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All four Minneapolis police officers who were on the scene when George Floyd died violently on Memorial Day have been officially charged. According to CNN, Derek Chauvin had his third-degree murder charge upgraded to second-degree murder. He is the ex-cop who had his knee pressed against Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. The three other…

(Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / ArtOlympic) The Morehouse and Spelman College students who were tased and brutalized by cops in Atlanta decided to speak on the incident that shocked the nation. On May 30, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a 9:00 p.m. curfew. About 15 minutes after the curfew went into effect, the situation at…

A detective in Birmingham, Alabama, has put herself on the opposite side of the law after allegedly killing a woman she caught with her lover. Detective for the Birmingham Police Department, Alfreda Fluker, allegedly decided to take action after she discovered her partner, an unidentified male detective, with another woman, Kanisha Necole Fuller. On April…

A White police officer assaulted an 11-year-old Black girl over a dispute that involved milk. Bodycam video of the Aug 27, 2019, incident went viral after it was released on YouTube on Oct. 22. In the video, resource officer Zach Christensen can be seen assaulting the child at Mesa View Middle School in Farmington, New…

A Black sheriff’s deputy in Toledo, Ohio, discovered that a badge does not serve as a shield to racism. A video that shows a White security guard aiming a gun at the deputy has recently surfaced. According to WTVG, the incident occurred when Lucas County Sheriff’s Deputy Alan Gaston, dressed in full uniform, entered an…

The rise in the dominance of social media platforms like Facebook has impacted the lives of those both the great and small. On a regular basis, people have been made famous, infamous, and in some cases, jobless after posts were exposed to the public eye and widespread scrutiny. Now at least 72 Philadelphia cops have…

Another Black man nearly lost his life after being stopped by police. According to WREG, Edrick Truitt was parked at a convenience store and waiting on a family member in Jonesboro, AK., when he was approached by a White cop. The cop from the Helena Police Department approached Truitt and pointed a gun in…

The Baton Rouge Police Department actually thought it was a good idea to allow White cops to wear blackface and sell drugs to Black people. The department’s practice of White cops in blackface was highlighted in a year book from 1993. A photo surfaced of Lt. Don Stone and retired police Captain Frankie Caruso wearing blackface…

A simple trip to the local Kroger grocery store to buy snacks resulted in the unwarranted criminalization of four young Black men ages 15, 16, 19 and 20. The group of family members had walked to the neighborhood Kroger in Mesquite, Texas, and had purchased their snacks with no issue when they were told by…

Video has emerged of a Black inmate being brutally beaten by White corrections officer while handcuffed. The incident occurred at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections in April 2018, according to WAVE. In the video captured by an officer’s body cam, corrections officers Devan Edwards and David Schwartz surround inmate Terry Whitehead in a room.…

Police officers in suburban Detroit swarmed around an unarmed Black man holding his infant daughter amidst an argument before they tased him several times during a turbulent arrest that was captured on video and quickly went viral. According to WXYZ, officers in Westland, Michigan, about 30 minutes outside of Detroit, were called to the home…

Another instance of harassment based on race and the assumption of economics has been exposed for all of Black Twitter to judge. In this case, a Harvard educator and humanitarian, now dubbed “Sidewalk Susie,” is on display because of a confrontation with a mother and her biracial daughter. Alyson Laliberte posted on Facebook about her encounter…

On Aug. 13, 2017, Patrick Harmon, 50, was riding his bicycle erratically in Salt Lake City, Utah. A police officer responded after seeing Harmon ride across six lanes of traffic without a rear red taillight on his bike. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, when questioned, Harmon gave multiple names in an attempt to hide the fact…

Former Georgia Tech and Atlanta Hawks guard Anthony Morrow was pulled over on Aug. 24 in Franklin County, Georgia, according to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). The GSP said that two troopers pulled Morrow over because he had an illegal window tint on his 2015 Dodge Challenger. Morrow said neither trooper explained why they initially pulled…

Black Lives Matter members and other supporters gathered together and walked down State Street in a peaceful protest of the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald at the hands of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. McDonald was killed a year ago, in October 2014, but the dashcam video of McDonald being shot 16 times was just released. Van Dyke had been…

White man carries rifle near a school and proceeds to taunt police. So was he shot multiple times? Nope. Watch and listen to The Young Turks TV show discussion that proceeds the footage. #NoShotsFired

In part two of rolling out’s discussion with Chicago hip-hop pioneer and poet Geoffrey “Dr. Groove” Watts, rolling out talks to Watts about how he transitioned from hip-hop into spoken word and of the people who influenced him along the way. He also talks about how his train ministry began, how he utilized his train…

The heinous murder of NYPD officers Wenjian Lu and Rafael Ramos by Ismail Brinsley has been condemned by most people of good conscience. However, on Twitter a surprising number of users have posted comments in favor of the killings and Brinsley.

The NYPD has taken a public pummeling of its image lately because of the behavior of rogue cops. Despite increased vigilance by the department, there are still some cops who just don’t get the message. This past Friday, nine rookie cops lost their jobs after a drunken graduation party, which occurred last August. The officers had…

Having a cellphone that can record video is commonplace but the police in Baltimore apparently do not like this fact. When Christopher Sharp pulled out his cellphone to record officers making an arrest, it upset the officers. One officer ordered sharp to “Do me a favor and turn that off. It’s illegal to record anybody’s…