NewsNewsLafayette, La., Where Police Recently Shot and Killed a Black Man, Says It Will Not Shelter Hurricane Evacuees Because of ‘Outside Agitators’In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, hundreds of thousands of people across the state of Louisiana are still without…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 31, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityDetroit Lions Cancel Practice to Protest the Police Shooting of Jacob Blake: 'Football Isn’t Important Today'“Practice?! We talking bout Practice!”ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 26, 2020
NewsNews17-Year-Old Arrested and Charged With 1st Degree Murder In Shooting Death of 2 During Jacob Blake Protests in Kenosha, Wis. [Updated]Updated: 8/26/20, 2:28 p.m.: Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, from Antioch, Illinois, was arrested Wednesday and charged with…ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 26, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice Brutality'This Is Sick and Is a Real Problem': NBA, NFL Players Speak Out After Jacob Blake ShootingJacob Blake isn’t supposed to be alive.ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 25, 2020
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityWisconsin Officers Shoot Black Man Multiple Times in the Back; Curfew Imposed as Police Clash With ProtestersProtests broke out across Kenosha, Wis., Sunday night after police officers shot a Black man at least seven times in…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 24, 2020
NewsNewsStudy Shows Police Killings Haven't Slowed Despite There Being A Whole-Ass PandemicA new study has shown that despite the ongoing pandemic, there has not been a significant decrease in fatal police…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 20, 2020
NewsNewsSocial Justice Organization Until Freedom to Hold Four Day 'BreonnaCon' In Honor of Breonna TaylorA four-day event meant to honor Breonna Taylor and amplify calls for justice is set to take place in late August, in…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 19, 2020
NewsNewsLawyers Believe New Video Proves Caine Rogers Wasn't a Threat to Atlanta Officer During 2016 ShootingOn Tuesday, a new video was released detailing the 2016 shooting death of an unarmed Black man by an Atlanta Police…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 19, 2020
NewsNewsKentucky Police Union Predictably Mad Over 'Breonna's Law,' a Bill That Would Ban No-Knock Warrants StatewidePolice unions are the fucking worst. Any request for cops to do their job even slightly more responsibly is met with…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 17, 2020
NewsNewsGeorgia State Trooper Arrested on Felony Murder Charges for Fatally Shooting 60-Year-Old Black Man After Traffic StopA Georgia State Patrol trooper has been arrested on felony murder charges after he shot and killed a 60-year-old…ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 15, 2020
8/14/20Despite Leaving Town, Bond Not Revoked for Former Officer Who Killed Rayshard BrooksDespite going on vacation to Florida earlier this month, bond will not be revoked for the former Atlanta police…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 14, 2020
NewsNews5 Months After Breonna Taylor's Death, Kentucky Attorney General Finally Meets With Her FamilyWell, it only took five months, but Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has finally met with the family of…ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 13, 2020
NewsNewsGeorgia Officers Who Fired on a Car Full of Minors Have Been Put on LeaveTwo police officers in Georgia are on administrative leave after firing shots at a car full of minors. ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 10, 2020
NewsNewsCalls for Release of Body-Cam Footage After Police in Georgia Shoot At Car of Teens, Younger Children For Alleged Traffic ViolationIt’s apparently open season on Black people in America, and that includes our children.ByIshena RobinsonPublishedAugust 9, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeAmber Guyger Files Appeal Against Murder Conviction, Arguing That Killing Botham Jean Was Reasonable Self-DefenseWho’s surprised to hear this news?ByIshena RobinsonPublishedAugust 8, 2020
NewsNewsProsecutors Request Bond Be Revoked for Former Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks After He Took a Vacation to FloridaProsecutors in Georgia have requested that the bond order be revoked for the former Atlanta police officer who…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 5, 2020
NewsNewsProtests Planned in St. Louis, Mo. After New Prosecutor Says He Won't Make Criminal Charges in Police Killing of Michael BrownProtests are scheduled to happen in St. Louis, Missouri this Sunday in response to Prosecuting Attorney for the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedAugust 1, 2020
NewsNewsBody-Cam Footage Shows Unarmed Man in Austin, Texas Begging 'Don't Shoot' Before Police Shot and Killed HimThe Austin Police Department has released bodycam footage and the 911 call from a fatal encounter between its…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedJuly 28, 2020
NewsNews‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’ Petition Receives More Than 10 Million Signatures, the Second Most in Change.org HistoryThere are plenty of indications that the current fight against systemic racism in policing has gained more traction…ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 20, 2020
NewsNewsBreonna Taylor's Family Says Louisville Police Gave Her No Aid Though She Was Still Alive After ShootingAn updated lawsuit from Breonna Taylor’s family alleges that the 26-year-old was alive for several minutes after…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedJuly 18, 2020