A police officer in Warren, Michigan was charged with assault on Tuesday after video showed him punching a 19-year-old Black male in the face, pulling his hair, and slamming him into the ground. Thanks to his peers stepping up to report the incident, charges have […]
The family of Brianna Grier has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against members of the Hancock County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office. Last summer Grier’s mother called the police for help with her daughter who was in the midst of a schizophrenic-induced mental health crisis. When officers arrived […]
An Indianapolis police sergeant who was recorded stomping a handcuffed man in the face after that man was arrested and forced to the ground has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating his civil rights. Eric Huxley, 44, entered a guilty plea last week to […]
A Black transgender organizer was killed by a Walgreens security guard on April 27 in San Francisco. Banko Brown, 24, was recently denied a housing opportunity he’d long been pursuing. Turned away from numerous homeless shelters, he eventually resigned to sleeping on the metro. Brown eventually […]
‘A video of a police encounter showing Asheville, Nc. officers violently detaining a Black man has sparked outrage in the community. According to ABC 13 News, the officers claim he assaulted them while resisting arrest but bystanders believe they were the ones who assaulted the man. […]
Three Black college students in South Los Angeles have accused the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of racial profiling them on April 10. The three teens, 19-year-olds Armond Johnson, Laron Delton and Jayvonte George, were walking to the store on West 103rd Street and Budlong […]