NNPA NEWSWIRE — A 2012 Human Rights Watch report noted that the state of California had de facto sentenced 301 people to die in its prisons...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A 2012 Human Rights Watch report noted that the state of California had de facto sentenced 301 people to die in its prisons...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “One thing I think for sure about the missing teens is that human trafficking is a hotbed in my city [and around the...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Investigators posted ads in Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and Ohio for gun sales.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m outraged that anyone at Toledo Transmission – or any facility – would ever face threats or discrimination. My heart goes out to...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Minnesota’s Black Community Project is hosting a community panel discussion on police and racial profiling.
HUDSON VALLEY PRESS — District Attorney David Hoovler and Sheriff Carl E. DuBois recognized Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (LEAD) last Wednesday, January 9th.
Wealth and Disparities Members of Justice for Mario Woods speak with a press officer in the California State Capitol Monday.(L to R): Denise Friday, Dionne Smith,...
A partnership between the local NAACP and Miami-Dade State Attorney highlights a lack of police prosecution By Derek Joy Special to the NNPA from The...
(Detroit News) – President Barack Obama will visit Kwame Kilpatrick’s federal prison in Oklahoma on Thursday, offering a reminder of how far their careers and fortunes...
By Gwen Moore The life of a man with schizophrenia, 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton, ended after he was struck by 14 bullets from a Milwaukee...
By Associated Press In a surprise announcement coming nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is banning the federal...
Demetria Irwin, THE GRIO (TheGrio.com) — Sneaker and sportswear giant Nike and their subsidiary company Converse had their second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on May 13....
Demetria Irwin, THE GRIO (TheGrio.com) — Sneaker and sportswear giant Nike and their subsidiary company Converse had their second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on May 13....
Brian Melley, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case of the vanishing inmate at the Los Angeles County jail nearly went all the way...
Colin Campbell, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — Two Baltimore correctional officers were charged Wednesday with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last...
Colin Campbell, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — Two Baltimore correctional officers were charged Wednesday with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Freddie Gray, 25, was racially profiled and then chased down by the Baltimore police officers. He subsequently...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Police who kill suspects in the line of duty rarely face charges, experts say, but recent incidents...
FT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The Broward State Attorney’s Office has dropped more than three dozen criminal cases connected to four former Fort Lauderdale Police...
Jesse J. Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting people in far greater numbers than...
Jesse J. Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting people in far greater numbers than...
Avery A. Browne will assume command of the California Highway Patrol’s Golden Gate Division. As the new chief of the division, Browne will be responsible...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Ever since President Bill Clinton apologized for the Tuskegee syphilis “experiment” in 1997, we have heard calls for apologies from...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Ever since President Bill Clinton apologized for the Tuskegee syphilis “experiment” in 1997, we have heard calls for apologies from...