Co-founder Alicia Garza recently stressed on MSNBC that BLM has never called for the murder for police officers, only for them to be "accountable, transparent and responsible."

The New York Knicks star also took out a full page ad in the "New York Daily News," asking players to worry less about endorsement deals and more about demanding change.

“Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement” will debut on BET on May 26.

Plus, Ferguson hires its first Black police chief, U.S. Department of Education releases report calling for more teachers and professors of color and more news.

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Sixteen female West Point cadets, who took a photo with their arms raised in Black Power fists, did not violate a directive that warns against “partisan political activity” while in uniform

Their empowering gesture may violate a Department of Defense rule that warns against “partisan political activity” while in uniform. Sigh.

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Plus, Black Lives Matter to lead 2016 San Fran LGBT Pride Parade, GOP tries to create third party to oust Trump and Harvard Law School to remove slavery shield.

Despite cell phone video footage continuously capturing instances of police brutality, a new study has found that it's still nearly impossible to prove that an officer "intended" to violate a person's civil rights.

A Baltimore city school police officer has been placed on leave without pay after a video of him slapping and kicking a 16-year-old student went viral.

Abdi Mohamed, 17, is currently in a coma after police shot him for wielding a metal object which was actually a broken broomstick.

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  The summer of 2014 was the summer of unrest. Even those of us who were in the trenches in Ferguson covering the protests, marches…