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‘Absolutely Disgusting’: Colorado Deputies Use Taser on 16-Year-Old Runaway Girl Who Was Apparent Sex Crime Victim, Lawsuit Alleges
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‘Absolutely Disgusting’: Colorado Deputies Use Taser on 16-Year-Old Runaway Girl Who Was Apparent Sex Crime Victim, Lawsuit Alleges

A new lawsuit alleges that a group of Colorado deputies violated the civil rights of a teenage girl who was reportedly the victim of a sex crime and used excessive force against her when she was detained two years ago. Lawyers representing a young woman identified as L.Z. in the complaint obtained by Atlanta Black...

‘His Lungs are Burned’: Botched Police Raid In Ohio Leads to Baby with Heart Defect Being Hospitalized After Two Grenades Deployed
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‘His Lungs are Burned’: Botched Police Raid In Ohio Leads to Baby with Heart Defect Being Hospitalized After Two Grenades Deployed

An Ohio family is praying for the recovery of a 17-month-old special-needs toddler who was injured during a botched police raid. The incident occurred when law enforcement, aiming to apprehend a teenager they suspected of possessing a weapon, targeted a home the suspect didn’t live in anymore. A police tactical team deployed flash-bang grenades as...

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‘@NikkiHaley you’ve lost your mind’

From the woman who initially couldn’t bring herself to acknowledge slavery as a cause of the Civil War comes the ultimate in hair-splitting distinctions without a difference: Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley says that America has “never been a racist country” but has “always had racism.” Her campaign spokesperson then added, “The liberal media always...

Black Woman Hired to Investigate Racism In a Utah School District Ends Up Facing Discrimination Herself, New Lawsuit Says
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Black Woman Hired to Investigate Racism In a Utah School District Ends Up Facing Discrimination Herself, New Lawsuit Says

A Black woman is taking legal action against a school district in northern Utah that hired her to investigate racial harassment at their schools, which district officials made impossible after they began discriminating against her, according to a fresh lawsuit. Joscelin Thomas once served as a coordinator for the Davis School District. Her position was...