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...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s Good Friday is especially poignant for African Americans it comes in the middle of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Never again should an unarmed individual be murdered or brutalized by someone who is supposed to serve and protect them. Never again should...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At some points on the video, you can hear Floyd begging for his life, crying out “Please” and “Don’t kill me,” and then...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The arrest comes as protests take place in many places around the nation, including in Los Angeles, where a crowd of pedestrians blocked...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It was reminiscent of Eric Garner of Staten Island, NY, who was put in a chokehold by a New York police officer. Garner...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We stress the concept that these proposed legislative acts would, in fact, be antithetical to healthy, robust and productive relationships between law enforcement...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Those who purport that possession and use will not be criminal must be reminded that possession and drinking of alcohol during prohibition was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Five years ago, my beloved son Eric was murdered by people who were supposed to serve and protect," Gwen Carr, the mother of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In his August 19 announcement, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said he expects rank and file officers to be upset with him for firing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now is also a time to remember that regardless of race or ethnicity, our history chronicles the range of hate crimes that have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Two days after activists protested yelling “fire Pantaleo” at a Democratic debate in Detroit with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio standing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The statistics confirm that sexual harassment is alive and well across all industries and women of color working low-wage jobs are facing the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Although in some respects racial equality has improved in the intervening years,” states the report, “in other respects today’s Black citizens remain sharply...
FLORIDA COURIER — Morehouse College Glee Club and members of the Atlanta Symphoria performed ‘Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.
By William J. Ford (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) On Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a news conference outside of the United States Justice...
By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I’m about to be extremely facetious! We’re Black, right? We all like a “hook-up” on something every now...
(Newsweek) – Eric Garner’s last known words were “I can’t breathe.” He said it 11 times before he passed out on a Staten Island sidewalk while...
(CBS News) – One year ago, the nation watched as the city of Ferguson, Mo., erupted. St. Louis police, dressed in riot gear, stood in a...
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...
John Marzulli, Ginger Adams Otis, and Stephen Rex Brown, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK (The New York Daily News) — A $5 million...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Sixty-six percent of states that elect prosecutors have no blacks in those offices, a new study has found, highlighting the lack...
Rich Schapiro and Dareh Gregorian, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK (The New York Daily News) — She might be Eric Garner’s daughter, but...
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...
