By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Hundreds packed the Washington Convention Center as an early crowd witnessed the “Black...
WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS (The Huffington Post) – On July 13, Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, was found dead in her jail cell in Waller County,...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “…The justice that we seek will not come from these courts, it will...
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by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times The highly anticipated trial of police brutality victim and former baseball star Robbie...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge denied bail Monday for a white former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The co-chairman of a reform panel formed after the Ferguson police shooting of Michael...
Jake Pearson, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Former tennis star James Blake, whose caught-on-camera takedown by a plainclothes New York City police officer prompted...
Cara Anna, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — “Black Lives Matter” just landed on the Fashion Week runway. Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond’s collection for the...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A judge said Friday he will rule “as expeditiously as possible” on whether to...
MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A video released Thursday shows a prolonged struggle between a naked, mentally ill inmate and five deputies in...
(New York Post) – The cop accused of body-slamming former tennis star James Blake during a mistaken arrest has a checkered past that includes five civilian complaints in...
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Texas have asked a judge to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the mother...
(The Guardian) – The former US No 1 tennis player James Blake was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed in New York as he was preparing to attend...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The trials for six police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USA Today) — Sharp differences exist between the way blacks and whites view the treatment of blacks by police, according to a poll being released Wednesday by...
by William J. Ford Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Vanessa Fleeton recalled when a Black police officer became rude to her a few...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The family of Freddie Gray, who died after being critically injured in police custody, reached a tentative $6.4 million...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department’s effort to equip officers with body cameras has run up against an unlikely...
(The Washington Post) – A grand jury has charged a white Portsmouth, Va., police officer with first degree murder in connection with the killing of...
Leeriness About Oath Keeper Promises to Help By Askia Muhammad and J.A. Salaam Special to the NNPA from The Final Call WASHINGTON – Into the toxic...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations,...
By Umar Lee Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The funeral of Mansur Ball-Bey was a colorful, ecumenical and passionate affair. Mourners packed Christ...
By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Community leader Quanell X, former Councilwoman Jolanda Jones, Bishop James Dixon, and the...
BALTIMORE (ABC2News.com) – Two days have been set aside for each side in the Freddie Gray case to argue pretrial motions in front of Judge Barry...
