Rev. Al Sharpton and family members of Eric Garner met with Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lunch in attempt to make their case for a federal investigation into Garner’s death at the hands of an NYPD police officer. Garner was killed last month after he was placed in a chokehold and suffocated by officer Daniel Pantaleo
Nearly one week after murdering 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the name of the police officer involved in the shooting will finally be revealed.
As we gather tonight around the country for a moment of silence in remembrance of Mike Brown; it’s important to remember that what happened in Ferguson is not an isolated incident.
All eyes continue to stay fixed on Ferguson, Missouri, where the police killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown has sparked protests and unrest for four
Another black man has been shot and killed by police. According to KTLA, Ezell Ford, 24, was killed by an LAPD officer in the South
The nation suffered a major tragedy this past weekend when an unarmed Ferguson, Missouri, teenager, Michael “Mike” Brown, was gunned down by a police officer.
A 22-year-old black father was killed by police for holding a toy gun while at Walmart. According to CBS News, John Crawford, 22, went shopping
Artist Adrian Franks recently spoke with rolling out about his latest work, “I Can’t Breathe,” a tribute to to Eric Garner. Why is protest art
The police officer who allegedly choked and killed Eric Garner has a history of misconduct. According to the New York Daily News, Daniel Pantaleo once
Several years ago, actor James Earl Jones portrayed civil rights hero Dr. Vernon Johns. Johns was the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in
A woman who is seven months pregnant was put in a chokehold for cooking barbecue in font of her house. According to reports by New
For the third time in two weeks, another video has emerged of police brutality by the NYPD. The newly released video shows Jahmiel Cuffee, 32,
Days before Eric Garner was killed when a NYPD cop used a prohibited chokehold on him during a minor arrest, there was another incident of
As an African American man who has lived in Harlem my entire life, I have read in newspapers, watched on television, talked with friends, and
A student at U.C. San Diego got a $4.1 million settlement after being left in Drug Enforcement Administration interrogation room for five days without food or
A police officer murdered a teenage boy and will not be prosecuted. According to KTVU News in Santa Rosa, California, Deputy Erik Gelhaus shot 13-year-old
A California police officer punched an unarmed black woman in the face several times and the attack was caught on film. According to reports by
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The Police Department of Baytown, Texas, has sparked outrage over the brutal beating of a Hispanic family last weekend. Dozens of people took to the
Usually in the news lately, it’s been police brutality against minorities that has caught attention. This time in the latest case of ‘Cops Gone Wild,’
