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A Philadelphia teen who alleges that a female police officer injured his groin during a stop-and-frisk will be prosecuted on March 7. Darrin Manning faces misdemeanor charges of aggravated assault and resisting arrest in connection with the incident. 

httpv://youtu.be/MEzZSDKOVM4 Marijuana arrests are one of the biggest contributors to the mass incarceration of men of color. The above info-graphic shows that although smoking weed is more popular than ever among all races, the people arrested for it are overwhelmingly black. In Chicago 86% of those convicted for the possession of Marijuana were Black men, […]

The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has filed a complaint against a Williamson County State’s Attorney for “appealing to racial prejudices” during a murder trial. The complaint states that Charles Garnati violated four rules of professional conduct during a July 2011 murder trial.

An Ohio family is literally fighting a man who has taken over their home in court. The family returned to their Springdale, Ohio from visiting a dying relative out-of-town. The locks had been changed and their home of 21 years had a new tenant. 

The NAACP is calling on prosecutors to file felony hate-crime charges against four white students who allegedly harassed a black student at San Jose State University. The students currently face misdemeanor hate-crime and battery charges.

A few weeks ago, Macy’s and Barneys were swept up in a firestorm of controversy after four African American shoppers accused the retailers and the NYPD of racially profiling them while shopping in their store.Actor Robert Brown was among the four to claim discrimination while making purchases, and has now filed a class action lawsuit against Macy’s.

A Brooklyn man is suing the NYPD after he was falsely arrested. Love Olatunjiojo was walking down the street with two of his friends when three police officers cuffed them for drug possession. The officers charged the men with possession of a controlled substance believed to be methamphetamine, a mistake that could cost the department.

A image of Marlon Brown, just seconds before he was run over and killed by a Florida Police Officer      Marlon Brown committed the shocking crime of not wearing his seat belt, and his sentence was death, when he was run over by police officer James Harris. What’s not shocking is that Officer Harris, although […]

President Obama spoke to the African American perspective on the George Zimmerman trial at a press conference today; drawing parallels between himself and Trayvon, and suggesting that the outcome of the trial might have been different had Martin been white.

The murder of 32 year-old Mark Carson in New York’s Greenwich Village is being investigated as a hate crime. Carson and a friend were reportedly being followed and taunted with antigay slurs by 33 year-old Elliot Morales. Morales fired a single shot from is revolver, killing Carson.

7 year-old Wilson Reyes was accused of stealing $5 from a classmate, and a scuffle ensued. Instead of being sent to the principal’s office, the NYPD took him to a police station, handcuffed Reyes to a wall, and interrogated him for hours.

14 year-old Kardin Ulysse is now blind in one eye after a brutal, homophobic assault by bullies in the cafeteria of Roy H. Mann Junior High School in Brooklyn. His family plans to sue the city for $16 million, and want his attackers to face hate crime charges.