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‘So He Could Control the Process’: A Virginia Attorney Is Furious After a Special Grand Jury Is Assembled And Indicts Ex White Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Accused of Shoplifting
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‘So He Could Control the Process’: A Virginia Attorney Is Furious After a Special Grand Jury Is Assembled And Indicts Ex White Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Accused of Shoplifting

An ex-Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer faces indictment for the fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect accused of shoplifting at the Tyson Corner Center in shopping center in February 2023. A special grand jury determined that there was sufficient evidence to charge the officer with murder and the reckless discharge of a weapon. According to...

Texas Black Teen Suspended for Locs Hairstyle Sent to Alternative School By Administrators; Attorneys Claim It’s ‘Retaliation’ for Discrimination Lawsuit
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Texas Black Teen Suspended for Locs Hairstyle Sent to Alternative School By Administrators; Attorneys Claim It’s ‘Retaliation’ for Discrimination Lawsuit

Barbers Hill High School, a campus that has made headlines multiple times for what many believe is race and gender discrimination, has transferred a Black male student to an alternative school because he refused to cut his locs. School officials referred Darryl George to the disciplinary program because he simply would not adhere to the...

‘There Is No Excuse for This’: Georgia Man Stunned with Taser By Cops, Left with Brain Damage In Traffic Stop Over Taillight Files Lawsuit
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‘There Is No Excuse for This’: Georgia Man Stunned with Taser By Cops, Left with Brain Damage In Traffic Stop Over Taillight Files Lawsuit

A Georgia man has filed a lawsuit against a Gwinnett County police officer after he was left with brain damage from an encounter with the police on Oct. 21, 2021. Angelo Black was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over by members of the GCPD, including Officer Chase Weber, in the Atlanta suburb of...

California’s New ‘Ebony Alert’ Will Inform Public About Missing Black Youth ‘Crisis.’ Some Fear It Could Make Ignoring Victims Easier
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California’s New ‘Ebony Alert’ Will Inform Public About Missing Black Youth ‘Crisis.’ Some Fear It Could Make Ignoring Victims Easier

The state of California has implemented a new system to raise awareness and help aid in the search for missing Black people. On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 673, approving the creation of an emergency alert tool, dubbed “Ebony Alert,” that would be used for Black youth aged between 12 and 25, NBC...