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Family Files Federal Lawsuit After San Francisco Man Tased in Water, Now Unresponsive
The family of Deontae Faison, a San Francisco man who remains unresponsive months after being tased while struggling in the water, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the East Bay Park District officers involved. The incident, which occurred in April at Martin Luther […]
Family Of Slain Pregnant Woman Seeks Answers From Kansas City Police
The family of Elaysha Gilliam, a 26-year-old pregnant woman found dead in a park in Kansas City, Missouri, seeks answers from police. Gilliam was expecting her fifth child. The Kansas City Police confirmed that the discovery of Gilliam occurred on Feb. 19, located in a […]
Family Of A 29-Year-Old Black, Gay Father, Janard Geffrard, Demands Answers After He Died From A 21-Minute Brutal Beating From Cellmate
The family of Janard Geffrard, the 29-year-old Black gay man who died after being assaulted in jail, is demanding answers from officials. Geffrard’s family said they still don’t know why the guards at the Broward County jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida failed to intervene when their loved one was […]
Attorneys Say Mississippi Man Had Identification on Him When Cop Fatally Ran Over Him But Authorities Made No Effort to Contact Family
Dexter Wade’s family’s attorneys have released the initial results of an independent autopsy on his body and revealed the extent of his injuries and decay of his body. Wade was killed in March on a Mississippi interstate after being run over by an off-duty corporal in a Jackson police […]
Family of 13-Yr-Old Girl Beaten by Adult Woman Wants LA County DA to Upgrade Charges – Press Conference Set for Today
*Angelina Gray the mother of Kassidy Jones, the 13-year-old African American girl who was viciously attacked and brutally beaten inside a McDonald’s in Harbor City (in the Los Angeles area) on Sept 6 by Ariana Lauifi a 33-year-old wife and mother of seven children officially appealed directly to Los […]
Family of Black Woman Found Burnt In Dumpster ‘Ready To Fight’ After Charges Dropped Against Racist Police
The family of Mykaella Sharlman is “ready to fight” after Northern California prosecutors dropped charges against the two police officers accused of her death, NBC News reports. Ashton Montalvo and Deangelo Boone were charged with arson and mutilation of human remains after allegedly moving Sharlman’s body […]
Black Man Stabbed Crazed White Man to Protect His Family, Months Later the Suspect Was Arrested for Plotting a Racial Mass Shooting
A Las Vegas man connected to a string of crimes against Black people for several months finally has wound up behind bars and charged with two counts of hate crimes. Hunter Holman is accused of committing racially motivated acts toward Black people dating back to […]
I’m Black. My Son Is White. Here’s What We Deal With When We Leave The House
There is little that brings me as much joy as the sound of my toddler’s chunky legs on our parquet floors as he makes that sharp right at the foyer and heads toward his shoes. The mere mention of the word “outside” and this kid […]
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