‘Don’t Think There Was a Crime’: Use of Force Expert Says Black Georgia Man Who Died After Police Encounter Following Neighbor’s 911 Call Committed No Crime That Warranted the Stop

Prosecutors rested their case last week after only two days of testimonies in the stun gun death trial of Eurie Lee Martin after a former Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) agent skilled in “use-of-force” testified that the 58-year-old had not committed a crime that warranted law enforcement […]

‘People Aren’t Going to Be Happy With It’: F1 Driver Lewis Hamilton Recalls Decision to Wear Breonna Taylor T-Shirt

As the only Black driver in the history of Formula One, it’s safe to say that Lewis Hamilton is in a very unique position every time he hits the race track. To that end, he’s been very vocal in the past about the need to improve diversity throughout the […]

What Mohamed Noor’s Re-Sentencing Means For Derek Chauvin’s Time In Prison

A newly reduced prison sentence for a former Minneapolis police officer who was originally convicted of third-degree murder for killing a white woman has prompted speculation about the legal implications it has for Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of the same charge for killing George Floyd, a […]

‘Torture and Cruel’: Federal Complaint Alleges ICE Officers Bounded African Immigrants for Hours Ahead of Deportation Flights

A group of Black immigrant advocates has filed a civil rights complaint to the Department of Homeland Security alleging Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents placed African asylum seekers in a medical constraint to torture them. According to the complaint, ICE agents used a full-body restraint called […]