Carla Redd‘s recent honor as the first Black female Lieutenant of Rockford, Illinois was no fluke of a decision. Redd, who was formerly a Sergeant,…

NYPD police officer Peter Liang has been indicted today in the shooting death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley in Brooklyn on November 2014. Gurley was unarmed…

Ferguson is still trying to figure out (new) ways to handle criminal behavior. And the town’s Assistant Police Chief Al Eickhoff has proposed a new device that when…

Is the government watching you? Approximately 50 American law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and U.S. Marshals, have been exposed for secretly tracking former criminals,…

When news of the North Miami Beach Police using real mugshots as targets for their shooting practice, outcry erupted across the Miami-Dade community and beyond.…

Could you imagine walking into a shooting range and seeing mugshots of only Black men as the main target practice? Army National Guard Valerie Deant saw Black…

Attorney General Eric Holder announced yesterday at a Justice Department event (for Dr. Martin Luther King‘s birthday) that he would like the federal government to start tracking how…

“Hi, I’m Dennis. Do you know how beautiful you are?” If you were a woman just minding your own business and heard this line, would…

The urban city news source The Verge recently published an investigative report that reveals New York City cops have been abusing social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram to…

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The New York Times ran a story Sunday about some pretty remarkable changes to policing in Camden, New Jersey. The changes, led by community efforts and new…

Michael Brown‘s death has the world’s attention, especially mothers of young black boys like Taraji P. Henson. The actress joins “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” to…

Actor Michael Jace has found himself inside of a real life drama comparable to the ones he’s starred in on television. The former star of…