He was one of the organizers for “We Are the World,” and was involved in the anti-apartheid movement and many other humanitarian efforts in Africa. Prolific artist and fearless civil rights activist, Harry Belafonte never minced words when it came to challenging perceptions of race, […]
On Monday night, new video of the suspects wanted for attacking 58-year-old Yemeni Brooklyn store owner Jamal Sawaid was released by the NYPD. The footage comes three days after Sawaid suffered a brutal beating inside his own Coney Island smoke shop. In the video, four men are seen fleeing […]
Three Black college students in South Los Angeles have accused the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of racial profiling them on April 10. The three teens, 19-year-olds Armond Johnson, Laron Delton and Jayvonte George, were walking to the store on West 103rd Street and Budlong […]
Nationwide — Rehan Staton, a 27-year-old man from Maryland, is gaining national recognition as he is set to earn his law degree from Harvard Law School this year after years of working as a garbage worker. He recently co-founded the non-profit The Reciprocity Effect as a […]
The clashes capped months of heightened tensions between the military and its partner-turned-rival, the Rapid Support Forces group. KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force battled fiercely in the capital and other areas, dealing a new blow to hopes for a […]
A Black man who was terrorized by prison guards as an inmate at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Clayton during a shakedown has filed a lawsuit against several guards. Carl Berry was an inmate at the facility on April 15, 2021, when […]
A Black man beaten by a white police officer in Jackson, Louisiana, at a traffic stop has settled an excessive force and discrimination lawsuit with the help of the ACLU. The lawsuit settlement was announced by the ACLU on April 4, according to the Louisiana […]
Parents of a 5-year-old boy who died two days after collapsing in his school’s yard, are suing the city of West Hartford, Connecticut because they believe his death was preventable. The lawsuit, filed a year after he fell on school premises, alleges the recess duty […]
The 20-year-old man was 17 at the time of the fatal shooting INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — One of four men charged in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter. The 20-year-old man, […]
In a number of police brutality cases, the actions of a police officer are justified if the person is holding or reaching for a firearm, even when it is found later that the cop made a mistake. Recently, a Missouri Prosecutor has decided not to criminally charge […]
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