News Black Woman To Sue Police For Excessive Force Captured on VideoDerek MajorJanuary 4, 2021January 5, 2021 by Derek MajorJanuary 4, 2021January 5, 20212284 A Black female frontline worker said she intends to sue a police department in upstate New York after using "excessive force."...
News Challenging Police Violence … While BlackJustin BartonDecember 24, 2020December 24, 2020 by Justin BartonDecember 24, 2020December 24, 2020522 Luke Stewart was sleeping in his car in Euclid, Ohio, when police came upon him. Moments later, he lay dying from gunshot wounds to his...
Black Lives Matter News Unprecedented National Police-Community Outreach Project Launches In All 50 StatesDerek MajorOctober 10, 2020October 10, 2020 by Derek MajorOctober 10, 2020October 10, 2020870 Law enforcement agencies are attempting to bring together cops and communities through the first National Faith & Blue Weekend....
News Ex-Cop Says Atlanta Police Worked With Land Developers to Arrest and Evict Black ResidentsCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 202016264 A white Atlanta police officer says he quit his job after finding out the police department was working with developers to arrest and evict Black...
News Police Killed At Least 164 Black People In The First Eight Months Of 2020Derek MajorSeptember 16, 2020September 16, 2020 by Derek MajorSeptember 16, 2020September 16, 202083753 Data shows at least one Black person was killed by police every week from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31...
News White South Carolina Police Officer Fired For Repeatedly Saying the N-Word (Video)Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 202046130 A white police officer who was recently suspended for being caught on video uttering the racial epithet ni**** several times has been fired...
News Nevada Sheriff Threatens Local Library Over Black Lives Matter SupportDerek MajorJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020 by Derek MajorJuly 30, 2020July 30, 20201444 The Douglas County Sheriff has sent a letter to the local library saying his office won’t respond to the library's 911 calls due to its...
News Newly Promoted Chicago Deputy Police Chief Found Dead Of Apparent SuicideCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 30, 2020July 30, 202052900 A newly promoted Chicago police deputy chief was found dead Tuesday morning of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound...
Criminal Justice Reform News Women Black Woman Police Officer Is Biking 400 Miles for Black LivesAlisa GumbsJuly 25, 2020 by Alisa GumbsJuly 25, 20202212 Alisha Zellner, a black woman police officer in Colorado, started Bike Ride for Black Lives—biking 400 miles in July to support racial justice...
News Aurora Police Officers Fired For Reenacting Chokehold Used in Elijah McClain’s DeathCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 6, 2020July 6, 202036884 Three Aurora Police Officers were fired for taking photographs at a memorial set up for a young man who was placed in a fatal chokehold...