An NYPD captain is facing two more lawsuits accusing him of abuse against female employees
NBC News investigated allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination in big-city law enforcement and found a captain of the New York...
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- Mar 6
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An unarmed man was shot and killed by a Colorado deputy at point-blank range outside a middle school
In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday, a Pueblo County deputy shot and killed a man who had accidentally gotten into the wrong...
- Mar 6
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New York Will Pay Millions to Protesters Violently Corralled by Police
A legal settlement has been reached with New York City to compensate hundreds of protesters who were detained by police and beaten with...
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Why Trees Matter
When you travel to different parts of a city, various features of the environment tend to change. Those features may be styles of...
- Mar 3
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Why more Black families are considering home-schooling their children
For Black families, homeschooling has become a better option for their children's education. There was a significant increase in Black...
- Mar 2
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The oldest Black publisher in the U.S. raises over $100,000 after flood destroys iconic inventory
A recent winter flood damaged the publishing home of Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks, poet and playwright Amiri Baraka, and...
- Feb 28
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Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties
In an effort to acknowledge its historical culpability in slavery, the Church of England has set up an exhibition in its library that...
- Feb 27
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New York state trooper arrested for issuing dozens of fake traffic tickets
The NY State Police arrested and charged a trooper with issuing over 2 dozen fake traffic tickets to unaware drivers during traffic stops...
- Feb 25
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London Metropolitan police officer David Carrick sentenced to life for nearly 50 counts of sexual
In the span of almost 20 years, a police officer with London's Metropolitan Police committed dozens of rapes and other sexual offenses...
- Feb 24
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The discovery of a sunken slave ship prompted efforts to humanize the victims of American slavery
In 2015, a Smithsonian delegation shared a long-overdue discovery with the Makua people of Mozambique. Over 200 years after the...
- Feb 24
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In response to neo-Nazi homeschoolers, the Ohio Department of Education says it will do nothing
Despite investigating a neo-Nazi homeschool network in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, the Ohio Department of Education appears to have concluded...
- Feb 24
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The five ex-Memphis officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death have all pleaded not guilty
At their first court appearance in Memphis, the five former police officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man...
- Feb 23
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An Oklahoma lawmaker's bill might give some women who were incarcerated for abuse a second chance
There are thousands of mothers in women's prisons around the country who have been arrested because of domestic violence. An...
- Feb 22
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Black Colorado ranchers who have been terrorized by racist locals arrested after filing complaint
With the NAACP's assistance, a farming couple in Colorado is being released from jail after they claimed continuous racial harassment...
- Feb 21
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Black Army Vet Says Same Memphis Cops Beat Him Days Before Killing Tyre Nichols
During a visit to his cousin outside an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee, on the evening of Jan. 4, a Black army veteran named...
- Feb 17
- 2 min
The Cleveland Police Department's response to kids in crisis is marked by disparities in footage
In an investigation conducted by The Marshall Project - Cleveland and Eye on Ohio, it was found that the Cleveland Division of Police...
- Feb 16
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An unserved 1955 arrest warrant has prompted Emmett Till's family to seek Carolyn Bryant's arrest.
The family of Emmett Till is seeking to enforce an arrest warrant that was issued in 1955 for a white woman involved in the kidnapping...
- Feb 15
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“It reminds me of apartheid”: Segregated judicial system and more police for America's Blackest city
Jackson, a city in which 82.6% of its 156,803 population are Black, will soon have a separate court system and a police force that is...
- Feb 14
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Police killed a man who they thought was a burglar as he cleaned out his late grandmother's home
A man in Ohio was shot by police after they thought he was a burglar, but his family said he was only cleaning out his late grandmother's...
- Feb 13
- 2 min
LAPD, backed by well-funded police lobbyists, wants to use robot dogs
In recent weeks, the Los Angeles Police Department has been promoting a plan to deploy dog-like robots in numerous communities,...
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