Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeThe ACLU of Vermont Accuses School of Failing to Protect Black Student From Racial HarassmentThe student was the only Black person in her grade and endured racial harassment, bullying and threats of violence,…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 23, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeOklahoma city councilman makes racist comment in meeting on racist policingHIs comments suggest Black people are inherently more violent than whitesByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 20, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeCivil Rights Champion Claudette Colvin Sees Her Juvenile Record Expunged 66 Years After Arrest Over Bus Seat"The hardship and intimidation that took place in those years and the reason I took a stand to defy the segregated…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 16, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeHappy New Year: Ahmaud Arbery's Killers To Be Sentenced Jan. 7That life sentence hits different when it's cold outsideByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 14, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeWhite Man Who Planted Bombs After BLM Protest Gets ProbationApparently, peaceful protest is worse than attempted domestic terrorismByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 14, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeVideo Shows Black Man Being Handcuffed For Trying to Cash His Own Check at a Minnesota BankBlack man accused of fraud for trying to cash $900 check at a bank he had an account withByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 13, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeVictim of Lynching in Fort Worth, Texas Gets a Memorial 100 Years Later, With the Help of His GrandsonFred Rouse was lynched by a white mob in 1921. A century later, his grandson is memorializing himByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 13, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeGoFundMe Stops Fundraisers For Man Convicted in the Killing of Ahmaud ArberyWilliam R. Bryan, the man who recorded the murder of Arbery, has supporters trying to raise money for his appealByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 2, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeAlabama Threatens to Sue Montgomery Over Confederate Street NameThe state wants its mostly Black capital city to keep Jefferson Davis' name on a street signByKeith ReedPublishedNovember 29, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeGrand jury Indict Georgia Deputies with the Murder of A Black Man who Died in Custody Three Years AgoSix Fulton County deputies were involved in the 2018 death of Antonio MayByNoah A. McGeePublishedNovember 24, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeThree White Men Face Life in Prison for the Killing of Ahmaud ArberyThe men who killed Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging through a neighborhood in Georgia were found guilty of the…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedNovember 24, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeTrial for Black Teen Caught on Camera in Brutal Arrest With Ocean City Police BeginsViral videos of brutal arrests of Black teens in Ocean City, Maryland sparked calls for reform. The trial for one of…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 24, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeClosing Statements Heard in Ahmaud Arbery Trial, Jury Set To DeliberateWhile the defense attempted to criminalize Arbery and portray the three men accused of killing him as concerned…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 23, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeWashington State's BLM Calls for a Probe into Whether Pierce County Deputies Use Excessive Force Against People of ColorWaBLM is asking the U.S. Attorney to probe the Pierce County Sheriff's department.ByNoah A. McGeePublishedNovember 23, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeJustice Was Not Done TodayThough Julius Jones was granted clemency by the Governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, today was not a winByLaw WarePublishedNovember 18, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeAhmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 3: Arbery's Death Reveals New Details About What Really HappenedOfficers testify that the accused men changed stories, never saw Arbery burgularize any homes and more.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 10, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeJudicial Inquiry Begins in Eric Garner Case, 7 Years After His DeathFormer NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has already been disciplined, but some think more public officials should be…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 26, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial Justice76-Year-Old Black Woman Released From Prison Amid Pandemic, Sent Back for Missing Phone Calls While Taking a ClassGwen Levi shouldn't have had to go back to prison over a petty violation.ByZack LinlyPublishedJune 29, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeWhite House Finally Moving Forward With Investigations Into Civil Rights Cold Cases Related to Unsolved Murders of Black PeopleThe Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board was approved last year under Donald Trump but is just now moving…ByZack LinlyPublishedJune 11, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticePatrisse Cullors Is Stepping Down From the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation to Focus on New ThingsNearly eight years ago, she co-founded the organization named for arguably the largest modern civil rights movement…ByZack LinlyPublishedMay 28, 2021