You may not be aware that police officers across the country are currently able to have sexual contact with sex workers before arresting them. Don’t worry, you aren’t alone if you weren’t privy. Apparently 90 percent of people in Alaska didn’t know either. Which makes it all the more shocking that police in the northern-most […]
While most of us see teenagers selling water bottlesĀ as being resourceful, police in Washington D.C. saw a criminal offense. Fortunately, someone else saw the early signs of entrepreneurship and acted on it. Raymond Bell, the founder and administrator of the HOPE Project, has stepped in to offer jobs to two teenagers who were recently handcuffed […]
A lot of the movement in politics is connected to public perception. With that being the case, the GOP is in a lot of trouble after photos were shared of protestors of their healthcare bill, many of whom were disabled, being arrested at the Capitol.Ā 43 people were arrested in total, according to the Daily Beast.
This article was originally published at Water Cooler Convos. āI love you. Mommy loves you, Charlotte.ā I watched a character named āOfwarrenā speak those words to a rosey-cheeked baby before jumping from a bridge. She was attempting to end her own life. Ofwarren survived the plunge into the cold waters below. Yet, the image of […]
The officers involved in Freddie Gray’sĀ death mostly avoided any legal ramifications after a string of acquittals and mistrials during 2015 and 2016. This lost opportunity for justice was seen as a major hit to the cause of police reform. However,Ā new developments may prove to make sure they don’t walk away completely unscathed. The Baltimore Sun […]
Black and LatinxĀ students in New York public schools only make up 27% and 41% of the population, respectively. However, data shows that they represent 99% of students handcuffed byĀ NYPD school safety agents in 2016. The New York Civil Liberties Union found that 259 out of 262 “child in crisis” incidents involved Black or LatinxĀ students, according […]
Protests have been sparked over multiple days in Paris and surrounding towns after a Black man was arrested, beaten and raped by four police officers.Ā
Charges against Jacqueline Craig, 46, and her daughter, Brea Hymond, 19, were dropped by Forth Worth police after body camera footage of their altercation with an officer leaked, according to Dallas News.
Wali Camara, a deli worker atĀ A&M Deli Grocery in the Bronx, was shot and killed with a NYPD officer’s pistol on Aug. 9. But the person pulling the trigger wasn’t an officer. It was a panhandler that took the officer’s gun out of his holster and fired 15 rounds. Camara’s family is now suing New […]
You may have heard the running joke that “D.W.B.” a.k.a. driving while black is basically a criminal offense in some places. Apparently, the same goes for walking, as a video showed a black man in Edina, MN being arrested for walking in the street.Ā
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the fatal arrest of Eric Garner, has been sentenced to four years in prison connected to drug charges and possession of a weapon. According toĀ the New York Daily News, Orta had sold an undercover officer multiple drugs on nine occasions. He was also caught with a .25-caliber handgun.Ā
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.Ā
