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“During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, let us resolve to counter injustice and fortify our commitment to pursue dignity and freedom for all people,” said President Biden. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

President Biden Proclaims January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The heightened awareness of human trafficking comes on the heels of an HBO documentary that finally spotlighted the world of the Black and...

When Army Lt. Caron Nazario, who was dressed in his military gear at the time of the incident, said he was afraid, body-cam footage revealed that one of the officers responded, “Yeah, you should be.”

Black History5 years ago

State AG Files Lawsuit against Virginia Town for ‘Huge Disparities in Enforcement against African American Drivers

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The filing comes a little more than one year after the December 5, 2020, encounter initiated by police officers with Army Lt. Caron...

“Producing long-lasting change in the Sheriff’s Department may require changing fundamental assumptions that exist within the organization,” Samuel Peterson, a Rand policy researcher, said.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Report Reveals that Los Angeles Sheriff Department Rife with Gangs and Cliques

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors commissioned RAND to conduct an independent research project to learn more about how these subgroups are...

“MPD has a culture of allowing people to abuse their power. They don’t check, and the instincts of the sergeants and the lieutenants are to use their power to make someone’s life miserable. There’s no mechanism to check that,” Keith said.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Civil Rights Lawyer Pamela Keith, an attorney at the Donald Temple Law Offices in Northwest Washington, D.C. and a former United States Navy...

Police are continuing to investigate the case to determine what happened to Little. After that, authorities will turn his remains over to relatives for burial.

Black History5 years ago

Remains of Former O’Jays Member Identified after 40 Years

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Wednesday, December 15, Ohio authorities have identified partial human remains found in a garbage bag in 1982 as belonging to Little. The...

Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell is just the third African American appointed as NYPD commissioner.

Black History5 years ago

Keechant Sewell Named First Woman to Lead New York’s Police Department

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell, the first African American in her current role in Nassau County, has earned selection...

The White House said effectively combating human trafficking requires collaboration to complement and support the other pillars of prevention, protection, and prosecution. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Black History5 years ago

White House Announces the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The updated National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking responds to this predatory behavior by addressing the needs of underserved individuals, families, and communities. As such, officials said it...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling, which was 6-1, found that Cosby relied on his deal with Castor that he would not prosecute.

Black History5 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Flip Decision and Put Bill Cosby Back in Jail

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Unwilling to accept its epic loss in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Montgomery County District Attorney has now filed a Petition for a...

Donovan Lynch’s death re-ignited debate around the policy question of qualified immunity and how liable police officers should be for death and injury they may cause while on duty.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Virginia Police Officer Who Shot Donovon Lynch Will Not Be Charged

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the last ten years there have been several deaths in police custody shootings that have gained national attention. Most of them have...

Talks around details on language in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in Congress ended in late September after a dispute between Republican Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) over what Scott defined as “defunding police.” (Photo: Philadelphia, PA USA - November 24, 2014; A young protester and his mother are seen holding signs at Dillworth Park at Philadelphia City Hall. [photo by Bas Slabbers] / iStockphoto / NNPA)

Black History5 years ago

Study Shows Police Killings in U.S. Have Been Widely Undercounted

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Last summer, after the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, there were protests in the...

The movement’s support appeared to peak in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd as global protests joined in the cry of Black Lives Matter.

Black History5 years ago

African Americans, Democrats Say They Still Support BLM Movement

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Researchers conducted by the national polling site, Civiqs revealed that 44 percent of Americans support the Black Lives Matter Movement, while 43 percent...

On February 23, 2020, these three White men were going hunting for a Black man and they had their shotguns.

Black History5 years ago

COMMENTARY: Accountability was Evident in Arbery’s Case but No Justice

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many of these murders are modern day lynchings and the evidence is swept under the rug. Ahmaud Arbery’s death was a case where...

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author, and dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State LA. juliannemalveaux.com

Black History5 years ago

COMMENTARY: How Many Pastors Can We Have?

NNPA NEWSWIRE — So how many pastors does the Arbery family have? As many as they want. Black folks around the nation and the world are...

Black History5 years ago

Investigators exonerate men convicted in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The stunning reversal recasts history and reopens the case of the slaying of Malcolm X, who died in a hail of gunfire at...

When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp repealed the law, he said Arbery was “the victim of vigilante-style violence that has no place in Georgia” and that the statute was “ripe for abuse.”

Black History5 years ago

After Guilty Verdicts, Civil Rights Leaders Exhort Black America to ‘Never Stop Running for Ahmaud’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — A Glynn County, Georgia, convicted Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan of felony murder. “Guilty. Guilty. Guilty,” civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump...

Concerts and festivals generally attract the most ardent of fans.

Black History5 years ago

Concert Disasters Like Have Occurred Far Too Often

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It does not take an Einstein to know that young people attending a rap concert camouflaged as a ‘celebrity basketball game,’ who have...

