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Ben Crump with Mrs Kimberly Butler, the wife of Rev. Lewis Bulter./Courtesy Crump Law.

Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Scores $779 Million Verdict for Black Family

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In an America shaped once again by racial hostility and the rollback of diversity protections under the Trump administration, renowned Civil Rights Attorney...

In 1965, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were wrongfully convicted of killing Malcolm X in and spent over 20 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted.

Black History3 years ago

New York to Pay $25 Million to Two Men Falsely Convicted of Killing Malcolm X

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Even though the February 21, 1965 murder of Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan was one...

BlackPressUSA4 years ago

OP-ED: Faith Leaders Call for Accountability Over Negligence, Deaths at Santa Rita Jail

Alameda County’s Santa Rita jail, run by Sheriff Gregory Ahern, has been the target of multiple lawsuits over jail conditions and has had the most in-custody...

“Producing long-lasting change in the Sheriff’s Department may require changing fundamental assumptions that exist within the organization,” Samuel Peterson, a Rand policy researcher, said.

BlackPressUSA4 years ago

Report Reveals that Los Angeles Sheriff Department Rife with Gangs and Cliques

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors commissioned RAND to conduct an independent research project to learn more about how these subgroups are...