According to police, Wright was simply the victim of a robbery gone fatal. But his family believes he was targeted because he was gay. How can we make our communities a safer place of all of our young people, regardless of sexual orientation?
31 year-old GOP contractor Colin Small has been arrested in Virginia for throwing away voter registration forms. All that Republican talk about voter fraud, and yet the clearest example of it thus far is from their own kind. Is anybody surprised?
Marcus Jordan, son of Michael Jordan and a basketball player at the University of Central Florida, was arrested on Omaha, Nebraka earlier this morning.
George Zimmerman’s wife has been arrested for perjury. Prosecutors believe she lied to investigators regarding the Zimmerman’s financial situation.
Shannon Cooper was arrested for being a proud mother. Although the audience had been warned that they would be thrown out of the graduation for cheering during the awarding of diplomas, probably none imagined cheering would result in being arrested!
17 year-old Baltimore resident and honor student Tiarra Brown was mistakenly arrested and charged with attempted murder in the middle of graduation practice. She was held for four days, missing graduation. Honest mistake, or should there be consequences?
Since I was a little a brown girl, I have always secretly wanted to save the world. Yes, the whole big world. To say the least, I was utterly enthralled with movies like Indian Jones and the last Crusade to the point of obscene dissidence to the 80s generational black-uplift narrative of being a lawyer […]
Six year-old Salecia Johnson was handcuffed by police officers after throwing a tantrum at her kindergarten. Salecia’s mother has started an online petition, demanding that the arrest be removed from Salecia’s record, and an end to the use of police in school discipline. Learn more at BlackYouthProject.com!
According to sources close to the investigation, George Zimmerman will finally be charged in relation to the death of Trayvon Martin.
18 year-old Ervin Jefferson was shot and killed last Saturday night by private security guards outside of his home in DeKalb County, Georgia.
Walking to the store, while being young and black. That’s what lead to Trayvon Martin being murdered. He wanted an iced tea and some skittles for his cousin. He committed no crime, he was in front of his father’s house, where he was supposed to be. But now he’s dead and the man that killed […]
According to a recent report, an average of 1 New York City student is arrested per day. Of those arrested students, 88% are male, and 96 % are either Black or Hispanic! Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
From the New York Daily News:
