Police say the Shemel Mercerius was shot to death by 24-year-old Taariq Stephens who later turned himself into the police. The motive behind her murder is not known.
An advisory panel found that Waller County Jail needs a major overhaul including a new facility, better mental health screenings for inmates and a body cam policy for officers.
Niya Kenny is the name of the brave young girl who stood up for her classmate as she was being assaulted by officer Ben Fields while he was duty in school. In a video that has now gone viral and prompted the firing of the offending officer, a student is flipped and dragged across the classroom. Sign Up […]
Kiesha Jenkins, a Black transgender woman and college student, was fatally shot, making her the 21st transgender woman killed this year.
The bizarre murder of a transgender woman in Philadelphia has sparked a police investigation. NBC 10 reports: Police say 22-year-old Kiesha Jenkins, of North Philadelphia, was dropped off on the 1300 block of Wingohocking Street around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. As she got out of the vehicle she was approached by at least five men who […]
The American Civil Liberties Union has released an appalling video of California police confronting a pregnant Black woman. Mandated body cameras captured officers in Barstow, California, slamming a woman named Charlena Michelle Cooks during a January incident where they were called to her daughter’s school. Cooks, who was eight months pregnant at the time, was […]
The American Civil Liberties Union has released an appalling video of California police confronting a pregnant Black woman. Mandated body cameras captured officers in Barstow, California, slamming a woman named Charlena Michelle Cooks during a January incident where they were called to her daughter’s school. Cooks, who was eight months pregnant at the time, was […]
Police in Oakland, California, rounded up dozens of people who had been calling attention to the Black women that have died as a result of…
