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McFarland Police Department Sparks Outrage Over Baton Beating Caught On Video
The McFarland #Police Department is facing scrutiny after a video surfaced on social media, showing officers beating a man with a baton...
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Inquiry Finds That Pharmacies Including CVS Health and Walmart Shared Medical Data To Police
In a recent congressional inquiry, major pharmacy chains, encompassing #CVS Health, #Kroger, and #RiteAid, disclosed the provision of...
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Lawmakers Move Forward With Bill That'll Allow Jersey City Board To Issue Subpoenas In Police Abuse
#NewJersey state lawmakers moved forward on a criminal justice reform measure that aims to enhance accountability for #police officers....
Dec 15, 20232 min read


First Woman To Seek Court-Approved Abortion In 50 Years Denied By Texas Supreme Court
The #Texas Supreme Court issued a significant decision on Monday, ruling that Kate Cox, a Dallas-area mother with a fetus diagnosed with...
Dec 15, 20232 min read


Prisoners Claim State Regularly Denied Incarcerated People Parole So They Can Be "Leased"
A group of current and former prisoners has filed a lawsuit against #Alabama, alleging that the state's prison labor system amounts to a...
Dec 15, 20232 min read


10-Year-Old Boy Who Was Detained For Urinating In Public Gets Three Months Probation & More
In August, a 10-year-old boy in Senatobia, #Mississippi, found himself in a legal predicament after being witnessed urinating in public...
Dec 15, 20231 min read


County Allowed To Use A Map Judges Deemed A Racial Gerrymander By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has allowed Galveston County in Texas to use a contentious electoral map in the upcoming election, criticized for...
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Groundbreaking Sickle Cell Disease Cure Gets Approved By The Federal Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for two groundbreaking treatments for #sicklecell disease, affecting over...
Dec 15, 20232 min read


Newly Signed Bill Will Have Michigan Prisons Registered To Vote Upon Release
#Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill, House Bill 4983, to register individuals leaving Michigan prisons to vote...
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Steps Toward Limits On County-Wide Cash Bail Suffers Major Setback
A lawsuit challenging the legality of# LosAngeles County's new bail schedule faced a setback as an #OrangeCounty Superior Court Judge,...
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Protester Settles With Sacramento For $3 Million With The City After She Is Blinded By Police
Shantania Love, who lost her left eye after being hit by a rubber bullet during a 2020 protest against #police brutality in #Sacramento,...
Dec 14, 20231 min read


Nearly 700 Lawsuits Allege Decades Of Physical and Sexual Abuse At Rikers Island
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, allowing survivors of sexual assault, including current or...
Dec 14, 20231 min read


Marvin Haynes Free After Serving 19 Years On A Murder Charge He Didn't Commit
Marvin Haynes, convicted in 2005 for the 2004 killing of a flower shop clerk in #Minneapolis, has been freed after the prosecutor's...
Dec 14, 20231 min read


KYRC Podcast Episode 6: Educating The Youth On Financial Freedom
KYRC's volunteer Alysha Pamphile and Yesi Ortiz speak with financial advisor from the JP Morgan Private Bank Caleb Dawkins. Dawkins has...
Dec 14, 20231 min read


Wyoming School Officer Assaults 8-Year-Old Boy With Disabilities
A federal lawsuit claims a second-grade boy with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, currently identified by his initials J.D., was...
Dec 13, 20231 min read


General Motors Expels Security Firm Personnel from Premises Amid Allegations of Racism and Abuse
General Motors (GM) has directed a private security police force accused of longstanding racism and abuse towards Black individuals at...
Dec 13, 20231 min read


SCOUS Rules That 83-Year-Old Woman Can Sue California Police Department After Traffic Stop & Attack
In 2019, 83-year-old Elise Brown, a petite woman standing at just over 5 feet and weighing 117 pounds, found herself at the center of a...
Dec 13, 20231 min read


Advanced Placement, African American Studies Revisions, Will Include Colin Kaepernick's 2016 Protest
In its latest version, an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course for U.S. high schools introduces substantial content,...
Dec 13, 20231 min read


Former Police Officer Michael Pessoa Pleads Guilty To Excessive Force & Civil Rights Violations
Former Fall River #police officer Michael Pessoa, already serving time for a prior conviction, has pleaded guilty to two additional cases...
Dec 11, 20232 min read


Reports Claim Rankin County Sheriff Officers Called The "Goon Squad" Terrorized Citizens
Several deputies from the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in #Mississippi, known as the "Goon Squad," have been implicated in a...
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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