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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...

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Congressman Jonathan Jackson slams Republicans at MLK scholarship breakfast

The 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, held at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, was not just an event; it was an inspirational gathering that profoundly impacted all those in attendance. This annual event brought together the youth of the city, who presented themselves with an air of regal uplift...

Nikki Haley Faces Backlash for Saying America Has ‘Never Been a Racist Country’ Weeks After Civil War Question Debacle
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Nikki Haley Faces Backlash for Saying America Has ‘Never Been a Racist Country’ Weeks After Civil War Question Debacle

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley has been receiving criticism after telling a Fox News panel this week that the United States has never been “a racist country.” Haley made the comments during an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday. It comes after the former South Carolina governor came out in third place in the Iowa Republican caucuses,...