Police

In the debate over fatal police shootings of minority citizens, one theme is persistent: White officers, rather than nonwhite officers, are primarily responsible for black Americans being shot by the police. For example, look to Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s handling of the recent shooting of black resident Eric Logan in his hometown of South Bend, Indiana. […]

A CVS pharmacy is making headlines once again due to its racist staff, and this time, an incident out of a store in Tulsa, Oklahoma has gone viral. Kendriana Washington is speaking out about the moment she was a victim of racial profiling that she captured on video and posted to Twitter on July 15. The footage […]

A former Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been arrested and charged for pulling over random drivers and planting drugs in their cars. Zachary Wester, 26, was fired last year but officially charged Wednesday with racketeering, official misconduct, false imprisonment, and several other felonies, Business Insider reports. According to the outlet, Wester targeted innocent drivers and planted […]

A former Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been arrested and charged for pulling over random drivers and planting drugs in their cars. Zachary Wester, 26, was fired last year but officially charged Wednesday with racketeering, official misconduct, false imprisonment, and several other felonies, Business Insider reports. According to the outlet, Wester targeted innocent drivers and planted […]

Another white person has been caught on tape calling police on a black person because … well, just because. In this case, the man, a father was begged by his tearful son not to do it, but we’re sure you know how that turned out. The white man accused Wesley Michel, a black software engineer, […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Police said a false report of gunfire set off a stampede that trampled more than a dozen people at Chicago’s annual July 4 fireworks display Thursday at Navy Pier, where thousands of revelers had crowded the Lake Michigan shore. Three others were stabbed when a fight broke out after a group of […]

Nike recently announced it would no longer release the special edition Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July after Colin Kaepernick raised concerns about the shoe’s use of a “Betsy Ross” flag. The decision to pull the shoe was met with criticism from people on the right, and one Iowa police officer even decided to […]

By now you’ve at least heard about the young lady who was seen licking a tub of ice cream and putting it back on the shelf. If you’ve seen the video you were most likely disgusted…and rightfully so. But guess who else has seen it, the police and Blue Bell. Now they’re both trying to […]

There’s an old saying that Knowledge is power. We’ve seen this idea proven correct throughout history, with cigarettes, seat belts, helmets, and dietary habits. D.L. wants to know why the same ideology isn’t applied to policing. With everything else named there was research done and from there rules, standards and laws were put in place […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police continued Sunday to investigate a shooting at a Baton Rouge nightclub that left seven people injured, even as officials in Louisiana’s capital city pledged to do more to fight gun violence after several high-profile shootings. Local news outlets report gunfire strafed the inside and parking lot of the Stadium […]

DC Metro Transit Police reportedly  opened an internal investigation into an officer’s use of force during an arrest at the U Street Metro station. A video of the incident has sparked outrage on social media, as it shows a Metro Transit Police officer using a taser on an unarmed Black man who allegedly interfered in […]

About 15 years ago a plane crashed into a corn field because of a grain of sand. After several trips it ended up cutting the planes fan and shutting down the hydraulics system. That grain of sand shouldn’t have been in the plane but, it was a flaw in manufacturing which caused disaster. D.L compares […]