During the remainder of the week, services are scheduled to honor the life of the woman family and friends lovingly called "Sandy."

UPDATED: November 24, 2015 12:16 PM EST On Friday, the Minneapolis chapter of Black Lives Matter shared a video of two masked men spewing racial slurs, leading members to believe the men are the same suspects who turned themselves in after the shooting on five BLM affiliates Monday evening. Police haven’t confirmed if the men are suspects arrested […]

The police chief of Surf City retired following an uproar over a Facebook post where he called Black Lives Matter "terrorist group"

On Wednesday, hearings will begin to determine if the case against the six officers in the Freddie Gray case should be dismissed.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday assailed another group: Black Lives Matter.

Matt Kenny, the Madison, Wis. police officer named in the fatal shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson, has been cleared of any wrongdoing after the findings of an internal investigation. Madison Police Department officials released summarized details of the investigation on Wednesday (Jun. 3), which found that Officer Kenny did not overstep his use of deadly […]

Black women and girls matter too. Don’t forget. #sayhername #BlackWomenMatter #blackwomenslivesmatter pic.twitter.com/SoQde3dshr — satan with a fro (@delafro_) May 21, 2015 In an effort to stem the tide of violence being waged against African-American women in the criminal justice system, the Black Lives Matter movement on Thursday began incorporating women and girls in its protests […]

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If yesterday’s march in New York City is any indication, it appears there’s growing support nationwide for the Baltimore uprising ignited by the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the unarmed Black man who died mysteriously in police custody nearly two weeks ago. The Baltimore crisis, which, depending on your perspective is either an “uprising” or a […]

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Hundreds took to the streets of Decatur, Georgia yesterday, stopping traffic, chanting and holding signs like “Demilitarize the police” to protest the officer-involved shooting death of Anthony Hill, an unarmed 27-year-old black man in DeKalb County, a suburb of Atlanta. RELATED: Unarmed Air Force Veteran Anthony Hill Shot And Killed By Police Protesters, using hashtags […]

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A St. Louis, Mo., police union official says officers would quit or do only the bare minimum of patrol if the city creates a proposed civilian oversight board, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. SEE ALSO: Man Stomped On Head By NYPD Officer Thanks Brooklyn D.A. For Indictment On Thursday, Jeff Roorda, a police union […]

Many of us have nostalgic memories of our Girl Scout troops – collecting badges, camping, pushing those Samoas and Thin Mints. But there’s one group of young ladies in Northern California who take a different approcach to weekend fun — they rock brown berets and march in the name of #BlackLivesMatter. They’re the Radical Brownies! […]