NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition, data obtained through an Open Records Act request filed by the Policing Project reveals that in the eight months preceding André’s...
By Ben Jealous, President of People For the American Way Communities all across the country are facing public safety crises. Crime is rising in ways that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whether it is other philanthropists, local or regional health centers, or state and federal officials, there is a desperate need for creative solutions...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of stops, frisks, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For communities of color who today continue to produce many of the star athletes in the sports industry, the outcries for freedom, justice...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — "I share with my fellow advocates of racial, social and economic justice a deep sense of despair, outrage, and grief at the recent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This happens as our country grapples with [a president] who makes it clear that he welcomes immigrants from places like Norway, but not...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "A ban will introduce or re-introduce many hard to employ young Black New Yorkers to the criminal justice system," the mothers wrote. "We...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “What’s particularly damning about this data is that police were more likely to search Black people than white people yet found contraband in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…I couldn't stop thinking about what happens to the young man or women who's not a lawyer or a county councilmember, hasn't honed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When Sandra Bland saw that Officer Brian Encinia had crossed multiple lines, and was there to do much more than simply give her...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Minnesota’s Black Community Project is hosting a community panel discussion on police and racial profiling.
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — As he was going through Oklahoma City an officer got behind him and followed him 10 miles.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Dozens of demonstrators marched through downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday to demand justice in the police killing of Patrick Kimmons. The police version...
THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE — Essentially Lyndo Jones was murdered by a Dallas policeman last year for getting in his own truck, this week the trial begins...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the Black community, state lawmakers in Oregon recently...
[ATLANTABLACKSTAR.COM] Please enable JavaScriptplay-rounded-fill Link On Monday’s edition of CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, political commentator Van Jones responds to a CBS interview Donald Trump gave...
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...
(The Washington Post) – Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed just wanted to get noticed by his teachers. Instead, he got arrested. In an incident that has raised allegations...
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...
John Marzulli, THE DAILY NEWS NEW YORK (The Daily News) — A black cop is blowing the whistle on the NYPD Highway Division, alleging “racism...
(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...
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...
Don Babwin, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department will allow independent evaluations of its stop-and-frisk procedures that critics say target blacks under...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The recent spotlight on systematic racial profiling and police brutality against Black boys and men has exposed a painful...
