NewsNewsBoston Cop Seen on Body-Cam Footage Bragging About Driving Into Protestors During Police Brutality DemonstrationsIn the midst this year’s national protests against the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and numerous…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 19, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticePhiladelphia Man Shot by Police and Falsely Convicted of Rape Exonerated After 19 Years in PrisonListen: Stories about Black men spending years and even decades behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit are never…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 17, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementAutopsy Reveals Black Man Was Shot in the Back by Texas PoliceAn independent autopsy has revealed that a Black man who was killed by a Texas police officer was shot in the back.ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 17, 2020
NewsNewsBodycam Footage Shows Chicago Police Handcuffing a Naked Black Woman During Botched Home RaidFor nearly two years, Anjanette Young has been trying to get Chicago police to account for the harm caused to her…ByAnne BraniginPublishedDecember 15, 2020
NewsNewsDespite Nationwide Attention to Police Brutality, Arrest Rates for Cops Who Kill People On-Duty Remain Appallingly LowIn some ways, 2020 has appeared to mark a turning point in the United States’ long ongoing racial justice movement.…ByAnne BraniginPublishedDecember 15, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrime2 Virginia Police Officers Hit With Misdemeanor Charges Related to Conduct During George Floyd ProtestsYou don’t need me to tell you that cops absolutely showed their asses during the protests that initially arose from…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 8, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeGeorge Gascón Won L.A.’s District Attorney Race—and So Did Reform ActivistsThis Election Day, activists for justice reform and racial equity saw their vision for L.A.’s justice system come to…ByRashad RobinsonPublishedDecember 4, 2020
NewsCoronavirusNewsCoronavirus14-Year-Old Honestie Hodges, Handcuffed at Gunpoint by Michigan Police as a Child, Dies From COVID-19In 2017, 11-year-old Honestie Hodges made national headlines after a horrific confrontation with Grand Rapids, Mich.,…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 25, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityFormer San Francisco Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Man Charged With On-Duty Homicide, a First for the City, District Attorney SaysIt’s incredibly sad to me that a cop being charged for on-duty homicide is a first in 2020, yet that’s exactly what…ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 24, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeLouisville Metro Council Votes to Place Police Department Under the Watch of Civilian Review Board and Inspector GeneralThe Louisville Metro Council approved an ordinance to place the Louisville Metro Police Department under the watch…ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 20, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeMilwaukee Cop Who Shot 17-Year-Old Alvin Cole Earlier This Year ResignsA Milwaukee cop responsible for fatally shooting three people over the last five years while on duty has resigned. ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 18, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsDid Police Protests Help Biden Get Elected? Black Swing State Activists Believe SoSince the election (which is still not technically over, although it’s very much decided), Congressional Democrats…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 12, 2020
CultureSportsCultureSportsLSU Football Player Koy Moore Says He Was ‘Violated Numerous Times’ by Baton Rouge Police OfficersThree Baton Rouge police officers are on leave this week after a confrontation with Louisiana State University…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 10, 2020
CultureSportsCultureSportsBucks Player Sterling Brown Reaches $750,000 Settlement With City of Milwaukee Over Use of Excessive Force During 2018 ArrestThere seems to be this misplaced belief among Black capitalists that a certain level of success and money will…ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 10, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsActivist Patrisse Cullors Delivers Final Rallying Cry to Black Voters: 'Add to the Power We Built in the Streets'Election Day is finally here, after a historic early voting period that has seen record numbers of voters turning up…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 3, 2020
NewsNewsGroup Pepper Sprayed During North Carolina March to the Polls Plan to March Again on Election DayMany people were horrified this weekend after seeing images of a group of people marching to go vote in North…ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 2, 2020
NewsNewsPolice Pepper Spray Men, Women, and Children Marching to the Polls in North CarolinaWhen Trump said Make America Great Again, many of us wondered about the specifics of the great past he was seeking…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedNovember 1, 2020
NewsNewsAfter Philadelphia Police Yank Woman Out of Her Car and Attack Her, Police Union Uses Her Son in Propaganda PhotoIf the events of the current year haven’t driven the point home, cops are fucking trash. They’re also fucking liars.…ByJoe JuradoPublishedOctober 30, 2020
NewsLegalNewsLegalLouisville Police Officer Who Raided Breonna Taylor’s Apartment Sues Boyfriend Kenneth Walker for Emotional Distress, AssaultSgt. Jonathan Mattingly, the Louisville Metro police officer who earlier this month claimed that the cops’ biggest…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 30, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeAfter Grand Jurors Speak Out, Breonna Taylor’s Mother Wants Case Reviewed by an Independent Prosecutor and New Grand JuryBreonna Taylor’s mother has expressed her disapproval of how the Kentucky attorney general handled her daughter’s…ByJoe JuradoPublishedOctober 29, 2020