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A New York City police detective was suspended after newly emerged surveillance video allegedly shows him stealing money from a Brooklyn deli during a raid for untaxed cigarettes, the New York Times reports. In a statement released Thursday, department spokesman Stephen Davis announced Detective Ian Cyrus‘ suspension, citing the “nature of the allegations in this […]

The mother of Michael T. Slager, the former North Charleston police officer charged with murder in the death of South Carolina man Walter Scott, said she’s “in denial” about the shooting in an interview with ABC News. Breaking her silence, Karen Sharpe said that her 33-year-old son loved being a police officer, adding that he […]

Video captured of a group of San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies kicking and punching a suspect who led the police on a chase while on horseback has prompted an internal investigation into the arrest, the LA Times reports. On Thursday, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon ordered the investigation, calling the video captured by NBC Los […]

UPDATED, Sunday, April 12, 2015, at 3:18 p.m. – Hillary Clinton announced her 2016 presidential bid with this video released on social media today, as expected. The clip, which runs a bit over 2 minutes and 15 seconds, looks more like an American Express small business commercial than a campaign announcement, possibly part of Clinton’s strategy […]

A video taken from a dash cam in North Charleston, South Carolina Police Officer Michael T. Slager’s cruiser was released Thursday, showing 50-year-old Walter Scott exiting his vehicle and running away. Scott was fatally shot by Slager as he fled on foot Saturday, prompting authorities to charge the now-fired officer with murder. The short dash cam […]

UPDATE: 2:20 PM EST Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old accused of setting off a pressure cooker bomb during the 2013 Boston Marathon, has been found guilty on all 30 counts. Tsarnaev was deemed responsible for the deaths of Krystle Campbell, Martin Richard, Lingzi Lu, and Sean Collier. Story developing… ——— A verdict has been reached in the Boston Marathon […]

In a Wednesday interview with Good Morning America, the brother of a Black South Carolina man who was fatally shot by a White North Charleston police officer said that while the murder charge against the cop is a “positive development,” the family is still apprehensive. “It is unusual right now, but I feel like we […]

On Wednesday morning, the National Action Network will kick off its 25th year with their annual national convention — a welcome unification of civil rights leaders, politicians, clergy, and community leaders. This year’s conference, held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers from April 8 to April 11, comes amid a national conversation on […]

  A white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder on Tuesday after a newly surfaced video showed him fatally shooting an unarmed black man in the back as he ran away, The Post Courier reports. The North Charleston officer, 33-year-old Michael T. Slager, maintains he feared for his life during the Saturday traffic stop in […]

We may be praising Indian-American actress Mindy Kaling for breaking barriers as a woman of color in Hollywood, but it’s her older and estranged brother’s antics that has many shaking their heads. Vijay Chokal-Ingam made headlines last week after he claimed he posed as an African-American man to get into medical school back in 1998 […]

A Black University of Kentucky basketball player found himself apologizing after a hot mic picked up his “poor choice of words” towards his White opponent during a post-NCAA Final Four game press conference Saturday. Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison was caught calling his opponent, Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky, the N-word after a reporter questioned the panel of Wildcats about the […]

Police are said to be in the early stages of an investigation after a New Jersey man claimed he was robbed at gunpoint by rapper DMX and his entourage early Sunday, NBC New York reports. The 21-year-old man alleges that DMX identified himself during the encounter at an Exxon station in Newark, telling police that […]