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Haitian police arrested eight men this week in Port-Au-Prince, claiming they carried weaponry and said they were on a mysterious “government mission.” Police charged them illegal possession of firearms after they saw their cars had no license plates. Five of them are Americans, and three of the Americans are military veterans. This comes as Haiti has […]

As anti-government protests grow in demand of economic and political freedom in Sudan, the country’s president, Omar Al-Bashir’s continues to arrest journalists and demonstrators, with the The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) detaining 28 journalists for several hours on Monday ahead of a sit-in.

According to NPR, hotel chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay $7.6 million following an investigation revealing that multiple locations in its chain shared their guest lists with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. It is not yet known exactly how many people have been arrested and/or deported as a result of the actions of […]

A federal investigation in Miami, Florida is examining several cases against Biscayne Park police officers who are accused of framing innocent people. The investigation took a sharp turn when a police officer admitted he falsified arrest warrants for two Black men at the behest of his police chief.

On June 4th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted one of the biggest workplace raids under the Trump administration. They arrested 114 people suspected of entering the county illegally at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center in Ohio.

  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. 

Three teenage boys have been arrested in connection to a videotaped attack on a mentally ill man in New Castle County, Delaware. The arrests came after the teens’ parents went to police complaining about harassing phone calls the teens were getting. 

When a group of Ferguson, Missouri protesters marched on the office of U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan on Tuesday, they expected to be arrested. Instead, they met with Callahan face-to-face for an hour.

  Members of BYP100’s Chicago Chapter led a march and demonstration at the Chicago Police Department headquarters on Tuesday. The young Black activists called for an end to racially unjust marijuana arrests. 

Raw video footage of what appears to be St. Petersburg police officers assaulting a family for recording them as they make arrests in front of their home has gone viral. The family reached out to local media and shared the dramatic footage last month. 

Each year, almost 1.5 million teens are arrested in America. Many of them are low-income. Compared to a decade ago, fewer teens ended up in jail due to cost-saving measures. 

Brooklyn’s district attorney’s office says it will no longer prosecute low-level marijuana offenders.  The confidential policy proposal came from District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson and was sent to the New York Police Department.