News

A community in South Los Angeles is gathered in outrage after new details continue to develop regarding the shooting of an unarmed Black father of three earlier in the month. Ryan Twyman was sitting inside a vehicle on June 6 when LAPD officers approached and began firing over 30 rounds according to witness accounts.

News

Add singing in your car while Black to the growing list of things that Black people can’t do without being arrested or in this particular case being shot at by the police. Surveillance footage clearly shows the moment two police officers opened fire on an unarmed Black couple.

News

East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld was charged with criminal homicide after shooting and killing 17-year-old Black teen Antwon Rose. The incident, which took place on June 19, occurred after Rosfeld approached a vehicle that matched the description of one used in a drive-by shooting but the officer’s account changed dramatically from his earlier reports.

News

Another African American teenager has been killed by the hands of police. The Hip-Hop community is of course angry and is now (at least one rapper is) asking for the death penalty.

News

The shooting death of unarmed Black California man Stephon Clark at the hands of Sacramento police has sparked a flurry of renewed debate over the use of force by authorities. In a family-ordered autopsy, it was revealed that Clark was shot eight times, mostly in the back region, adding a new layer to the still-developing […]

News

The shooting death of Baton Rouge man Alton Sterling did not lead to a criminal prosecution of the officers involved, but a sliver of justice has been delivered in the matter. Baton Rouge Police Officer Blane Salamoni was fired on Friday (Mar. 30), and another officer was suspended for three days in the wake of newly […]

News

This past Sunday (Mar. 18), officers in Sacramento, California gunned down unarmed Black man Stephon Clark, who was holding nothing more than a cellphone in his grandparents’ backyard. Sacramento officials have released body cam footage of the incident as activists and others are scrambling for answers.

News

The Connecticut rapper known as Gangstalicious was killed last Thursday (Dec. 14) when five police officers opened fire on a vehicle that he was traveling as it struck police cars and drove towards a few officers at the scene in an attempt to escape. Zoe Dowdell a.k.a. Gangstalicious was the driver at the time of […]

News

Michael Slager, the former South Carolina police officer who shot and killed Charleston man Walter Scott as he fled unarmed on foot, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday (Dec. 8).

Uncategorized

The girlfriend of slain Minnesota man Philando Castile, Diamond Reynolds, and her daughter received an $800,000 settlement in the matter.

EDITORIAL, News, Video

Bodycam footage of the August police shooting that left 50-year-old Black cyclist Patrick Harmon dead reveals the Utah officer shot him as he fled.

News, Video

Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis Police officer, was acquitted of killing Black driver Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011, sparking riots and protests.