NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityJay-Z's Roc Nation Offers Legal Counsel to Phoenix Family Held at Gunpoint By Police, Calls Incident 'Absolutely Sickening'If Clark Kent had a real-life alter ego, it might be Jay-Z.ByJay ConnorPublishedJune 17, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementCalifornia Police Swarm an Unarmed Black Man With Guns Drawn in Viral VideoOn Saturday, Instagram user @blueasdasky released a nearly five-minute long video she recorded of Hawthorne, Calif.,…ByJay ConnorPublishedJune 10, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityA Black Teen Was Going Through a Mental Health Crisis. Wisconsin Police Ended Up Punching Him in the HeadMadison, Wisc., police officers were called to the home of a 17-year-old boy last week because he was experiencing a…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJune 10, 2019
NewsNewsArmy Veteran Everett Palmer Died in Police Custody in 2018. His Family Can’t Find His HeartA 41-year-old U.S. Army veteran called his brother to tell him he was heading to New York to visit their sick…ByIbn SafirPublishedJune 9, 2019
EntertainmentHot TeaEntertainmentHot TeaMarlborough, NH, Police: ‘Stop Taking Your Horses Down to Our Old Town Road’ [Corrected]There’s an actual Old Town Road in Marlborough, N.H., and residents are sick and tired of the constant attention.ByAliya Semper EwingPublishedJune 1, 2019
NewsLegalNewsLegalTexas Authorities Deny Withholding Sandra Bland VideoThe Texas Department of Public Safety is denying the office withheld a cellphone video of the killing of Sandra…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 25, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNYPD Officer Arrested After Hiring a Hitman to Kill Her Husband and Her Boyfriend's DaughterNew York police officer Valerie Cincinelli, mother of two, paid $7,000 as part of a complicated scheme to have her…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 20, 2019
NewsLegalNewsLegalSan Francisco Judge Orders Attorney General to Release Police Records From Before 2019A judge in San Francisco has ordered the attorney general to release police misconduct records prior to Jan. 1 of…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 19, 2019
NewsNewsTexas Police Officer Fired After Being Charged with Homicide in Shooting Death of 24-Year-Old Black ManArlington, Texas, police officer Bau Tran has been fired days after he was charged with criminally negligent…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 18, 2019
NewsLegalNewsLegalNYPD Officer Who Killed Eric Garner Set to Begin Trial MondayIn 2014, Eric Garner lost his life at the hands of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. Five years later, the officer will…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 12, 2019
NewsNewsMaryland County Apologizes After White Cop Uses N-Word While Questioning Black MenMontgomery County police have released body camera footage of a police officer using the N-word while questioning…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 11, 2019
NewsNewsSC Sheriff Indicted for Destroying Phone, Creating Fake Charges and Arresting Man Who Recorded CopsA federal grand jury has indicted a South Carolina sheriff and two deputies after federal investigators determined…ByMichael HarriotPublishedMay 9, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeFamily of Sandra Bland Demands Answers After New Footage of Her Arrest SurfacesOn Monday night, Dallas news station WFAA released new cellphone footage from the 2015 arrest of Sandra Bland that…ByJay ConnorPublishedMay 7, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementEx-Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger's Frantic 911 Call Released: 'I'm Going to Lose My Job'We’ve wondered for months what Amber Guyger—the former Dallas police officer who shot and killed 26-year-old Botham…ByJay ConnorPublishedApril 30, 2019
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersFor Black Drivers, Traffic Stops Can Be a Matter of Life or Death. Can the 'Not Reaching' Pouch Make Them Safer?As a black person in America, we’ve all been there. ByJay ConnorPublishedApril 30, 2019
NewsNewsPolice Confront Robbery Suspect in Texas, Shoot Three ChildrenThree children, aged five, four and one years old, were taken to a Tulsa, Okla.-area hospital after a police officer…ByIbn SafirPublishedApril 28, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeArmy Sergeant Exonerated of Assault Charges After Surveillance Video Proves She Acted in Self-DefenseAfter evaluating testimonies and assessing surveillance video of a February road rage incident that erupted into…ByJay ConnorPublishedApril 19, 2019
NewsNews10-Year-Old Raniya Wright Died of Natural Causes, Prosecutor SaysRaniya Wright, the South Carolina fifth grader who died after a fight at her elementary school last month, died of…ByIbn SafirPublishedApril 19, 2019
NewsLegalNewsLegalTrial Over Black Man Shot by Alabama Police Officer, Now on Its 9th Judge, Set for TrialThree years ago, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in Alabama.ByIbn SafirPublishedApril 18, 2019