Local pastors across Georgia and Florida and the nation are mobilizing to attend the trial. (Photo: Defense attorney Kevin Gough asked for a mistrial on Nov. 15 on the grounds that the Rev. Jesse Jackson's presence in the courtroom could influence the jury. [AP] / Screen capture)

Black History5 years ago

Black Pastors and Churches Challenged, Mobilize to Brunswick, GA Ahmaud Arbery Trial

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Local pastors across Georgia and Florida and the nation are mobilizing to attend the trial. Besides Jamal Bryant in Atlanta, pastor Jeffrey Dove...

Black History5 years ago

Hate Speech Aimed at Black School Administrator

SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Dr. Versher says she suffered three seizures on Wednesday, the first within 30 minutes of leaving a meeting with members of the school’s...

Atlanta Daily World5 years ago

Judge Fired After Saying George Floyd ‘Got What He Deserved’

ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — Nearly eight months ago, a 78-page complaint was filed against Talladega County Probate Judge Randy Jinks. In the lengthy complaint, former county...

BLACK AND MISSING includes wrenching testimony from the families and loved ones of missing women, from activists and volunteers with their own stories of loss to law officers and historians with first-hand experience in this field.

Black History5 years ago

HBO Documentary Series BLACK AND MISSING, Spotlights the Black and Missing Foundation’s Commitment to Locating Missing Persons of Color

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Haunted by these stories of vanished loved ones and driven by the need for attention and assistance for these forgotten women, former law enforcement officer...

Advance Peace is breaking the cycle of a response to trauma that says, “I don’t give a [damn]” to a healing approach that treats our most vulnerable to get to a place where they say, “Maybe I do.”

Black History5 years ago

Fighting the Cycle of Violence with Stipends and Mentorships

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Frequently, both public and community-based systems of care fall short in their efforts to provide responsive opportunities and resources to those most involved...

Black History5 years ago

Defendants in Ahmaud Arbery Case Say Slavery-Era Law Enabled Them to Arrest, Shoot Black Man

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Roddy Bryan’s lawyer, Kevin Gough, told reporters earlier this month that the “Citizen’s arrest is a big part of our case, a big...

The Attorney General pointed to police departments like Newark and Camden, New Jersey, which achieved similar changes to great success.

Black History5 years ago

On the Ballot in Minneapolis: A Measure to Totally Changes Policing

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison pointed to police departments like Newark and Camden, New Jersey, which achieved similar changes to great success. In...

The series showcases compelling narratives of those impacted by newspaper accounts, including the 1908 case of Annie Walker, who begged “night riders” for mercy before she was killed, according to a report in the Public Ledger newspaper in Kentucky. (Photo: Flag announcing another lynching. "A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY," is flown from the window of the NAACP headquarters on 69 Fifth Ave., New York City in 1936. (Everett Collection/Shutterstock))

Black History5 years ago

For Scores of Years, Newspapers Printed Hate, Leading to Racist Terror Lynchings and Massacres of Black Americans

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The series of stories in “Printing Hate” resulted from a multifaceted investigation by 58 student journalists from the University of Maryland, the University...

‘Never too late to reconcile’ … Shelby County Schools Supt. Dr. Joris Ray prays with the parents whose sons were involved in last week’s shooting inside Cummings K-8 Optional School. “Both parents made a heartfelt decision to come together to speak life to our children,” said Ray of the meeting held in his office. (Photo: SCS Twitter)

Black History5 years ago

COMMENTARY: When a Child Shoots a Child at School…

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — With 100-plus children treated for gunshot wounds at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital alone, according to chief medical officer Barry Gilmore, the scope of...

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President Biden Proclaims January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

State AG Files Lawsuit against Virginia Town for ‘Huge Disparities in Enforcement against African American Drivers

Report Reveals that Los Angeles Sheriff Department Rife with Gangs and Cliques

$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department

Remains of Former O’Jays Member Identified after 40 Years

Keechant Sewell Named First Woman to Lead New York’s Police Department

White House Announces the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Flip Decision and Put Bill Cosby Back in Jail

Virginia Police Officer Who Shot Donovon Lynch Will Not Be Charged

Study Shows Police Killings in U.S. Have Been Widely Undercounted

African Americans, Democrats Say They Still Support BLM Movement

COMMENTARY: Accountability was Evident in Arbery’s Case but No Justice

COMMENTARY: How Many Pastors Can We Have?

Investigators exonerate men convicted in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X

After Guilty Verdicts, Civil Rights Leaders Exhort Black America to ‘Never Stop Running for Ahmaud’

Concert Disasters Like Have Occurred Far Too Often

Black Pastors and Churches Challenged, Mobilize to Brunswick, GA Ahmaud Arbery Trial

Hate Speech Aimed at Black School Administrator

Judge Fired After Saying George Floyd ‘Got What He Deserved’

HBO Documentary Series BLACK AND MISSING, Spotlights the Black and Missing Foundation’s Commitment to Locating Missing Persons of Color

Fighting the Cycle of Violence with Stipends and Mentorships

Defendants in Ahmaud Arbery Case Say Slavery-Era Law Enabled Them to Arrest, Shoot Black Man

On the Ballot in Minneapolis: A Measure to Totally Changes Policing

For Scores of Years, Newspapers Printed Hate, Leading to Racist Terror Lynchings and Massacres of Black Americans

COMMENTARY: When a Child Shoots a Child at School…

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