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Songstress Alicia Keys (pictured) and her husband, Swizz Beatz, got a late Christmas present in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday; the couple welcomed their second son, Genesis Ali Dean, in to the world. Genesis weighed six pounds and five ounces. Keys took to Instagram to share her excitement about the new addition […]

Members of the Justice League NYC were joined by New York City politicians, civil rights leaders, and activists as they presented plans of action against racial injustices at a press conference Monday for the upcoming #March2Justice. Created under Harry Belafonte’s organization The Gathering of Justice, director Carmen Perez spoke on the march, which will span over five states from April 13 […]

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Warning: GRAPHIC VIDEO Once again showing their willingness to protect and serve, New York’s Finest dragged a nearly naked woman from her apartment and left her passed out on the floor, reports the NY Daily News. RELATED: NYPD Places Pregnant Woman In Apparent Chokehold Over Grilling Dispute Medical Examiner Rules Eric Garner’s Death A Homicide Denise Stewart, 48, […]

Crime

From Eric Garner, an unarmed 43-year-old man killed by NYPD on July 17, 2014, to Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014, to Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy killed by the Cleveland Police Department on November 23, 2014, the results are all the same: unarmed people of color needlessly killed […]

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A new poll released by USA Today and the Pew Research Center shows 57% of Americans polled believe NYPD officer, Daniel Pantaleo, should have been indicted for the murder of Eric Garner. From USA Today: Americans by nearly 3-1 say the white police officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man being […]

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The NYPD officers who shot and killed 16-year-old Kimani Gray will not face criminal charges, reports the Daily News. RELATED: Principal Of Slain Brooklyn Teen Pens Heartfelt Letter: ‘We Miss Kimani’ [VIDEO] Officers Who Killed Kimani Gray Have Been Sued Repeatedly For Civil Rights Violations Read more below: According to court documents, “[prosecutors] are not pursuing criminal […]

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NYPD’s aggressive policing of quality-of-life offenses to prevent more serious ones has created a tale of two cities. A city primarily populated by whites who are not prosecuted for minor offenses. The other, a primarily  Black/Hispanic city where minorities are are issued a disproportionate number of summonses for common offenses and could be interrogated by […]

Crime

The uncle of a 13-year-old Brooklyn girl saved the teenager and her friend from prostitution by posing as a customer after the two were convinced by a stranger to have sex for money, prosecutors say. The girls, who have not been identified, met 25-year-old suspect Marcus (Melo) Sumpter while returning from a party on Aug. 30, […]

Jamal Rutledge (pictured center) will be honored by the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida police department for helping to save the life of Officer Franklin Foulks, who arrested him last September.  Thanks to the 17-year-old boy’s quick thinking, Foulks is alive today, according to CBS News. While Foulks was processing Rutledge’s arrest for violating juvenile probation, he suddenly fell […]

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Akai Gurley’s partner, Kimberly Ballinger’s (pictured left), will file a notice of claim to sue the city of New York for $50 million over his death Thursday, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Lil Wayne Sues Birdman’s Cash Money Label Gurley was descending a dim stairwell in Brooklyn’s Pink Houses in November, when his movement allegedly […]

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A terminally ill 6-year-old girl has been living her dream of becoming a police officer. Khyrstin Andrews (pictured), who is fighting stage 4 kidney cancer, previously told her mother that she wanted to pull somebody over as an officer. Fortunately, Andrews goes to the same church as a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, where she […]

Nation, Police Brutality

Akai Gurley’s (pictured below) partner, Kimberly Ballinger, says she is confident that the Brooklyn D.A. will bring justice to her family, the New York Daily News reports. RELATED: Report: No Federal Charges To Be Filed Against Darren Wilson In Death Of Michael Brown   “We have faith in Ken Thompson (pictured top, right of center),” said […]