Source: Evan Lang / Getty Where are Black people safe from the police? Certainly not out in public where cops racially profile us and get trigger-happy if they feel even the slightest bit threatened. Atatiana Jefferson, Stephon Clark, Kathryn Johnston, and Breonna Tayor remind us that we’re not necessarily safe […]
A former Louisville officer who shot at someone the night that authorities fatally targeted YaYa’s BBQ owner David McAtee has been charged. Katie Crews, a former Louisville Metropolitan Police Department officer, has been hit with federal charges for shooting at someone the night that YaYa’s […]
The man accused of fatally shooting Peter Spencer while on a camping trip in rural Pennsylvania last December will not be charged, according to ABC News. Members of Spencer’s family had previously voiced frustration with the handling of their son’s death by authorities and called it […]
Marcus Penman, 39, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2005 for drug-related charges. Penman was reported to have suffered from bipolar disorder, antisocial disorder and ADHD while incarcerated and was left untreated, per a USA TODAY investigation. During a mental health episode, prison guards attempted to deescalate the […]
The Washington County Police Department in North Carolina fired a sheriff’s deputy after cell phone video footage caught the deputy placing his knee on the neck of a Black man, WITN reports. Deputy Aaron Edwards arrested Gary Thomas for marijuana possession. The video, captured by Thomas’ girlfriend, shows […]
Source: screenshot / iOne Digital Words are not always harmless. Sometimes they can be the catalyst to violence, especially if those words are derogatory and demeaning. Two Florida men had to learn this the hard way after an altercation left one dead and the other charged in […]
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