Thabo Sefolosha has finally reached a settlement with the New York City Police Department over an altercation in April 2015 that left him with a broken leg. On Wednesday, the Atlanta Hawks star settled the lawsuit for $4 million — which is a far cry from the $50 million originally sought in the case. As you […]
This past week, news broke that a police officer told Latina Herring to stop calling 911, right before her and her 8-year-old son were killed. The suspected perpetrator, who is now apprehended, is her boyfriend, Allen Cashe. The officers statements came from a video that was released when they were called to a home in Sanford, […]
Donald Trump, along with his henchman, Attorney General, Jeff Sessions promised to make his administration a ‘law and order’ administration. In direct response to the non-violent protests of the Black Lives Matter movement, which was itself organized to respond to police violence against Black civilians, Trump vowed to create a ‘police-friendly’ administration. The three executive orders […]
The white Texas police officer who was seen on video arresting a black mother and daughter over an argument about a child littering has been suspended for 10 days without pay, authorities announced Monday. Fort Worth Police opened an internal investigation after video of the arrest went viral late last month and sparked backlash. The […]
Off-duty officer Eric Ball, who is African-American, said that he played football under coaches who used pushups to ensure discipline.
New research from Drexel University says Black people are 2.8 times more likely than their White peers to be fatally shot during police encounters.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The independent monitor overseeing an agreement to reform the Cleveland police department said in a federal court filing this week that he will ask a federal judge to address the city’s failure to create a detailed plan on how it will invest in equipment like cruisers and in-car computers to modernize a […]
New York firefighter Jason Stokes pleaded not guilty to arson charges earlier this week after being charged with setting fire to his own home back in August.
According to the Los Angeles Times, a detective investigating the high-profile allegations against Rose appears to have committed suicide.
NEW YORK (AP) — Lil Wayne understands why some people criticized him for saying racism is over, but claims people don’t see it from his perspective. The rapper got some backlash last month when he told Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed” that there was “no such thing as racism” because his concert audiences had a lot […]
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Police video shows an officer in Maryland pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl who refused to cooperate after her bicycle hit a car. The body-camera video was released after an attorney for the girl’s family posted a bystander’s video on Facebook, expressing outrage and accusing the officers of “aggression from the get-go.” The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up a different problem: officers’ interactions with the mentally ill. The latest example came in Baltimore, where a critical report on that department’s policies found that officers end up in unnecessarily violent confrontations with mentally […]
