Sandra Bland‘s family has settled a wrongful death suit with officials in Waller County, Texas, for $1.9 million, reports CNN. The amount includes payment for Bland’s death as well as several changes to jail procedures, notes the report. The case became a rallying call in the push for criminal justice reform after the 28-year-old Illinois woman was […]
A Nov. 7 trial date has been set for the $21 million lawsuit against White Plains, N.Y. in the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
Plus, Iowa cop filmed yanking suspect’s dreadlocks while punching him in the head and Obama commutes 'harsh' sentences for over 100 inmates.
James Burns was also charged with aggravated assault and making a false statement in relation to the June 22 killing of 22-year-old Deravis Caine Rogers.
Plus, Rachel Dolezal is back headlining a natural hair rally and Ferguson's police department is having a hard time filling vacancies.
A teacher testified that he heard the school's principal say, "If those white officers hurt my black babies, I'm going to have them fired."
Roland Martin addresses the fundamental issue he has with the GOP and a number of discriminatory policies they support.
Grandmother Geneva Smith said she handcuffed, dragged to the police car and thrown in jail for being an innocent bystander while her son was arrested.
A police officer manhandles a small framed Black woman. Officials have launched an investigation.
McDonald, a 17-year-old Chicago teen, was shot 16 times in 2014 by officer Jason Van Dyke. McDonald's death lit a long simmering fire within Chicago that led to protests, calls for Emanuel's resignation, the termination of former superintendent Garry McCarthy, and a Justice Department probe.
There is nothing that can be done to bring back a loved one who’s life was cut short due to the unnecessary violence at the hands of police officers, but perhaps the family of Akai Gurley can manage to find some peace and comfort in knowing that a settlement was reached in the wrongful death […]
Plus, Spelman College considers admitting transgender women and an entire Black church in North Carolina endorses Donald Trump.
