Ten Years After Her Lynching – Sandra Bland: Still ‘Say Her Name!’
By Gloria Rubac\Workers World Photos: Video Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons If Sandra Bland were alive today, she would be 38 years old. This July 13 will mark the 10th anniversary…
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Trump’s Policing Policies Threaten Human Rights–Particularly For Blacks
By Tanya Greene\Human Rights Watch Photos: Facebook\YouTube Screenshots In late April, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that expands the federal government’s power over local and state…
Tyre Nichols Verdict Is “Result Of A Policing Culture Trained…To Use Force Without Consequence”
By Center For Policing Equity Photos: YouTube Screenshots The following statement was released by the Center for Policing Equity yesterday after the state of Tennessee acquitted, on all…
Ben Crump: “Proper Justice” Must Be Served Against Texas Deputies Who Shot Ebony Pouncy
Photos: YouTube Screenshots HOUSTON, Texas –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has issued the following statement regarding a medical update on Eboni Pouncy,…
The Importance Of Black History In Understanding The Police Murder Of Tamir Rice
By Wim Laven\PeaceVoice Photos: Facebook\YouTube Screenshots On November 22, 2014, Tamir E. Rice, a 12-year-old African American boy, was killed at the Cudell Recreation Center in Cleveland, Ohio;…
Racial Justice Leaders Call Out Corporations For Reneging On Racial Equity Promises
Photos: Facebook\YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK — Leaders of major racial justice movements and organizations across the United States are calling on some of the world’s largest corporations—Amazon, Apple,…
Justice Department Announces Investigation Of City Of Lexington, Mississippi, And Lexington Police Department
Photos: YouTube Screenshots The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police…
Ohio: CAIR Condemns Police Dog Mauling Of Black Man With Hands Up
Photos: YouTube Screenshots (CINCINNATI, OH – 7/24/23) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and…
Tyre Nichols Was Savagely, Slowly, Murdered By Black Cops—Within White American Policing
Photo: Video Screenshot One week before Dr. King’s birthday, a cold-blooded murder was committed by employees of state violence. We know that now for sure as we watch…
Ohio: Family of Black Man Shot Dead By Police In Bed Retains Law Firm
Photos: YouTube The family of Donovan Lewis, who was shot and killed by Columbus Police (while he was in his bed) in the early hours of Tuesday, August…