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Glen Grays, a USPS employee, was delivering packages in Brookyln on St. Patricks Day when he was arrested by NYPD officers. A video taken by a bystander at the scene shows the four plain clothes officers approaching Grays, handcuffing him and claiming that he was resisting arrest. 

Twelve protesters were arrested Tuesday (Feb. 16) morning after protests stopped traffic in downtown Chicago. The protest was led by Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD) and spoke out against raids targeting undocumented families in the region. According to ABC7, the group managed to block traffic on Congress Parkway for more than an hour, starting at 8 a.m. […]

Imani Perry is a well-known professor of African-American studies at Princeton University. But that didn’t protect her from enduring what she’s recalling as a terrifying experience when she was arrested, patted down by a male officer and handcuffed to a table because of a three-year-old parking ticket.

Infamous “affluenza” teenager who killed four through vehicular manslaughter was arrested in Mexico Monday evening.

Arnesha Bowers was a 16-year-old eleventh grader at City College in Baltimore, Maryland. Her brutal murder happened just recently but hasn’t been as prominent as it should be in news media. The good news is, Baltimore Police may be getting closer to administering the justice this young woman deserves. According to Baltimore Police,  the teenaged […]

New photos show that Martese Johnson’s ankles were chained during his arrest. The release of these photos follow a recent interview with Kevin Badke, the owner of Trinity Bar, who says that Johnson appeared sober and was cordial after being refused entry. “He was in line, tried to give me his ID. I looked at […]

A rally was held Wednesday night to protest the arrest and beating of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson. From The Root: On Wednesday evening, University of Virginia students gathered to protest the beating and arrest of third-year student Martese Johnson, 20, who was accosted by Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) officers in what many witnesses […]

The Cavalier Daily has obtained video of Martese Johnson’s arrest. In response to a request from UVA President Terry Sullivan, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has asked the Secretary of Public Safety to initiate an investigation. TW: police brutality

From DNAinfo: A Brooklyn man was arrested for the brutal 2013 beating death of transgender woman Islan Nettles — nearly two years after confessing to the crime, prosecutors said. James Dixon, 24, of Clinton Hill, was indicted for manslaughter and felony assault in relation to Nettles’ death, prosecutors said Tuesday in Manhattan Criminal Court. Dixon was held without bail […]

An Arizona court has sided with a transgender woman who was convicted of prostitution simply for walking down the street.

    One of Ferguson, Missouri’s most prominent demonstrators has been arrested and charged with setting fire to a Berkeley convenience store last week. 

  Two suspects have been charged in the brutal gang rape of a teenage girl in Texas who went public about the crime after discovering the attack on social media. The girl, known as Jada found out she had been sexually assault via the #JadaPose tag.