A South Carolina grand jury returned a murder indictment on Monday against a White former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man…
The cat is out of the bag; what was in darkness has come to light, and you know the rest. Since police are notoriously inaccurate for reporting their own messes, and the federal government has difficulty keeping tally, The Washington Post decided track the number of police-related fatalaties in 2015. In the first five months […]
Statistics about fatal police shootings are notoriously hard to come by, so the Washington Post started counting this year. The result is an analysis of…
A Black homeowner in Hollywood, South Carolina was shot in the neck Thursday by a White sheriff’s deputy responding to a 911 call about a…
As a teen in the “War on Drugs” 1980s, I remember being almost jubilant on those rare occasions when the local news showed a criminal…
With a rising tide of tension surging between police officers and the Black community, the #BlackLivesMatter protests and the unfortunate series of events surrounding it…
The father of Jordan Davis, the unarmed teen who was gunned down by Michael Dunn in 2012 over loud music, has advice for the family of South Carolina…
” ] Walter Scott was the 300th person killed by police officers this year alone. That’s more than one person a day. And take it…
By now we’ve heard lawyers, activists, analysts, journalists, and a list of lay people say it over and over — the video in the Walter…
We’re not sure if we can believe police reports these days, but according to a police report obtained by The Guardian, North Charleston police officer…
The funeral for slain victim of police brutality Walter Scott was held Sunday at WORD Ministries Christian Center in Summerville, SC. Scott’s immediate family were in attendance, as well…
Despite the outcomes of the last police brutality cases, Jeff Johnson thinks Michael Slager, the South Carolina officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, has a great…
