Director Melvin Van Peebles Says Responding to Police Brutality is Not Complicated
Director Melvin Van Peebles will be awarded the “Spirit of Queens” award from the organizers of the Queens World Film Festival , which begins today, for his film…
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Pre-Meditated Murders?: Chicago Cops Damaged Dash-cams Anticipating They’d Later Commit Crimes
Van Dyke -- cop who murdered McDonald in cold blood This week evidence emerged that certain members of the Chicago Police Department have engaged in damaging dash-cam equipment…
Six Years Later NY Law Enforcement Still Covering Up Suspicious Death Of Mortgage-fraud Whistleblower Sunny Sheu
Judge Joseph Golia -- now retired The circumstances of the highly suspicious death of mortgage fraud victim and anti-corruption whistleblower Sunny Sheu were reported by the Black Star…
Protecting The Vote In 2016: Support Transformative Justice Coalition Today
Barbara Arnwine speaking about protecting the vote on Dec. 18 when she accepted Black Star News Excellence Award at annual dinner at MIST Harlem. Photo Hakim Mutlaq Your…
2015 — The Year Of #BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Laquan McDonald. Sandra Bland. Walter Scott. Rekia Boyd. Tamir Rice. Most Americans have at least heard their names, and the stories of how…
Chicago: Firing of McCarthy Won’t Cut It — What Did Mayor Emanuel Know And When?
Mayor Emanuel -- will throwing McCarthy under bus be enough? Mayor Rahm Emanuel did the right thing by firing Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy in Chicago in connection…
Chicago Style Cover-up: Van Dyke’s Execution Of Laquan McDonald
Van Dyke--he and City of Chicago had concealed his execution of Laquan McDonald This weeks belated arrest of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke for the cold-blooded summary…
By Linking Garner-Protests To Cop Killings Bratton Could Invite Open Season Against Protestors
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton--what's his agenda? Commissioner Bratton’s unconscionable statement yesterday at a NYPD promotion ceremony was reckless and wildly inaccurate. (Bratton said: “We have been through quite…
#BlackLivesMatter: We Need More Serpicos To Help End Corrupt Police Culture
Frank Serpico In late 1971, Detective Frank Serpico tried to change the corrupt cop culture of the New York Police Department (NYPD) when he testified before the Knapp…
Support Quentin Tarantino Against Threats And Intimidation By Police Unions
Quentin Tarantino I stand firmly in support of Quentin for having the courage to stand with victims of unwarranted police violence at New York’s Rise Up October, an…