By Scott Blair Earlier this month, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, reintroduced a previously proposed bill that would punish any white supremacist whose message or actions cause white supremacy-motivated violence, […]
Category: Crime and Punishment
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Black Death on Video: Coping With the Tyre Nichols Footage
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black With Memphis police releasing video footage of the traffic stop that led to the 29-year-old’s death, we sat down with a […]
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Tyre Nichols murder justifies anger, mistrust for law enforcement and the future of America
I saw the headlines. And like so many Black Americans, I sat and watched with anger and hopelessness. I’m tired of being tired….
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After 10 days, dozens of Texas prisoners remain on hunger strike protesting solitary confinement practices
Originally appeared in the Texas Tribune By Jolie McCullough Although the number of men refusing food has steadily declined, 38 are still starving themselves to protest Texas policies that often […]
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STILL MISSING: Black Women and Girls Who Haven’t Come Home Yet
By Ariama C. Long Originally appeared in Word in Black Throughout New York, Black women and young girls go missing every day. Some have never been found. According to the Black […]
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Former Fort Worth Officer Found Guilty of Manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson
By William Melhado Originally appeared in the Texas Tribune A jury on Thursday found Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter for shooting Jefferson while she babysat her nephew in her mother’s […]
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FBI Arrest Texas Man Charged with Threatening Boston Doctor Who Cares for Transgender Children
By Alejandra Martinez Originally appeared in the Texas Tribune The 38-year-old Hill Country man faces up to five years in prison if convicted. A Texas man was arrested Friday on […]
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Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison for Buffalo Mass Shooting of African Americans
By Stacy M. Brown Prosecutors said Gendron acknowledged that he committed the heinous crimes “for the future of the white race.” A white man who traveled to a Buffalo grocery […]
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Study Reveals ‘Crisis’ in New Police Training In America
Originally appeared in NNPA By Stacy M. Brown Issued by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), the report found that nearly half of the agencies responding to the survey agreed […]
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What Really Happened to Shanquella Robinson?
Originally appeared in Defender Network New information is coming to light in a case that has garnered attention nationwide. A police report says Shanquella Robinson was alive when medical help […]