The Florida Bar has thrown out another misconduct complaint against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, a bar member in the state and Florida’s first female attorney general, according to the Miami Herald. The newspaper reported Bondi was accused of “serious professional misconduct” Thursday by a group of Florida liberal-leaning and moderate law professors, attorneys and...
An elderly Florida woman was charged after hurling racial slurs and spraying bear mace at two young Black children, ages 3 and 6, who were playing with bubbles in their driveway. Ada Anderson, 81, was arrested and charged with felony battery following an incident on May 30 with her neighbors. Ada Anderson, 81, was arrested...
A newspaper clipping from the 1940s that contained racist language referring to Black children was published in a California elementary school yearbook, sparking outrage in the school community. Montclair Elementary School in Oakland, California, recently printed and distributed its yearbooks for the 2024-2025 school year. One portion of the book contains local newspaper articles from...
Republicans in Tarrant County, Texas, are quickly pushing a redistricting plan that would dilute the voting power of Black people in this north central region of the state that includes Fort Worth and Arlington. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court is scheduled to vote on the controversial political map that would change district boundary lines on...
An investigation is underway into a police officer at the center of a video posted to social media that’s sparked outrage in one Pennsylvania town after he was seen punching a Black man multiple times before taking him into custody. The cellphone video captured the arrest of 42-year-old Wayne Vick during a traffic stop on...
