WASHINGTON — The emblem of a far-right group once synonymous with violent demonstrations has taken on a dramatically different meaning. Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic Black congregation in Washington, D.C., has secured the official trademark for the name “Proud Boys”—and is now using […]
In a profanity-filled confrontation captured on police bodycam footage, Trenton Futrell, a white man stopped for speeding in Longview, Texas, hurled expletives and insults at an officer in a standoff that lasted several minutes. Throughout the encounter, the officer showed remarkable restraint, tolerating the verbal […]
A federal lawsuit has cast a harsh spotlight on New York’s correctional system, alleging that two officers at Mid-State Correctional Facility severely assaulted an inmate in an act chillingly referred to as the “George Floyd Challenge.” The officers, Michael Williams and Rohail Khan, have pleaded […]
The Florida courtroom was silent as Judge Robert Hodges delivered a firm condemnation of Susan Lorincz’s actions: “The shooting, I find, was based more in anger than in fear.” Lorincz, 60, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting her neighbor, Ajike “AJ” […]
Pamela Dias stood in court and spoke not just as a grieving mother but as the voice of a family irreparably altered. “Our hopes, dreams, and future plans died the night Susan Lorincz killed my daughter,” she told the court. Her daughter, Ajike “AJ” Owens, […]
The grand jury indictment of two Canton, Ohio, police officers for reckless homicide has cast new scrutiny on the department’s history of violent incidents involving Black individuals. Camden Burch and Beau Schoenegge, the two officers indicted in connection with the April 18 death of 53-year-old […]
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