive Tweets
A University of North Carolina Wilmington professor is retiring because of increasing calls for him to be fired over “vile” and inappropriate tweets that have been deemed bigoted because…well…that’s exactly what they are. NBC News reports that the retirement of sociology and criminology professor Mike Adams was announced by the university on Monday. Adams might…
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White Hampton Inn Employee Fired After Calling Police on Black Guests Who Were Using the Swimming Pool
Wait…is this a rerun? Haven’t we seen this episode of White People Who Don’t Believe Black People Belong Literally Anywhere before? Oh nah, sorry, this is a different one than the one before and the one before that and the one before that. It’s hard to keep up. This show is stupid, anyway. In this…
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Aurora, Colo., Officers Under Investigation for Allegedly Appearing in Photos Mocking Elijah McClain’s Death at His Memorial
Several Aurora, Colo., police officers have been put on administrative leave and are being investigated after showing up in disturbing photos at a memorial for Elijah McClain, who died after an altercation with police in 2019. The memorial was held near the site of McClain’s detainment by police officers, which led to his death. According…
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In the Past Decade, at Least 70 People Have Died in Police Custody After Saying ‘I Can’t Breathe’: Report
The deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd have turned the words “I can’t breathe” into an infamous phrase inextricably linked to the issue of excessive force used by police on Black citizens. Both Garner’s and Floyd’s altercations with police were recorded and posted on social media for the world to view, but one question…
