police brutality

As we all intensely await the Ferguson shooting grand jury’s decision on whether or not Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson will be criminally charged for…

Gwen Carr, the mother of the Staten Island man, Eric Garner, who was choked to death by the NYPD may now be receiving special treatment…

18-year-old Vonderrit Myers  (although some media is reporting his name was Vonderrick) was yet another unarmed Black teen who was shot and killed by police.…

The city of Charlotte, North Carolina has stopped paying the  civil defense legal fees of Randall ‘Wes’ Kerrick, 28, the police officer charged with voluntary…

Georgia Teen Files $12.5M Lawsuit Against Waycross Police Georgia teenager Montre Merritt has filed a $12.5 million lawsuit against the city of Waycross alleging that…

Melissa Harris-Perry had a segment discussing protestors holding a demonstration outside of Ferguson PD after the August 9th slaying of unarmed teen Mike Brown earlier…

No matter who or what you are, you are likely to occasionally fall victim to looking at the world through a very specific lens. Such…

Jody Westby had to come to the aid of an older Black man, Dennis Stucky who had been stopped by police in her posh neighborhood, Foxhall…

Police brutality has been rampant these past few months, and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. Back in September, Hammond police pulled over…

  Young Black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their White counterparts – 21…

18-year-old unarmed (he was carrying a sandwich) Vonterrit Myers Jr. was shot dead on Wednesday by an off-duty cop in St. Louis, adding fuel to…

Recently released surveillance footage from Shaw Market in St. Louis shows 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers (pictured above with his mother) buying a sandwich minutes before being…