NNPA NEWSWIRE — To those who have lost loved ones to police violence, know this: just because you’re not in the headlines doesn’t mean you’re absent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Five years ago, my beloved son Eric was murdered by people who were supposed to serve and protect," Gwen Carr, the mother of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After deliberating her fate, a jury recommended a sentence of just 10 years in prison for Guyger’s assassination of her neighbor, Botham Jean....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Two days after activists protested yelling “fire Pantaleo” at a Democratic debate in Detroit with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio standing...
By Samaria Bailey Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed the NAACP to keep fighting for equality in...
By Samaria Bailey Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed the NAACP to keep fighting for equality in...
The Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee next week will discuss a set of police accountability reforms that were proposed by 100 Black Men of...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It didn’t take long for a grand jury in South Carolina to indict a white former city policeman...
Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times While America and the rest of the world watch with shock and dismay as Black citizens are gunned...
Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times While America and the rest of the world watch with shock and dismay as Black citizens are gunned...
By Stacey Rodgers On Friday, May 1 – International Workers Day, otherwise known as May Day, about 2,000 people came together to march and protest...
by Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of...
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...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist We all know of the recent horror of a North Charleston, S.C. police officer deciding to murder an unarmed...
Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (The New York Times) — Civil rights groups in North Charleston, S.C., asked the United States Department...
Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (The New York Times) — Civil rights groups in North Charleston, S.C., asked the United States Department...
(Salon) – The horrific story of the unarmed Walter Scott’s death at the hands of Officer Michael Slager continues to reverberate. Aside from the incontrovertible evidence on...
By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist When I first viewed the video of Walter Scott being gunned down by North Charleston, S.C. Police Officer Michael...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Without the video, North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away with murder. Without the...
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...
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...
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...
(Raw Story) – A guest on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program walked out of the studio Thursday night to protest the bizarre arguments of another...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MITCH WEISS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — As its population surged in the last decade, South Carolina’s third-largest city...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MITCH WEISS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — As its population surged in the last decade, South Carolina’s third-largest city...