Last March, twin brothers from Rancho Cordova, Calif., joined the long list of Black people who have reportedly been harassed by police officers and/or nosy neighbors while minding their own business. The Sacramento Bee reports that Carlos and Thomas Williams have filed two lawsuits against Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County and the officers involved in their 2019 arrests, […]

Gloria Wadud of Sacramento has decided to tackle the issue of homelessness head-on; she told CBS13 that she wanted to be part of the solution, not the problem. She’s decided to buy as many tents for the homeless as possible and not just any tents, bright green tents. “I won’t stop,” said Wadud. “I need […]

It has been 6 months since Stephon Clark was killed by police in Sacramento. Clark was shot and killed while in his grandmother’s back yard. Police claim that they thought he had a gun but the only thing in his hand was his cell phone. Today Reverend Al Sharpton is headed to California to be […]

It has been almost six months since two Sacramento police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark as he stood in the backyard of his grandmother’s home. The officers fired about 20 shots and said that they thought he was holding a gun and were in fear for their lives. He was only holding a cell […]

Two SWAT officers with the Sacramento police department shot and killed 19-year-old Darell Richards after they say he pointed a gun at them early Thursday morning. It was later discovered that the Richards was holding a pellet gun. Police spokesman Sgt. Vance Chandler told the Sacramento Bee “At the time, he posed an immediate threat to officers, and […]

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Over the past few months I’ve been on the road speaking and teaching around the country. This weekend I was in California – speaking in Oakland and then up to Sacramento – two places where they will be voting for new District Attorneys this summer. Both cities have a long history of police brutality and […]

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hours after an emotional interruption at his brother’s funeral, Stevante Clark helped defuse tension in California’s capital city by asking protesters not to block thousands of fans from entering a downtown NBA arena for a third night. Police in riot gear stood waiting outside the Golden 1 Center as fans wove […]

3/23/18- As happy as we are for Friday, Tom and Sybil recognize that it’s sometimes overshadowed by the dark times we live in. Protests broke out yesterday over the shooting of an unarmed Black man in Sacramento and Tom draws an unfortunate conclusion between this man and the Florida teen shooter. READ MORE STORIES ON […]

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What you see above is a map of Detroit. The small colorful dots represent people, plotted to show where they live and their race. Whites are…