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An online petition has been created in hopes of bringing more serious charges against a Nebraska bus driver who violently beat a passenger. In March, Troy Fischer, 43, was fired from the StarTran Bus Service after brutally attacking and dragging a passenger off a bus for “asking too many questions.” The petition, created by Reynard Allison […]

A petition by the Sex Workers Outreach Project is calling for the release of Monica Jones. Jones, who is a trans and sex workers rights activist and student at Arizona State University, was profiled and falsely arrested through a prostitution diversion program called Project Rose. The petition calls for not just Jones’ release, but to […]

In 2013, a record number of inmates serving sentences for crimes they did not commit were freed. According to a report released by the National Registry of Exonerations, 87 convicted people were cleared of rape, murder or other serious offenses, exceeding the 81 cases the registry found in 2009. 

A Detroit man who spent a large portion of his life behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of murder died after an ambulance took 46 minutes to arrive. Dwight Love passed away on Jan. 9 after collapsing in front of his daughter Letrisica Day’s home.

Theresa Rudd wants to know what really happened to her son, and she’s hoping that a lawsuit filed against the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas will provide them.
It’s been almost a year since 21-year-old Chavis Carter was found dead with a bullet wound in his head.

Thaddeus Jimenez was just 13-years-old when he was convicted of Eric Morro’s murder in 1993 in Chicago. He served nearly 20 years in prison for the crime that he says he didn’t commit. Now a 7th Circuit judge has awarded Jimenez $25 million for the wrongful conviction.

The parents of slain 16 year-old Kimani Gray have file a wrongful death suit against New York City. Gray was shot and killed by the NYPD after allegedly aiming a revolver at them. However, his family and friends strongly disagree, and are demanding justice.

A potentially damning email will serve as the core of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s mother and children. It suggests that Jackson’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray was pressured into getting Jackson to rehearse in spite of health concerns.

The parents of slain 19 year-old college student Kendrec McDade are bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the Pasadena Police Department, pattern of abuse by the department and that the investigation ‘reeks’ of a cover up.

by Tahirah Alexander Green Since the global COVID-19 health crisis began, my post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms have intensified. With non-stop discussions of hospitals and medical care in the news, in our homes, at our jobs, my memory keeps reaching back towards every violent hospitalization I’ve ever experienced or witnessed. While my chronic illnesses are […]

I always think of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) whenever someone pretends to be a Black woman or disingenuously evokes our aesthetics. While there are many who outright pretend to be Black women, there are also those convinced that they can somehow actually become Black women and others who simply benefit from appropriating our […]

Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Education & Schooling, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. What are the implications of charter and private schools in communities of color? How do we counteract anti-Black textbooks and teachers in our childrens’ education? How did you heal from bullying […]