Where Is Outrage Over 5 Black Cops Killing Tyre Nichols?
Photo: YouTube The following letter was sent to the Black Star News by reader Ertha Rizas who is outraged by the brutal beating, during a Jan 7th traffic…
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Sharpton: Firing Black Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols “Not Enough”
Photo: YouTube New York, NY (Tuesday, January 24, 2023) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), today demanded swift charges against the…
Jan. 6: Four Oath Keepers Found Guilty Of Seditious Conspiracy
Photo: YouTube Four members of the Oath Keepers were found guilty Monday by a jury in the District of Columbia of seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes…
Alabama Denies Parole To Dying 71-Year-Old Black Woman
Photo: Alabama Prison The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles last week denied medical parole to Leola Harris, 71, who uses a wheelchair, relies on dialysis, and is…
Ed Mullins Pleads Guilty To Defrauding NYPD Sergeants Union
Photo: YouTube Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Edward Mullins, the former President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association (“SBA”),…
California’s CRJA Law: Rooting Out Racism From Criminal Justice System
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Long before I joined the ACLU, I was just a skinny brown kid who grew up in the “Inland Empire” — a region of Southern…
Mainstream Media Whiteout, Political Betrayal, Allows Police Violence And Murder To Continue
Photo: YouTube America’s police broke their record (since 2013) for killing and murdering citizens in 2022. According to the Mapping Police Violence website, police killed at least 1,185…
Darrill Henry Exonerated Nearly 20 Years After Wrongful Conviction
(Image: Claire Bangser/Innocence Project) Darrill Henry and his Innocence Project attorney Vanessa Potkin celebrating his exoneration. In 2004, Darrill Henry was wrongly arrested for the murders of two…
Police Brutalize Black Woman Over Missing Cheese On Burger
Photo: Video BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A longtime police sergeant has been placed on paid administrative leave after video showed him punching a woman in the face three…
Lawyers’ Committee Files Lawsuit Against Bayer/Monsanto For Violating Civil Rights Statute
Photo: YouTube VIRGINIA– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, with non-profit and pro bono co-counsel, today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the…