police brutality

On June 28, 2018, Sean Williams was sitting on a curb in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while being yelled at by officer Philip Bernot. Williams was eventually tased while trying to follow the officers’ commands. The white male officer stood behind Williams, repeatedly yelling “legs out!” and “straight out!” The female officer, Shannon Mazzante, was off-camera but just as […]

You may remember that in 2013, then 15-year-old Dajerria Becton was at a pool party in McKinney, Texas that was breaking up after several 911 callers said the party was getting out of hand. Becton, who was a bystander, was forced to the ground in her bathing suit by a McKinney officer,  Eric Casebolt. The […]

Despite Michael Thomas Jr. being innocent of any wrongdoing, Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said the officers involved “followed all of the rules and protocols.”

PHOENIX (AP) — The attorneys and a pastor for an Arizona man beaten by police while standing against a wall said Thursday that the officer’s claim that their client posed a threat “doesn’t pass the smell test.” Andre Miller, the pastor to 33-year-old Robert Johnson, said the police description of why they struck the unarmed […]

The cop wasn't held accountable.

Another day, another cop who can't deescalate.

No justice, no peace.

She did the impossible -- won without video footage.

'Significantly declined' is a stretch.

On Thursday’s I try to do a rundown of several important stories at the intersection of injustice, race, and culture. My struggle is never finding enough to talk about, but trying to zero in 3-4 important stories that are developing throughout the week. First, I need us to talk about Kanye West for a moment. […]

Chikesia Clemons was exposed and arrested at an Alabama Waffle House after asking why she had to pay 50 cents for utensils she didn’t previously pay for. No woman should be treated that way and yet police find it okay to handle woman of color in this way. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The D.L. Hughley […]

Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown who was shot and killed by police in August of 2014, has announced that she will be running for Ferguson City Council according to The Root. After her son’s death, McSpadden threw herself into law enforcement reform having received her high school diploma, written a book, campaigned all over […]