‘Light You Up’ Cop Threatens to Use Taser on Sandra Bland in New Dash-Cam Video
Things escalate when the officer becomes upset that Bland is smoking a cigarette.
Sandra Bland’s Death Will Be Treated Like A Murder Investigation
The death of an Illinois woman found hanged in her Texas jail cell in what local authorities said was a suicide will be investigated as...
Authorities say Sandra Bland died by suicide in a jail cell, Bland’s family suspects foul play
Twenty-eight-year old Sandra Bland was found dead Monday in a Waller County, Texas jail cell.
Justice Department: Ferguson Response To Protesters Violated Free Speech
Nearly a year after Ferguson, Mo. teenager Michael Brown Jr. was fatally shot by former police officer Darren Wilson, the Justice Department is confirming that...
Report: Autopsy finds ‘high-energy injury’ in Gray’s death
BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical examiner found that a young black man suffered a “high-energy injury,” most likely caused when the Baltimore police van he...
Civil Settlement Reached In Case Of Renisha McBride, Unarmed Black Woman Shot On Porch
A civil settlement has been reached in the case of a 19-year-old black woman who was killed by a white homeowner on his porch in...
We Must Make Police Brutality Against Black Women an Issue in 2016
Black women are victims of violence at higher rates than all other groups of women, yet in the debate over police brutality they are left...
Judge Supports Murder Charges Against Police Officers In Tamir Rice Case
A judge has supported murder charges against the police officers set to stand trial for the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, NBC News reports.
Hundreds Of Protesters Chant ‘Let’s Go Swimming’ At Site Of Texas Pool Party
Hundreds of demonstrators descended in McKinney, Texas on Monday — just two days after a video that captured a police officer’s use of force against...
Here’s Everything We Know About the Pool Party in Texas
The nation has been shocked to see a viral video of black teenagers being chased and slammed into the ground by a white policeman after...
Michael Slager, Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott In South Carolina, Indicted For Murder
A grand jury has indicted a former South Carolina police officer in the April shooting of an unarmed black man, the prosecutor announced on Monday.
Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby Seeks To Block Release Of Freddie Gray Autopsy
June 4 (Reuters) – Baltimore’s top prosecutor plans to seek a protective order that would block the release of Freddie Gray’s autopsy report and other...
71 Arrested In Cleveland Protests Over Cop’s Acquittal In Deaths Of Unarmed Black Motorists
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland emerged unscathed and intact after a day of protests following the acquittal of a white patrolman who had been on trial...
Grand Jury Indicts Six Officers In Freddie Gray Case
A grand jury has indicted six Baltimore officers on a range of charges after State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby presented her department’s investigation into the death...
#SayHerName: Why We Should Declare That Black Women And Girls Matter, Too
Tanisha Anderson. Rekia Boyd. Miriam Carey. Michelle Cusseaux. Shelly Frey. Kayla Moore.
Michael Brown Is Getting A Permanent Memorial In Ferguson
ST. LOUIS — Dozens of teddy bears that memorialized Michael Brown were removed from a site on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon....
Newly Released Footage Shows Shackled Freddie Gray Placed In Police Van Head First
Additional footage of Freddie Gray’s arrest by the Baltimore Police has raised questions about the case and Gray’s state during the incident that took his...
Is Being Mentally Ill in America a Crime?
In the debate on mass incarceration, there’s a story to be told about how our prisons are becoming the new asylums where the mentally ill...
In Baltimore’s Wake Our Resolve Is Stronger
By Urban Cusp on February 16, 2015 I shook my head as I read tweet after tweet demonizing the residents of Baltimore because I understood,...
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