Kimberly Kindy, plus reporting by Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins, Steven Rich, Keith L. Alexander and Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — In...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When racist attitudes, either conscious or subconscious, are combined with the discretionary powers that law enforcement officers have, the result...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s getting to be difficult to recall a week when, thanks to public exposure of videos, or tweets, text...
Mark Gillespie, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland emerged unscathed and intact after a day of protests following the acquittal of a white patrolman who...
By Stephanie Carson, N.C. News Service Special to the NNPA via The Charlotte Post RALEGH (NNPA) – At a time when the manner in which...
By Lynette Holloway Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Black women and girls matter too. Don’t forget. #sayhername #BlackWomenMatter #blackwomenslivesmatter pic.twitter.com/SoQde3dshr — satan with...
By Doshon Farad Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Daily World In a country that prides itself on being the apex of liberty and...
Demetria Irwin, THE GRIO (TheGrio.com) — Sneaker and sportswear giant Nike and their subsidiary company Converse had their second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on May 13....
Brian Melley, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case of the vanishing inmate at the Los Angeles County jail nearly went all the way...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Are we living in the last days? If so, what are we doing about it? It seems the world is...
Evan Serpick, ROLLING STONE BALTIMORE (Rolling Stone) — Two weeks after protests in Baltimore brought national attention to the death of Freddie Gray while he...
Mark Puente and Meredith Kohn, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — When Baltimore State’s Attorney Maryliyn Mosby charged six police officers in the...
Andrew Knapp, THE POST AND COURIER CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (The Post and Courier) — A Charleston County deputy shouted “show me your hands” and gave...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Freddie Gray, 25, was racially profiled and then chased down by the Baltimore police officers. He subsequently...
Aaron Heller, ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ceremonial president said Monday that an outbreak of violent protests by Ethiopian Jews has “exposed an open,...
N.D.B. Connolly, THE NEW YORK TIMES BALTIMORE (The New York Times) — In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting and subsequent unrest in Ferguson, Mo., commentators...
Paul Schwartzman, THE WASHINGTON POST BALTIMORE (The Washington Post) — The six officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray face a litany of charges that...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Now it is Baltimore. There Freddie Gray, a Black man, was stopped on the street, pinned to the...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY BALTIMORE (USA Today) — Thursday night, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts walked alongside dozens of officers asking people to go home...
Juliet Linderman and Amanda Lee Myers, ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Police have killed at least 369 people in the first four months of 2015, with 103...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist You know their names – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice – because these African American men were unarmed and...
Timothy Williams, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Police departments around the country have been moving with unusual speed to equip officers with...
Amanda Lee Myers and Tom Foreman Jr., ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE (AP) — Protesters who’ve been holding near-daily demonstrations this week over the death of Freddie...
