Jon Burge is a 66-year-old ex-police commander who is said to have overseen the torture of 118 Black men who were in Chicago police custody…
In the latest of what is starting to feel like a national cry for help against police brutality, concerned citizens in New York City posted…
Hundreds of Savannah, Georgia residents marched Thursday night to a Savannah police station demanding justice and answers in the death of 29-year-old Charles Smith, who was shot and killed Thursday morning by a Savannah police officer. Smith was arrested by Savannah police on outstanding warrants and placed in a patrol car with his hands cuffed […]
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…
Police have been killing us left and right, especially as of late. It’s also been revealed that for seven years straight, white police officers across…
Rapper Talib Kweli is on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri taking part in the protests, and if you were watching CNN this afternoon, you may have caught this very heated exchange between Kweli and CNN’s Don Lemon. The Brooklyn rapper criticized the media and CNN’s coverage of the Michael Brown protests, but things quickly descended […]
In the wake of the Michael Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford, Ezell Ford murders by police officers, let’s not forget about the Black women who have lost…
So many mistakes have been made in the name of “keeping the peace.” Such is the case for the school board in Compton, Calif., who…
Reports are coming in that yet another man was shot and killed by police in St. Louis, Missouri Tuesday afternoon. The event happened just days after 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed not far from St. Louis in Ferguson, Missouri. See More: Full coverage of the events in Ferguson. St. Louis police reportedly shot and killed […]
