Senior U.S. District Judge Hayden Head of the Southern District of Texas, condemned the men for the brutal attack, saying they "abandoned their humanity to the viciousness of animals."

A federal jury on Wednesday awarded a Black New York Police officer $15 million after he was beaten and had his hand fractured by fellow officers at his Queens home in 2010, reports the New York Daily News.

A Maryland man was arrested and charged with the murder of his two-year-old daughter and her mother after he was ordered to pay $600 in monthly child support payments, NBC Washington reports. https://twitter.com/MomsDemand/status/694907309886201856 Daron Boswell-Johnson, 25, was charged in the deaths of NeShante Davis, 26, an elementary school teacher, and their two-year-old daughter, Chloe Davis-Green, on Wednesday. The […]

Judge Vonda Evans of Detroit made a compassionate speech about racism and police brutality before sentencing former Michigan police officer William Melendez to prison Tuesday for the beating of an unarmed Black man last year.

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A jury deliberated for just over two hours Saturday, finding 27-year-old Donnell Flora guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery in the death of Endia Martin.

Meyer was charged with homicide and involuntary manslaughter. According to police, Meyer was committed in 2011 for mental health issues and should not have owned a gun. The 46-year-old was frustrated with the decision.

Garner's family said she placed her 11-year-old son in the basketball program to keep him off the streets. Sadly, it was the mother who became a victim of street violence.

racy Lawrence was arrested and charged with assault, battery, and disorderly conduct after a disagreement with her child's assistant principal turned violent.

An arrest has been made in the mysterious slashing of a woman on the New York City transit system, CBS New York reports. Damon Knowles, 21, of Brooklyn, was taken into custody Tuesday when his girlfriend’s grandmother realized he fit the description of a man who attacked a 71-year-old woman and called police. Carmen Rivera was riding the D train […]

"Run them over. Keep traffic flowing and don’t slow down for any of these idiots who try and block the street," the post read.

The trend has been studied closely for a number of years, showing a slow increase in gun-related deaths.

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Kevin Tyrone Powell was charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury after walking into the salon -- owned by his mother, Derema "Miss Dee" Burch -- and shooting her in the face.