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Prosecutor Wesley Bell said on Thursday that his office will not bring charges against Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2014. Following requests from Brown’s family and continued national attention on the case, Bell’s St. Louis office had quietly reopened an investigation about five months ago, per […]
Colorado officials have launched another investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after he was detained by police in summer 2019. According to KDVR, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment is reexamining the role ketamine might’ve played in McClain’s highly publicized death. The man was stopped by Aurora officers on […]
Back in May, Black Lives Matter protests received criticism from conservative politicians and the media for allegedly inciting violence that resulted in property damage. While there are arguments to be made about why people are more important than property, in response to the criticism many social media users began pointing out that those instigating the […]
Over the weekend protests across the country became violent as outside agitators and federal officers escalated violence against otherwise peaceful Black Lives Matter protests. This included protests in Richmond, Virginia, where peaceful demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday night turned violent following infiltration of the protests by white supremacists, according to local officials. “There were white […]
LeBron James returned to the court Thursday night when the Lakers took on the Dallas Mavericks in their first Orlando scrimmage. Following Los Angeles‘ 104-108 loss, James conducted a postgame press conference that primarily focused on his calls for social justice. “First of all, I want to continue to shed light on justice for Breonna Taylor and […]
A large portion of Lil Baby‘s commercial appeal is his realistic accounts of things he’s experienced. So while it may have seemed off-brand to some for him to release his pro-Black Lives Matter song “The Bigger Picture,” it actually continues the trend that propelled him to super-stardom. Baby touched on his environment and the current state of […]
House leaders are calling for an investigation into the Trump administration’s troubling employment of federal law enforcement agencies against protesters in Portland and elsewhere. In a letter to the inspectors general of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security reported by Associated Press on Sunday, top U.S. House leaders said they were […]
After an investigation sparked following a video that surfaced last week of a Pennsylvania cop attempting to detain a man with his knee on his neck, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin says that there is “absolutely no evidence” to support a criminal case against the officer. On Saturday afternoon, District Attorney Jim Martin issued a press release […]
The head of the New York State Troopers is demanding that all of its members be pulled from New York City in direct response to the legislation criminalizing the use of chokeholds by police, which was signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier today, the New York Post reports. In a letter submitted on Wednesday, Thomas Mungeer, president […]
A man by the name of Joseph T. was charged with felony assault for an altercation he had with an officer in New York City, The City reports. Newly released body camera footage shows the officer attacking the man and punching him. Joseph T. is a 30-year-old homeless man. On May 25, he was riding the subway towards Brooklyn […]
