After winning a landmark $41 million settlement from New York City, the Central Park Five are looking to make the state of New York pay $52 million more for their unjust time behind bars. The five men, who were wrongfully jailed for years in the 1989 rape and assault of a woman jogging […]
The police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has not showed up to several criminal cases. It is now being reported that a total of six criminal cases have been dismissed due to Wilson not showing up to court to testify.Â
A Baltimore man is suing the city’s police department for $35 million. The lawsuit follows the release of surveillance video showing 32-year-old Kollin Truss and a police officer involved in a physical altercation.Â
The following post was written by Kali Nicole Gross and appears on the Huffington Post’s website. By; Kali Nicole Gross A mix of outrage, horror and despair probably best describes many people’s responses to the recent coverage of and reactions to the violent assault of black women. It conjures up questions about how race may […]
The following post is from The Free Thought Project. It was written by Matt Agorist. By: Matt Agorist When her mother and father came outside after hearing her cries for help she was desperately holding a tree with one arm while plainclothes officers were beating her in the head, neck and throat.Â
A white teen who killed four innocent people last June during a drunken joy ride in Texas is having his rehab treatment largely funded by the public. Ethan Couch was spared jail time by a judge after a doctor diagnosed him with “affluenza.” The “condition” is defined as having a sense of entitlement so extreme […]
Members of the NYPD have barged into James Jordan Sr.’s family home looking for him more than a dozen times. Jordan Sr. has been dead for 8 years, and despite his family members posting his death certificate on the front door, police are still invading their home.Â
A Shaw University student found himself in handcuffs for studying passed the school library’s hours. Na’eem Wilkins, 21, an honor student and drum major for the school band was arrested for refusing to leave after the library closed at 11 p.m.Â
Trans activist Monica Jones was convicted of “manifesting prostitution” in Phoenix, Arizona. Jones was arrested last May for accepting a ride to a from two undercover police officers. In Phoenix, “repeatedly stopping an engaging someone in conversation” can lead to arrest, even if one is no attempting to engage in sex work. Jones was arrested under this […]
The family of a teenage boy who was killed after getting caught in his girlfriend’s bedroom wants the girl charged. Johran McCormick was shot and killed by his girlfriend’s father on March 13.
More than $60,000 has been raised for a woman who left her young children in the car during a job interview. Shanesha Taylor, 24, a homeless single mother living in Arizona, is facing charges of child abuse for the act.Â
A Georgia police officer has been indicted for accusations that he illegally charged a man with drug possession during a 2012 arrest. A Dekalb County grand jury brought forth the motion Thursday against Officer Demetrius A. Kendrick on  the charge of violation of oath by public officer.Â
