A Conversation with Anneliese M. Bruner, Great-granddaughter of Tulsa Massacre Survivor

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. On May 31 and June 1, 1921 angry white supremacists destroyed the Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, killing as many as 300 people, destroying more than 1,000 homes and burning Black businesses. An estimated 8,000 people […]

Fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown was ‘justified,’ North Carolina DA says, as new video released

The fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by North Carolina deputies was “justified” because he posed “an immediate threat to others,” prosecutors said Tuesday, as new police body camera footage showing the deadly encounter was released. “This case clearly illustrates the officers who used deadly force […]

‘Who Knows What Would Have Happened?’: Louisiana Man’s Name Is Cleared After His Father’s Surveillance Camera Appears to Capture Probation Officer Planting Evidence

Louisiana civil rights activists want a state probation officer fired after video surfaced that allegedly shows him planting drugs on a Black man. McKinley Bates III was charged with several drug and weapons felonies and faced 10 years in prison. He spent three months behind […]