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Jazz musician Keyon Harrold’s 14-year-old son was racially profiled and accused of stealing an iPhone on Sunday at the Arlo hotel in New York City. Harrold recorded the video on his phone and posted it on Instagram. In the video, we see an unidentified White woman accusing Keyon Harrold Jr. of having her phone although…

Marin County police are currently investigating a threat of post-election violence made against a Black-owned store in the event Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the general election. The threat, which was posted to Instagram, targeted Yema, a clothing store in Tiburon, Calif. As the only Black-owned business in the small town, the threat is…

A Black man filed a lawsuit against a police department in Wisconsin who falsely arrested him following a call from his neighbor. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, Yahoo! News reported that Keonte Furdge filed a lawsuit against the Monona Police Department located in Monona, Wisconsin. On June 2, Furdge was sitting on the porch of…

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Actor Lamorne Morris calls the new Hulu series “Woke,” medicine served with sugar. Morris, whose previous credits include “Human Discoveries” and “Valley of the Boom,” is now starring in Hulu’s new comedy series “Woke.” Morris stars as Keef, a cartoonist on the verge of signing a huge deal. After police misidentify Keef as someone who…

Another Black person was the victim of racial profiling. On Sept. 6, the Akron Beacon Journal reported that Darren Cooper, who is Black, was detained by law enforcement in Ravenna, Ohio. Cooper was using a cell phone while sitting in his gray Mustang on Aug. 13 when a woman called the police. According to the…

Abdi Hassan and his business colleagues at Top Figure, a social media consultant group, often work out at a gym in the Mozaic East building, a co-working space in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. However, on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Hassan and his colleagues were harassed by a White man, Tom Austin, who questioned them about exercising…

A Black man in Oakland, California, was detained by members of a private security guard company for taking photos of bicycle racks. Kenya Wheeler provided a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, and has since provided interviews with local Bay Area news affiliates, including NBC and ABC after the incident, which occurred on…

Steve Foster, the California man who was famously detained and handcuffed for eating a sandwich on a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station platform, is filing a civil rights claim against the transit agency, alleging racial profiling and selective law enforcement. Foster acquired the services of a well-known Bay Area civil rights attorney, John…

A Black man was harassed by police while sleeping in his own home. The incident occurred in Raleigh, North Carolina, after police responded to a false burglar alarm. Footage from Oyeneyin’s surveillance camera was released this past weekend. In the video footage released this past weekend, Kazeem Oyeneyin, 31, was asleep when police began knocking…

Atlanta businessman Dennis McKinley is suing Emory Healthcare and its police department after allegedly being racially profiled and handcuffed by an overly aggressive cop who falsely accused him of stealing a sandwich. Mckinley, a serial entrepreneur and the ex-boyfriend of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams, said he was accosted by an officer at…

Three Black teenagers in Mobile, Alabama, are suing a shopping mall for $25 million after they were allegedly harassed and racially profiled by a White cop who worked there. The teens’ lawyers announced a lawsuit on Monday, July 1, 2019, according to the Press-Register. On June 22, 16-year-olds Cameron Robinson and Zion Lett and 15-year-old…

An Illinois man is furious and claiming that he was a victim of racial profiling for being Black while hospitalized. Shaquille Dukes,24, was arrested by a Freeport, Illinois police officer, while he was a patient at FHN Memorial Hospital. Dukes was hooked up to an IV and pump and stepped outside the hospital doors. That…

If it seems that more rappers have been arrested in 2019 than ever before, there may be a reason for this besides their notoriety. According to the New York Post, the NYPD has a special unit dedicated to the surveillance of some of the top Black rappers and urban parties. The unit, called the Enterprise…

Sultry songstress SZA complained that she was the victim of racial profiling while shopping for Fenty products at a Sephora store in suburban Los Angeles. When Rihanna got wind of the alleged episode, the record-breaking singer sent her love from London, and then some. Last month, SZA, 28, voiced her righteous indignation after the store…

Another case of a cop acting badly caught on film has led to a lawsuit. Atlantic City, New Jersey, police officer Andrew Jaques is the subject of a suit brought by two men over a traffic stop. The men claimed they were racially profiled and when one of them started filming the encounter with their cellphone,…

Mount Vernon, New York, Mayor Richard Thomas blasted JP Morgan Chase employees for allegedly making him the target of racial profiling for #BankingWhileBlack at a branch in neighboring White Plains. Thomas held a press conference on Monday, April 29, 2019, to denounce the actions of JP Morgan Chase workers for calling the police on him…

For many college students, late-night hunger is real and an offer of free food is met with joy. But for Columbia University student Alexander McNab, a quest for free food resulted in an encounter with university security and being pinned against a counter in front of fellow students. The incident occurred on the campus of …

When Dyma Loving, 26 and her friend Adrianna Green, 22, called police after a neighbor pulled a gun on them, they never expected the violent response from law enforcement. Miami-Dade County police arrived at the scene and despite being the victim, Loving found herself violently assaulted by a cop, handcuffed and arrested for not listening. The…

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…

When Paul McCowns went to the Huntington Bank in Cleveland to cash his first paycheck from a new job, he was feeling great. That quickly changed after he presented all the needed forms of ID, and the bank would not cash his check. To add insult to injury, police were waiting outside to arrest him. Apparently,…