The families of four Somali American teens have reached a settlement with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board over an encounter with park police that the boys said left them terrified they were going to die. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board agreed to pay […]
He was the first candidate at this week’s Democratic debate to bring up Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman killed in her own home by a white police officer. Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro said Tuesday that the conversation about tackling gun violence should include addressing […]
*Michael Brown’s mother, Lezley McSpadden is finally opening up about life after the whirlwind that surrounded the death and aftermath of her oldest son Michael Brown. Lezley has remained largely silent about the shady investigation and court proceedings, until now. Her son was fatally shot […]
Officials told the Agencia Brasil news agency that 15 prisoners were found dead Sunday and another 42 Monday in the city of Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas. Many appeared to have been asphyxiated. Police did not say what prompted the riots. […]
UPDATED: 11:03 a.m. EDT — Police in Texas appeared to be attempting to control the narrative surrounding the fatal shooting of a Black woman in suburban Houston Monday night. A Baytown Police officer killed Pamela Turner in a shooting that was recorded on video by […]
A Florida deputy has been ordered to surrender his gun and badge after he was filmed banging the head of a pepper-sprayed Black high schooler against the ground. The violent incident was captured on cellphone video last Thursday near J.P. Taravella High School in […]
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