John Swaine, THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK (The Guardian)—The second policeman in the video showing Walter Scott’s killing by officer Michael Slager is being sued by another...
Tom Boggioni, RAW STORY TULSA, Okla. (RawStory.com) — The reserve Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot and killed a man last week when he...
Tom Boggioni, RAW STORY TULSA, Okla. (RawStory.com) — The reserve Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot and killed a man last week when he...
Jack Simpson, THE INDEPENDENT TULSA, Okla. (The Independent)—A reserve police officer in Oklahoma has shot and killed an unarmed black man after he claims...
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Mourners are expected to gather Saturday in Summerville, South Carolina to remember Walter Scott, the 50-year-old black driver who was fatally...
Tami Abdollah and Amy Taxin, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Ten sheriff’s deputies in Southern California have been put on leave after several...
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The University of Oklahoma’s new chief of diversity programs says he knows why he’s the right fit for...
(Alternative Media Syndicate) – Police and city officials have just released the dashcam video showing the traffic stop harassment, just moments before Officer Michael Slager fatally...
(Raw Story) – The shocking footage of South Carolina man Walter Scott being shot in the back as he ran from North Charleston police officer Michael Slager...
(NBC News) – A Minnesota teen has achieved the rare and prestigious honor of being accepted to all eight Ivy League schools. Munira Khalif, a senior...
(NBC News) – A Minnesota teen has achieved the rare and prestigious honor of being accepted to all eight Ivy League schools. Munira Khalif, a senior...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle CHARLESTON, S.C. – North Charleston Branch NAACP President Ed Bryant said Thursday the April 4...
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News “When an old person dies, a library burns” … so goes the African proverb. March...
NNPA Rededicates Media Lab at HU’s School of Communications by Sarafina Wright Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The National Newspaper Publishers Association rededicated...
by Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle CHARLESTON, S.C. – Leaders of local civil rights organizations had been taking a wait-and-see approach...
EXCLUSIVE: Witness who recorded the deadly police shooting of #WalterScott speaks out. @LesterHoltNBC reports: http://t.co/wzf03DIghR — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) April 8, 2015 (The Washington Post)...
MITCH WEISS, Associated Press MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white South Carolina police officer charged with murder for shooting an unarmed...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The law gives police officers latitude to use deadly force when they feel physically endangered, but there’s far less...
by Khari Arnold Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Kappa Alpha Psi, one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious black fraternities, is facing...
by Khari Arnold Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Kappa Alpha Psi, one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious black fraternities, is facing...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dramatic video that shows a white South Carolina police officer shooting a fleeing...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dramatic video that shows a white South Carolina police officer shooting a fleeing...
FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. (MyFoxAtlanta.com) – A Fannin County Judge and two others are accused of using racial slurs in open court. A source tells FOX 5,...
(The Washington Post) – E. Ethelbert Miller, a noted poet and longtime director of the Afro-American Studies Resource Center at Howard University, believes he was...
by Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World Many urbanites probably wonder why instances of police brutality and lethal force keep being...