Eric Garner

Officials have indicted Brooklyn officer Joel Edouard (pictured center) for video of him stomping on Jahmiel Cuffee‘s head last summer, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Tamir Rice’s Parents File Amended Federal Wrongful Death Lawsuit Video of the incident begins with Edouard holding Cuffee in a chokehold, apparently in his driveway. He and another officer soon […]

Occupy Wall Street offshoot Occu-Evolve held a small counter rally in response to a pro-police one on Staten Island Saturday. Staten Island, of course, is the borough where Eric Garner died on video at the hands of police in July, and where many NYC police officers and their families live. SEE ALSO: Unemployment Still Twice As […]

Nas (pictured) isn’t holding his tongue with regards to Eric Garner and police brutality, as evidenced in a recent GQ interview. SEE ALSO: “Mr. Cub” Ernie Banks Dies At 83 “Unfortunately, I’m not surprised cops are still murdering people. But I am surprised that the law enforcement did not do the correct thing with illegal […]

Ramsey Orta (pictured without a hat), the man who filmed Eric Garner’s death, will have to wait until March 12th to see how his current trial plays out. RELATED: Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death, Appears In Court Judge Stephen J. Rooney adjourned the case five minutes after Orta appeared in Richmond County Court Thursday morning […]

      UPDATED 01/21/15, 9:22 a.m. EST: Erica Garner directly addressed the memorial incident after her weekly march Tuesday evening. “They burned it down, but they can never wash the blood that they spilled on 202 Bay Street, August 17th, 2014,” she said next to the site, reasserting her belief that someone intentionally set the memorial […]

Cartoonist and illustrator Barry Blitt is best known for his work with The New Yorker, and his latest cover for the magazine depicts Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a re-imagining of images seen in photos from the Selma-To-Montgomery march events. In the illustration, Rev. King is seen walking —  arms locked — with slain Staten […]

  African-American communities throughout the country have long been plagued by police brutality. The deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Ezell Ford (pictured) last year reignited a discussion about the relationship between police officials and the communities they serve. In an effort to address the national issue, President Barack Obama created the “Task Force […]

Last week’s 24-hour Grand Central die-in protests included two arrests, Reverend Billy Talen and Marc Train, for allegedly assaulting MTA officers. RELATED: #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Occupy Grand Central For 24 Hours As a result, the MTA decided to enforce its ban on die-ins, demonstrations where protesters lie down as if dead, but that didn’t go over well with […]

Erica Garner (pictured far right), daughter of Eric Garner, held a march through Staten Island Thursday evening. It was the latest in a bi-weekly vigil she has lead since her father’s death. RELATED: Former Eric Garner Lawyer Will Not Face Charges For Rape Allegations “I want people who [are] protesting everywhere to know that this is what […]

In response to Eric Garner’s (pictured)  untimely death last summer at the hands of White New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo, the Garner family has released “This Ends Today,” a rap cut on the “I Can’t Breathe” album, according to the New York Daily News. RELATED: NewsOne’s Eric Garner Coverage The haunting nearly four-minute song was recorded by Garner’s […]

The family of a Georgia man has hired George Zimmerman’s former attorney to help investigate the death of the 22-year-old, who died in police custody after an argument with his girlfriend on New Year’s Day, according to WSAV Channel 3. SEE ALSO: NAACP President Responds To Colorado Springs Office Bombing Matthew Ojibade’s family has retained […]

People all across America have been angry about the grand jury decisions in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. In both cases, White police officers were not indicted for killing an unarmed African American man. On Tuesday, Rep. Hank Johnson appeared on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin to discuss his proposed grand jury reform […]