SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)- California officials have warned 49 school districts that they have an unusually high number of black students in special education programs who are labeled emotionally disturbed. Letters sent by the state Department of Education in July told the districts their special ed classes were "significantly disproportionate" racially during a four-year period ending […]
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Surveillance video from a store in Maryland appears to show a Prince George’s County police officer striking a man with a gun which then fires. The recording from the store in Brentwood, Md., was obtained by WRC-TV in Washington. The video appears to show Cpl. Donald Taylor approaching 19-year-old Ryan […]
CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) — A 30-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the death of a teenage suburban Dallas girl whose body was found in a secluded wooden area near the Trinity River. A Carrollton Police Department statement Sunday said Franklin B. Davis of Irving was previously arrested on unrelated traffic warrants and […]
A 22-year-old Chicago man set to play basketball at Iona College in New Rochelle was killed Thursday, authories said. Police in Chicago are investigating the shooting death of a former Chicago high school basketball standout Michael Haynes who recently committed to play at the Division I school. Haynes was shot Thursday and died at a […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — A teenager who died in a struggle with an off-duty police officer in Maryland was an athlete, church usher and mentor, family members said Thursday as they sought to piece together the circumstances of his death. Baltimore County police said the unidentified officer was at home Wednesday evening when he heard a […]
Chad Holley, 18, who at 15-years-old was suspected of burglary and beaten on video by Houston Police officers, was arrested again today on a new burglary charge, reports ABC.com. As previously reported by NewsOne, in a horrific video, police can be seen kicking and punching Holley, who does not fight back, multiple times. Holley laid […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A police officer was indicted Wednesday in the death of an unarmed drug suspect, the first time a New York City officer has faced criminal charges in a fatal shooting since a groom was killed in a 50-shot police barrage on his wedding day in 2006. New York Police Department Officer […]
The teenager who authorities said was beaten in a neighborhood watch case in Baltimore that drew comparisons with the Trayvon Martin shooting refused to testify from the witness stand on Wednesday, prompting the judge ultimately to excuse him. It’s not yet clear how the loss of the key witness will affect the prosecution’s case. Brothers […]
In 1963, Black teens weren’t allowed to join the cast of popular shows like “american bandstand,” so in response to the growing dance demand, Washington D.C.’s WOOK radio station owner Richard Eaton, DC teenager Cal Hackett and radio personality Al Jefferson, created the “Teenarama Dance Party.” WOOK TV was the nation's first black television station. […]
