police brutality

Former Alabama Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced For Federal Civil Rights Offense Of Excessive Force

By DOJ Photos: Facebook Former Elmore County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Deputy Blake Hicks, 33, was sentenced today to 29 months in prison and three years ...

Atlanta: Opponents Of ‘Cop City’ Refuse To Be Silenced

Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons For generations, Black and Brown communities have been silenced by systemic racism, our needs and knowledge ignored by entrenched power, ...

California Cops Charged In Indictments With Various Crimes–Including Using Brutal Excessive Force

Photos: Antioch and Pittsburg Police\YouTube Screenshots SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned four separate indictments August 17, 2023 that, ...

Durango High School students who were attacked by Clark County School District Police

Nevada: ACLU Representing School Kids Attacked By Cops

Photo: Video Screenshot LAS VEGAS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada will be representing the Durango High School students who were attacked ...

We are saddened by the tragic passing of Tyre Nichols due to abuse of power and police brutality.

NBCSL: Calls For Congressional Action After Tyre Nichols Police Murder

Photo: Memphis Police Department Washington, DC – National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) released the following statement on the passing of Memphis father, ...

Many Americans have seen the video of officer Schurr on top of Lyoya, just before he shoots him dead—with a bullet to the back o

Patrick Lyoya: Police Lying And Fabricating To Exonerate Murderous Killer-Cop Chris Schurr

Photos: Facebook\Twitter On Thursday, in a conversation with Black Star News publisher, Milton Allimadi, we talked about the police penchant to lie, particularly in ...

Any past misconduct by the officer matters to the investigation of Patrick Lyoya’s killing.

Why Grand Rapids Should Release Name Of Police Officer Who Killed Patrick Lyoya

Photos: Grand Rapids Police\Twitter It’s been more than two weeks since a Grand Rapids Police Department officer pinned Patrick Lyoya to the ground and ...

Julian E. Lewis, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Georgia state trooper in August 2020

Georgia: Widow Of Black Man Killed By Trooper Receives $4.8 Million

Photos: Twitter\GoFundMe (CNN)–The widow of Julian E. Lewis, a Black man who was fatally shot by a Georgia state trooper in August 2020, will ...

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