Paul O’Neal, an 18-year-old Black man from Chicago, was shot and killed by police after a stolen car chase late July. Video released last Friday of the incident reveal that the Chicago Police Department broke several protocols and high-fived each other after allegedly attempting to turn off their body cameras.
Korryn Gaines, a 23-year-old Black woman living in Randallstown, Md., a city just outside of Baltimore, was shot and killed by Baltimore County police officers in a hours-long standoff. Gaines was reportedly armed with a shotgun and exchanged fire with police before she was taken down while her 5-year-old son was also struck by bullets.
It’s hard out here for a Black man. History has proven that there are a plethora of innocuous activities that our melanin-deficient brothers, and sisters, can go about doing on a daily basis, but thanks to racism, bias and heathens with badges (or even wannabes), can lead to the death of Black people.
David Dennis has been faced with an ugly reality that plagues both Black men and women in the United States of late. The family man and writer recorded an emotional video for his son in the event he was unfortunately killed by police in the wake of recent tragedies involving Black men and officers.
It’s a shame this must even be said. The Baton Rouge shooter, Gavin Long, was seen wearing The Money Team attire in some of his YouTube videos, but no, he isn’t a member of Floyd Mayweather’s crew.
Alva Braziel is yet the latest Black man killed by way of an officer-involved shooting this week. Braziel was reportedly shot 10 times early this morning while allegedly brandishing and aiming a firearm at Houston police officers in the Texas city’s South Side section.
The shooting death of Black Minnesota man Philando Castile is still reverberating through the media on all levels, and the shock of the video footage from the incident is still much to process. Castile’s mother appeared this morning on CNN and essentially said that Black people are being targeted by power-mad police officers abusing their […]
The shooting death of Baton Rouge, La. man Alton Sterling on Tuesday (July 5) is the latest in fatal encounters involving a Black person and police officers. In the wake of the video going public, protests have begun to break out in the city and abroad.
The prosecutor in the case of former NYPD officer Peter Liang is suggesting that he serve no jail time and instead be placed on house arrest. Liang, who shot and killed unarmed Black man Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn apartment hallway in 2014, was convicted of manslaughter last month in the matter and the decision […]
David Joseph was shot and killed in North Austin, Texas on Feb. 8 by Austin Police Officer Geoffrey Freeman, this after he arrived at an apartment complex in response to a disturbance. On Monday, Officer Freeman was fired by the APD during a press conference after it was determined he used excessive measures during the […]
The family of Ramarley Graham has been seeking justice since the 2012 slaying of the 18-year-old at the hands of NYPD officer, Richard Haste. Another blow was delivered to the family on Tuesday (Mar. 8) when federal prosecutors decided not to convene a grand jury against Haste in a civil rights investigation.
Akiel Denkins, a 24-year-old North Carolina man, was shot and killed by police during a foot chase on Monday (Feb. 29) in the city of Raleigh. As authorities in the city contend with rising tensions from protestors, details surrounding the shooting are continuing to develop.
