COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The death of an unarmed black man who was held in a police chokehold...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a black man who died after being placed in a white...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers battling over whether the grand jury record in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man should...
Al Baker, J. David Goodman, and Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — Eric Garner was lumbering along a sidewalk...
Alan Feuer, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — Beating back his first challenge in a decade, Patrick J. Lynch, the irascible...
DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. House seat in deeply Democratic New York City will remain under Republican...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The indictment of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang Wednesday on charges of...
(Mother Jones) – When police officers kill unarmed citizens they are rarely charged, let alone convicted of a crime. The victims’ families often turn to civil complaints...
by Nayaba Arinde Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Since the murders and subsequent funerals of two members of the New York...
NEW YORK (CBS News) — Leaders of protests against police tactics in dealing with African-Americans say they plan to defy calls from New York Mayor Bill...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The understandable attention being focused on differing attitudes among Whites and Blacks toward law enforcement authorities in the wake of...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Now, in the season that’s supposed to exalt goodwill toward all, comes fresh evidence of the important role the White...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist “I can’t breathe,” gasped Eric Garner, again and again and again. “I can’t breathe,” he said, as several police officers were...
LISA LEFF, Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Stop. Hey, what’s that sound? Protest songs are taking their place alongside chants of “I can’t breathe” and...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He is a white man with a black son, a mayor elected on a campaign centered on mending...
(The Washington Post) – Of all the tragic elements in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, perhaps the most notable is how little it offers that...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The cellphone video of the last moments of Eric Garner’s life showed a white...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will conduct a federal investigation into the chokehold death of an unarmed black man after a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black...
by Khorri Atkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Queens Democratic City Councilman Rory Lancman plans to introduce a package of...
KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a man who died after being placed in a police chokehold has filed a notice...
by Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Overwhelmed is a word that was repeatedly uttered by the family members...
by Courtney Jacobs Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper In a new video, Spike Lee expressed his opinion about a recent incident in which...
by A.B. Nickerson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News When a white police officer kills an unarmed Black man, as it happened...
NEW YORK (AP) — An overflow crowd packed a church and sang songs on Wednesday at the funeral of a man who died in police...
