Los Angeles Police were involved in a pursuit this past weekend that ended when Carnell Snell, 18, was shot dead. LAPD officials are now saying that Snell was armed with a fully loaded weapon and turned towards officers before being shot twice.Â
“I called police to help him, not to kill him,” said Alfred Olango’s sister after San Diego police officers opened fire and shot the 30-year-old on Tuesday afternoon.
Last Thursday, 42-year-old Bayna-Lehkiem El-Amin was sentenced to nine years in prison plus three more under supervision for his role in an altercation in 2015. His case is a cautionary tale about just how well white gay men and white women have cultivated progressive language around gender and sexuality to mask the violence of their […]
Police claim that Keith Lamont Scott was armed when he got out of his vehicle before being shot by police. His family claims he was waiting for his son at a bus stop with a book and wasn’t armed. Now, he is the 193rd black man killed by police this year, according to Al Jazeera.Â
A graphic video was released by Tulsa police on Monday that showed the shooting of an unarmed black man by one of their officers.
Columbus police have shot a 13-year-old boy during a chase when he allegedly reached for a BB gun. According to NBC, officers were responding to a call of an armed robbery where the victim was robbed of $10. When police arrived on the scene and saw three young boys matching the suspects’ description, two of […]
Cannon Lambert, attorney for Bland’s family, has informed members of the media that her family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.9 million. Texas Department of Public Safety will pay the maximum of $100,000, according to ABC 13.Â
While Chicago officials repeatedly tell the public they’re working to be more transparent, honest, and accountable, their actions continue to leave more to be desired.
We recently had the pleasure of spending some time talking to Chicago MC, Jessica Disu aka FM Supreme, about her seat right at the intersection of hip-hop music and social activism. She also provided some gems about the significance of travel in self-improvement and the controversy surrounding her appearance on FOX News calling for the […]
By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Young people across racial and ethnic lines are more likely to say they trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump to handle instances of police violence against African-Americans. But young whites are more likely to say they trust Trump to handle violence committed against the police.
Four-hundred people were shot in Chicago within the span of 31 days. Ninety of them died. Multiple outlets, including The Washington Post and CNN, are calling August the deadliest month the city has experienced in two decades. Some news reports implicated widespread gang violence within the city for the drastic uptick in crime, while others […]
According to new findings from Black Youth Project’s GenForward study, 66 percent of white people age 18-30 believe the rhetoric of the Movement for Black Lives encourages violence against police. Only 19 percent of Black respondents said the same. GenForward is a monthly survey of the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with […]
