Last week, we began our exploration behind the Blue Line of police brutality, specifically as it pertains to Black America. While the research compiled was horrifying, sadly it wasn’t surprising to a community that comes face to face with police abusing their authority on a daily basis. RELATED: Killers Behind The Badge: NewsOne’s Investigative Series […]

From Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo to Sean Bell and Oscar Grant, Black men in the United States of America are murdered, beaten, and violated by officers of the law sworn to “protect and serve” them. Men, such as Darryll C. Price, Lorenzo Collins, Roger Owensby Jr., Jeffrey Irons, and Timothy Thomas, were all found guilty and […]

Rodney King’s death on Sunday (June 17, 2012) was a tragic and unfitting ending for the man who was at the center of one of the most violent race riots in this nation’s history. Although two decades have since passed, the 1992 LA riots —  sparked by the acquittal of the police officers who were […]

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Rodney King, 47, had been drinking all day and smoking marijuana at his Rialto, California home in the hours before his death, according to his fiancée, Cynthia Kelly, who was a juror in King’s lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in 1994. RELATED: Rodney King Dead At 47 Kelly said she went to bed at […]

Another Black male shot dead by police, once again, will not receive protection under the law. SEE ALSO: No Relief From High Unemployment For Blacks A Fulton County grand jury has decided not to indict Union City police office Luther Lewis for shooting 19-year-old Ariston Waiters to death on Dec. 11, 2011, TV station myfoxatlanta […]

The New York Police Department (NYPD) allegedly roughed up 15-year-old honor student Brittany Rowley in a case of mistaken identity, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Reporter Talks About Inaccurate Biggie, Tupac Article Brittany and her friend were in the same location where two teens fitting their description–two female black teens, dark hair, […]

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A New York Police Department sergeant’s salacious tirade against a group men in Brooklyn, New York was caught on camera, the New York Post reports. SEE ALSO: 12 People You shouldn’t Unfriend On Facebook Remembering Haiti’s Past Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! Sgt. Lesly Charles threatened to use his gun […]

I grew up in a gritty suburb just on the edges of Nation’s Capital in working class Prince George’s County as the son of a decorated Washington Metropolitan narcotics police officer and now soon-to-retire Secret Service official. I had a healthy respect of police officers — mostly because of my dad’s affiliation — but that […]

Even though a security camera showed Houston, Texas, police officers stomping and kicking then-15-year-old burglar Chad Holley (pictured below), jurors unfortunately decided Wednesday afternoon that the first officer on trial for the beating, Andrew Blomberg (pictured left), is not guilty of official oppression, according to the Associated Press. RELATED: Police Beat Teen On Tape, But […]

A University of Florida professor recently published an article in “Law and History Review” from Cambridge Journals, which asserts that the racist and oppressive history of police officers in New Orleans have many Blacks viewing cops as “killers behind the badge.” SEE ALSO: Should Obama Give A Same-Sex Speech Jeffery S. Adler, professor of History […]

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Ex-NYPD cop Michael Pena has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for raping a school teacher at gun point in 2011, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Was FAMU Hazing A Hate Crime? Tackling The Black Obesity Crisis The 28-year-old disgraced officer will be 103 years old when he is eligible for […]

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LIKE NewsOne On Facebook To Stay Up On Black News Worldwide! When a local TV station in Stockton, California was out taping a routine story, their camaras caught officers chasing down and beating an unarmed Black man who seemed set to be yet another victim of police brutality. RELATED: Police Beat Teen On Tape, But […]