NNPA NEWSWIRE — To those who have lost loved ones to police violence, know this: just because you’re not in the headlines doesn’t mean you’re absent...
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 — The encounter included many different moments over 40 minutes. The police were called when Brooks fell asleep in line in the drive thru...
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 — After deliberating her fate, a jury recommended a sentence of just 10 years in prison for Guyger’s assassination of her neighbor, Botham Jean....
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...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Last week, the nation was shocked to learn that the jury for the trial of Michael Slager, the North...
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...
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...
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...
(The Root) – It’s never much of a surprise when I hear it, but it stings all the same. Freddie Gray would be alive today if...
By Samaria Bailey Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed the NAACP to keep fighting for equality in...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It didn’t take long for a grand jury in South Carolina to indict a white former city policeman...
Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times While America and the rest of the world watch with shock and dismay as Black citizens are gunned...
by Brian E. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) – What began as a minor traffic stop apparently for a...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist We all know of the recent horror of a North Charleston, S.C. police officer deciding to murder an unarmed...
Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (The New York Times) — Civil rights groups in North Charleston, S.C., asked the United States Department...
(Salon) – The horrific story of the unarmed Walter Scott’s death at the hands of Officer Michael Slager continues to reverberate. Aside from the incontrovertible evidence on...
By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist When I first viewed the video of Walter Scott being gunned down by North Charleston, S.C. Police Officer Michael...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Without the video, North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away with murder. Without the...
John Swaine, THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK (The Guardian)—The second policeman in the video showing Walter Scott’s killing by officer Michael Slager is being sued by another...
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Mourners are expected to gather Saturday in Summerville, South Carolina to remember Walter Scott, the 50-year-old black driver who was fatally...
(Raw Story) – A guest on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program walked out of the studio Thursday night to protest the bizarre arguments of another...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MITCH WEISS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — As its population surged in the last decade, South Carolina’s third-largest city...
(Alternative Media Syndicate) – Police and city officials have just released the dashcam video showing the traffic stop harassment, just moments before Officer Michael Slager fatally...
