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State Justices Uphold $30 Million Judgment in Police Misconduct Case
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered East Cleveland to pay over $30 million to Arnold Black, who won a jury verdict against the city for...
Aug 23, 20242 min read


High Grocery Prices Leads To FTC Probe
FTC Chair Lina Khan announced that her agency would investigate the high cost of groceries in the U.S., citing "enormous profits" by...
Aug 23, 20241 min read


New York Lawmakers Demand Police Commissioner Lose Power to Conceal Brutality Cases
New York City Council members are pushing to remove the police commissioner’s authority to override disciplinary actions against officers...
Aug 23, 20242 min read


Black & Brown Descendants Of Displaced Palm Springs Residence Fight Reparations Battle
Palm Springs, California, is addressing its historical displacement of Black and Latino families from a neighborhood known as Section 14....
Aug 23, 20242 min read


City Taxpayers Have Paid $164.3 Million In Repeated Police Misconduct Cases By 200 Officers Over 5 Years
Chicago taxpayers paid $164.3 million to resolve lawsuits involving 200 Chicago police officers whose alleged misconduct led to multiple...
Aug 23, 20242 min read


Lawsuit Involving Wells Fargo Holding Phony DEI Job Interview Moves Forward
A federal court judge in California has rejected Wells Fargo's attempt to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging the bank misrepresented...
Aug 21, 20242 min read


Body Cam Shows Police Arresting Wrong Man
Darnell McCloud, owner of Fremont Coney Island, was arrested last week in a mistaken identity case, leaving him shaken and disappointed...
Aug 20, 20242 min read


Illinois Sheriff Jack Campbell Announces Retirement Following Controversial Handling Of Sonya Massey's Death
Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announced his retirement following the controversial police shooting of Sonya Massey, which...
Aug 20, 20242 min read


Statute Of Limitations On Police Brutality Challenged In Civil Rights Cases
Civil rights attorneys are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to address Louisiana's brief statute of limitations for police brutality cases,...
Aug 16, 20242 min read


Historical Marker Installed at Algiers Motel Honors Site Of 1967 Incident Involving The Murder Of 3 Teens By Police
The private park where the Algiers Motel once stood now features a Michigan historical marker, acknowledging the tragic 1967 police raid....
Aug 16, 20242 min read


U.S. Police Killings Remain Steady at 1,000-1,300 Annually Since Michael Brown's Death With Black and Indigenous People Disproportionately Affected
In the decade since Michael Brown Jr.'s death in Ferguson, Missouri, police killings in the U.S. have persisted at a similar rate,...
Aug 16, 20242 min read


Excessive Force Lawsuit Against City Of Burlington Over Black Teen With Disabilities Moved Forward By Judge
A lawsuit against the city of Burlington, Vermont, alleging police use of force and discrimination, is advancing after a judge denied the...
Aug 16, 20241 min read


Attorney General Says AP African American Studies Course Does Not Violate State Law
Georgia's attorney general has stated that the new Advanced Placement (AP) course in African American Studies does not breach the state's...
Aug 16, 20242 min read


Reparations Study For 1921 Race Massacre Will Be Commissioned For Victims & Descendants
Tulsa officials have established a commission to recommend reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which devastated a Black...
Aug 16, 20242 min read


Police Mistake Black Man for Different Suspect, Leading To Incident Involving Forceful Arrest and Allegations of Mistaken Identity
In June 2022, Derrick Gilbert was walking to his job in Willmar, Minnesota, when Officer Christopher Flatten mistook him for Sammy Price,...
Aug 15, 20242 min read


Black Angelenos Account For 33% Of Elderly Homeless Deaths Despite Constituting Only 9% Of The County's Population
A recent analysis of public records by the Guardian reveals that thousands of senior citizens have died while homeless in Los Angeles...
Aug 15, 20242 min read


Judge Rules Against Darryl George's Hair Discrimination Case
A federal judge dismissed most claims in a lawsuit filed by Darryl George, a Black high school student, alleging racial and gender...
Aug 14, 20242 min read


Heat Waves In Communities Of Color Shaped By Discriminatory Past
Ruben Berrios lives in Mott Haven, a low-income neighborhood in New York’s South #Bronx, where temperatures are significantly higher than...
Aug 13, 20242 min read


ACLU Examines Donald Trump's Promise To Militarize Police & Expand Death Penalty If Elected As President Of The United States
Donald Trump has presented himself as a proponent of strict crime policies. His approach during his administration, characterized by...
Aug 13, 20242 min read


Cops Who Killed 2 People Including A 4-Year-Old Won't Face Charges
The Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor has decided not to charge the Macomb police officers involved in the tragic March 16...
Aug 9, 20242 min read
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