WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Sixty-six percent of states that elect prosecutors have no blacks in those offices, a new study has found, highlighting the lack...
Rich Schapiro and Dareh Gregorian, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK (The New York Daily News) — She might be Eric Garner’s daughter, but...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers battling over whether the grand jury record in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man should...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers battling over whether the grand jury record in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man should...
Al Baker, J. David Goodman, and Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — Eric Garner was lumbering along a sidewalk...
Al Baker, J. David Goodman, and Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — Eric Garner was lumbering along a sidewalk...
DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. House seat in deeply Democratic New York City will remain under Republican...
by Brian E. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) – What began as a minor traffic stop apparently for a...
(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...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who skyrocketed to national prominence by representing the family of Trayvon...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who skyrocketed to national prominence by representing the family of Trayvon...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When it comes to the equality in America, a new report by the National Urban...
Abby Ohlheiser, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK (The Washington Post)—The New York Police Department has confirmed that at least some edits to Wikipedia entries about...
The Bay Area event production collective HGMNY is hosting a “Concert for Justice” to benefit the family of Eric Garner, Thursday, April 9, at the New...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday the deaths of unarmed black men in Missouri and New...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Garner and Akai Gurley were black men killed by New York City police officers. Although both deaths...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Garner and Akai Gurley were black men killed by New York City police officers. Although both deaths...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is at a crossroads on matters of race relations and law enforcement, presenting “hard truths” that...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The indictment of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang Wednesday on charges of...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The indictment of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang Wednesday on charges of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Blacks and Latinos are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates in part because police target them...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after a grand jury declined to press criminal charges in the police killing of an unarmed...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after a grand jury declined to press criminal charges in the police killing of an unarmed...
On the day set aside to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., nearly 400 people packed into the sanctuary of Covenant Worship Center in Berkeley to...
(Mother Jones) – When police officers kill unarmed citizens they are rarely charged, let alone convicted of a crime. The victims’ families often turn to civil complaints...