Civil Rights & Social Justice
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Leonard Cure spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn't do before being shot at a traffic stop.
As the Israel-Gaza conflict escalates, the Movement for Black Lives is addressing the spiraling humanitarian crisis: “For the Black liberation movement to succeed, the Palestinian freedom struggle must survive.”
Questions mount after a cop shot Leonard Allan Cure during a traffic stop in Georgia.
The U.S. Department of Justice launched a civil pattern or practice investigation into Trenton, New Jersey, and its police department. You can’t reform this, but Kristen Clarke is trying.
It's not the same and there are obvious differences.
Angelo Black suffered brain damage after a Gwinnett cop tased him in "midair" and he landed on his head, a federal lawsuit claims.
The ruling in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP will likely set precedent.
Dalvin Gadson, an unhoused veteran, was the victim of extreme police violence during a violent traffic stop.
White men face minimal charges for allegedly leaving Michelle Folson with a brain injury.
A Louisiana judge will allow a charge of negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Ronald Greene.