NYPD officers are issuing fewer summonses in the two precincts affected by recent cop murders, the New York Daily News reports. RELATED: NYPD Commissioner: Protests Are Not Really About Police Brutality Per statistics for the week ending this past Sunday, only one summons was issued in the 84th precinct, covering Northwestern Brooklyn. None were issued in the […]
President Jerry Falwell Jr. of Liberty University, one of the largest Christian universities in the world, is being criticized for urging students to get concealed weapons to "end those Muslims."
President Barack Obama will be leaving office on a high note. According to a new CNN/ORC poll, his approval rating has increased amongst Americans. For the first time in nearly two years, more people say they look at President Obama in a positive light. Forty-eight percent of Americans believe he’s doing a good job, while […]
New York City has agreed to reform stop and frisk police procedures in NYCHA public housing, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Eric Garner’s Daughter, Brother Release Rap Song Dedicated To Him The agreement stems from Davis v. City Of New York, a class action lawsuit that NYCHA residents filed against the city over […]
Chicago police routinely violate the constitutional rights of mostly African-Americans who have not committed any crime, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week, reports the Chicago Tribune. The allegation comes in a suit filed on behalf of six African-American men from the South and West Sides and seeks class-action status against the city, police […]
Kim Ohaegbulam was not allowed to use the bathroom at an NYC bar and claims it was caused by racial discrimination.
The powers-that-be at the burrito and taco chain Chipotle reportedly apologized to the New York City police department (NYPD), after a group of about nine officers entered one of their downtown Brooklyn eateries and were greeted by an employee who raised his hands in a “hands up, don’t shoot!” gesture, according to the New York Daily News. SEE ALSO: […]
Chicago-bred rapper Common (pictured) is known for his socially conscious music; Sunday night at the Golden Globes, he delivered a moving speech about how what happened in Selma during the Civil Rights Movement is mirroring what’s happening in our local communities today. After receiving the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, for his song […]
An eight-minute-long video was uploaded onto YouTube on Wednesday showing New York City policemen, uniformed and plainclothes, roughing up three African-American minors. Based on that video, Officer John McDevitt has been suspended from duty pending investigation, the NYPD announced on Friday, reports The New York Daily News. As bystanders watched in horror at the officer’s bully tactics, many in the crowd were […]
Alvaro Eduardo Guzman-Telles (pictured) is reportedly being accused of threatening to behead New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo, the Caucasian cop who placed an unarmed African-American Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold last summer and who was not charged in his death, according to The Detroit News. The Detroit-area man is accused in a federal indictment […]
Its been almost twenty years since NYPD officers killed Anthony Rosario and cousin Hilton Vega in a Bronx apartment, firing over 20 shots while the men were lying facedown. RELATED: Eric Garner’s Daughter Tweets Police Officer’s Address Less than a month from that anniversary of her son’s death, Margarita Rosario (pictured left) held a candlelight vigil outside her Kingsbridge home Saturday evening. […]
Valerie Bell has called out Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the rest of the lawmakers in New York to issue independent investigations for police killings, the New York Daily News reports. The mother of Sean Bell, who was killed by police officers in 2006, sat before a dozen lawmakers on Wednesday to speak on the recent police […]