PASCO, Wash. (AP) — The 60-year-old mother of an unarmed Mexican man fatally shot by police officers in Washington state fainted when she viewed her...
PASCO, Wash. (AP) — The 60-year-old mother of an unarmed Mexican man fatally shot by police officers in Washington state fainted when she viewed her...
Anthony Shahid, in black, marches with Michael Brown, Sr. in t-shirt and Akbar Muhammad to the left to Shadid’s right is activist Zaki Baruti in yellow...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias…We all – white and black – carry various...
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...
(CNN) – A St. Louis man has filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force in a case that involves an officer turning off a dashcam video...
By Everett Glenn NNPA Guest Columnist They say that “sport mirrors life.” The latest example is the sick twist on the death of Eric Garner...
By Everett Glenn NNPA Guest Columnist They say that “sport mirrors life.” The latest example is the sick twist on the death of Eric Garner...
Demonstrators converge on Ferguson Police Dept. headquarters. by J.A. Salaam Special to the NNPA from The Final Call FERGUSON, Mo. (FinalCall.com) – Nearly seven months since...
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...
by Khorri Atkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Three years after NYPD officer Richard Haste chased unarmed Black teen Ramarley Graham...
by Khorri Atkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Three years after NYPD officer Richard Haste chased unarmed Black teen Ramarley Graham...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Criminal charges will be unsealed against a rookie police officer who fired into a darkened stairwell at a...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Criminal charges will be unsealed against a rookie police officer who fired into a darkened stairwell at a...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Blacks and Latinos are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates in part because police target them...
ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — A shouting and shoving match erupted at St. Louis City Hall Wednesday during the first public hearing on a police oversight...
Christine Byers, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS, Mo. (STLToday.com)—Like many officers involved in deadly force encounters, Darren Wilson said his training took over when...
Sean Carlin and Geoff Mulvihill, ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — Elected officials, the state NAACP and local religious leaders said Friday they have confidence...
Sean Carlin and Geoff Mulvihill, ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — Elected officials, the state NAACP and local religious leaders said Friday they have confidence...
(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...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — The federal investigation into the shooting death of black Ferguson, Mo., teenager Michael Brown has yielded insufficient evidence to support criminal...
SEAN CARLIN, Associated Press GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — A police video of officers confronting and then fatally shooting a black man in...
Corey Williams, ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT (AP) — Protesters on Wednesday called for criminal charges to be brought against two police officers who appear to be...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder called Thursday for better record-keeping on how often police officers use force and are themselves...