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A 14-year-old boy, missing since Monday is being searched for in Washington, D.C., and police are asking the public for assistance. As many people know, African-American children and teens who go missing do not always generate the major media coverage that can assist in helping them return home. The Black and Missing Foundation was created […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A South Side police commander and his officers tortured black suspects into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit. Another rogue unit shook down drug dealers on the West Side for drugs and money. A different group of officers accepted payments from drug dealers to warn them of police raids. And for years, […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took his presidential campaign Tuesday to the heart of a Baltimore neighborhood that witnessed riots last spring, calling the level of poverty and rundown housing in parts of the city “stunning.” The Democratic candidate toured the neighborhood where Freddie Gray died last spring of a spinal injury he […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a Baltimore police officer who is charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who was injured in the back of a police transport van (all times local). 11:45 a.m. The prosecution has rested its case in the manslaughter trial of […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Six people have been charged in connection with the abduction of two New York college students. But the details surrounding the incident, which ended when a SWAT team stormed a home near the school, remain unclear. Rochester police announced the charges late Monday night. Lydell Strickland, 26, Dennis Perez, 23, and […]
When Chicago community activist Andrew Holmes was sent a video of a child smoking marijuana, he quickly notified police.
CHICAGO (AP) — Responding to deepening mistrust of one of the nation’s largest police forces, the federal government opened an investigation Monday into the Chicago Police Department, and authorities announced they would not charge an officer in the death of a 25-year-old black man who was shot in the back last year. The Justice Department […]
The video of Ronald Johnson's shooting was released by Alvarez's office during a press conference explaining key details of the video on Monday. The shooting happened eight days before Laquan McDonald was also fatally shot by officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.
12/07/15 – Roland Martin talks to Pierre Thomas, the Senior Justice Correspondent for ABC News, about ISIS, the power of social media, and President Obama’s presidential address about terrorism. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed Sunday night the U.S. will overcome a new phase of the terror threat that seeks to “poison the minds” of people here and around the world, as he sought to reassure Americans shaken by recent attacks in Paris and California. “I know […]
A new report is saying 12-year-old Tamir Rice had his hands in his pockets when he was shot and killed by Cleveland police last year. An expert was hired by Tamir’s family to examine the surveillance video frame-by-frame. CBS News reports, “Tamir Rice did not have enough time to remove his hands from his pockets before being […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is expected to launch a wide-ranging investigation this week into the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department after recent protests following the release of a video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times, a person familiar with the matter told The […]
