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Two Baltimore correctional officers have been charged with looting after a YouTube clip showed them stealing from a local store during riots following the death of Freddie Gray. Officers Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard can be seen in the video above taking food from a local 7-Eleven store, according to the Baltimore Sun. The video shows Richard and […]
President Barack Obama encouraged the nation to work harder to heal rifts between police and citizens during a Friday ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in honor of fallen police officers. The president delivered the remarks in front of law enforcement officers and the families of fallen officers amid national tensions regarding police brutality in Black communities, including protests over […]
Following a huge brawl in a New York City McDonald’s that left one teen injured and six others arrested in March, another disturbing fight has been caught on video in one of the chain’s downtown Brooklyn restaurants. According to the NY Daily News, the most recent melee took place just four miles from March’s brawl. This […]
Last month, a Zion, Ill. police officer fatally shot 17-year-old Justus Howell in the back — and like many of the recent incidents involving police brutality, it was captured on camera. Despite the footage, Lake County prosecutors announced that the officer who shot Howell will not face any criminal charges. State Attorney Mike Nerheim claims […]
The family of Tamir Rice cremated his body earlier this week, reports The Washington Post, nearly six months after the 12-year-old Cleveland, Ohio youth was shot and killed by a police officer while playing with a toy gun on a playground. His mother, Samaria, had kept his body in storage at a cost of $75 […]
A pub owner in Florida was arrested last week after making racist comments and pointing a gun at a young Black couple, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The incident between International Drive pub owner Kim Bruns, Kayla Davis, 21, and her boyfriend Darian Elwin, happened last Saturday when the couple arrived at the Orlando pub to celebrate Elwin’s 20th […]
Man headed to Twin Cities on Megabus called “hero” for tackling an armed passenger. http://t.co/aoSMIfN0NC pic.twitter.com/0Vwa8busmE — KARE 11 (@kare11) May 14, 2015 Kenneth Smith wants everyone to know he isn’t a hero, but since tackling an armed passenger on a Megabus, many people believe otherwise. The 28-year-old was on the Chicago bus heading to […]
UPDATE: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1:00 PM ET – According to the fire commissioner, an eighth victim has been pulled from the Amtrak wreckage in Pennsylvania, CNN writes. All 243 people aboard have been accounted for. ————- The engineer of the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring 200, has no recollection […]
A South Carolina homeowner who was fired at by the police after being mistaken for a suspect had just two seconds to react before he was shot, MSNBC reports. Bryant Heyward, 26, was shot in the neck by Charleston County Sherriff’s deputy Keith Tyner last week after calling about a break-in. Heyward says two men shot into […]
The second biggest school district in Louisiana has been hit with claims of racism and discrimination after many children, including an eighth grader allegedly detained for throwing candy on a school bus, were arrested for petty crimes. The Jefferson Parish School District was named in a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center last Thursday, citing claims of police […]
UPDATE: Tuesday May 12, 4:00 PM ET – In a Tuesday press conference, District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced that the Wisconsin officer who shot and killed an unarmed Tony Robinson used lawful deadly force. Officer Matt Kenny will face no charges in Robinson’s death. In great detail, Ozanne outlined the events leading up to the shooting, […]
An investigation into the shooting incident that injured George Zimmerman in Lake Mary, Fla. Monday produced a Glock handgun that belongs to the former neighborhood watchman. Police also recovered two handguns from Matthew Apperson, the man accused of shooting at Zimmerman, the Washington Post reports. No arrests have been made in the incident that was reportedly […]