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By Benji Hart In the last month, following the emergence of horrific images of migrant children being separated from their families and held in cages by border agents, the call to #AbolishICE has gone mainstream. Most notably, Congolese immigrant activist Therese Okoumou climbed the Statue of Liberty’s base on July 4th following an “Abolish ICE” […]

On April 30th, 2018, a white woman reported a residential burglary to the police after she saw Donisha Prendergast, the filmmaker granddaughter of musician Bob Marley, and her artist friends Kelly Fyffe-Marshall and Komi-Oluwa Olafimihan check out of their Airbnb rental and load their suitcases into their vehicle an artist. All three artists are Black.

On April 28th, 2018, a 36 year old Black Somali Muslim woman, Shukri Ali, was shot and killed at the hands of two Johns Creek police officers in North Fulton, Georgia. Allegedly, Shukri Ali was walking near Sweet Creek and Abbotts Bridge roads with a knife at hand. Her family reported that Ali was mentally […]

Our favorite war criminal, Benjamin Netanyahu is facing calls to be indicted on corruption charges from his own state police stemming from two years-long cases of bribery and one case of fraud and breach of trust involving newspaper publisher Arnon Moses, Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan, and Australian billionaire James Packer. The Israeli police claim that […]

Most people would applaud kids for having the motivation to open a lemonade stand; it shows independence and a level of drive. However, switch out the lemonade stand for a couple teens selling water bottles and it’s suddenly a crime.

Mykki Blanco, a queer rapper and performer, detailed his experiences after taking a short flight on Delta Airlines from Toronto to Detroit in which a fellow passenger called the police. According to Blanco’s retelling of the incident, the passenger claimed he wasn’t comfortable with “someone like [Blanco]” boarding the plane. Blanco stated that he slept […]

By: Sam Fleming Chicago rapper and peace-activist Jessica Disu (also known as FM Supreme) has been killing it lately and she doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. Standing behind her controversial message of abolishing the police, she has made appearances on the Fox News’ Kelly File and on other cable news networks attempting […]

Tensions between police officers and citizens may be at an all-time high. That fact is even more true in cities where long-standing histories of police violence are becoming public knowledge and being pushed to the forefront with multiple investigations. In response, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to hold several meetings throughout the city in August that […]

    An actress who was detained by Los Angeles last week is refusing to apologize for claiming race played a role in the incident. Civil Rights leaders called for “Django” actress Daniele Watts’ apology after she suggested she was handcuffed for kissing her white husband in public. Images captured by witnesses who called police […]

  NBA player Ray Allen is calling out the Coral Gables (Fl) police for their handling of a home invasion. A group of teenagers broke into the Allens home in the early morning hours of August 14. Allen’s wife and children were in the home. Allen’s wife woke up to see the group of teenagers […]

A Change.org petition is calling for NYPD mayor Bill de Blasio to require that police officers carry an on-body camera that records their interactions. 

A police commissioner in a New Hampshire town says he will not apologize for calling President Barack Obama the n-word as angry residents at a meeting called for his resignation on Thursday. Wolfeboro Police Commissioner Robert Copeland acknowledged that he referred to Obama as an n-word in an email to co-workers.