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Cut The Check: Jury Awards $14 Million To George Floyd Protesters For Denver PD’s Excessive Force, Sets Precedent For Other Cities

One police brutality lawsuit down, 29 to go! Source: JASON CONNOLLY / Getty In 2020, millions organized across the U.S. to protest the police killings of innocent Black people like  Breonna Taylor, only to become victims of police violence themselves. It only took four hours for a federal jury to determine that protesters at the … Read moreCut The Check: Jury Awards $14 Million To George Floyd Protesters For Denver PD’s Excessive Force, Sets Precedent For Other Cities

Perjuring Pigs: IL Cops Who Coerced A False Murder Confession From 15-Year-Old Martell Williams With McDonald’s Still On Duty [VIDEO]

You can’t reform the kind of corruption that trades a Big Mac for an innocent child’s life. Source: HUIZENG HU / Getty No amount of photo ops of officers hugging kids or playing a pick-up game at neighborhood courts will cover up the ways police violate and abuse the very people they are supposed to … Read morePerjuring Pigs: IL Cops Who Coerced A False Murder Confession From 15-Year-Old Martell Williams With McDonald’s Still On Duty [VIDEO]

#LamonteMcIntyre: Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man Sues For $93 Million After 23 Years In Prison, Arresting Officer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Man’s Mother

When a person spends years and even decades in prison for a crime they didn’t commit, there really is no dollar amount that can compensate for the freedom and life experiences said person was denied—but $93 mil is at least a good starting point. In yet another case where a wrongly convicted Black man spent … Read more#LamonteMcIntyre: Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man Sues For $93 Million After 23 Years In Prison, Arresting Officer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Man’s Mother

Video Shows Officer Shawn Guetschow Kneeling On 12-Year-Old Girl’s Neck At School, Parents Demand Criminal Charges

If a middle-aged man can’t restrain a 6th-grader without an illegal chokehold, the last thing he needs is a badge and a gun. Source: picture alliance / Getty Once again, the biggest threat to Black children in school isn’t the pandemic or a school shooter; it’s the adults who are supposed to keep them safe. … Read moreVideo Shows Officer Shawn Guetschow Kneeling On 12-Year-Old Girl’s Neck At School, Parents Demand Criminal Charges

License To Kill: Officer Who Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Ma’Khia Bryant Cleared Of Criminal Charges

Ohio seems to be quickly earning a reputation that gives Florida a run for its money. Source: STEPHEN ZENNER / Getty Whether lying in a hospital bed like Miles Jackson or innocently playing in a park like Tamir Rice, it seems like there are few places Black people in Ohio are completely safe from getting gunned down … Read moreLicense To Kill: Officer Who Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Ma’Khia Bryant Cleared Of Criminal Charges

#DonnellRochester: Baltimore Police Fire Shots Into Black Man’s Car, Family And Protesters Demand Justice

Source: Mitchell Layton / Getty Another day, another story about cops who think shooting their guns is an appropriate response to any perceived aggression coming from a Black person. According to WBAL-TV, 18-year-old Donnell Rochester was shot and killed by Baltimore police officers after they got out of their patrol cars to stop the car … Read more#DonnellRochester: Baltimore Police Fire Shots Into Black Man’s Car, Family And Protesters Demand Justice

Black Dunkin’ Employee Gets 2 Years House Arrest After Fatally Punching White Man Who Called Him The N-Word

OK, criminal justice system, I see you. I mean, you still trash but even a white supremacist clock is right twice a day. A Black Dunkin’ employee in Tampa Bay, Florida, was sentenced to community service and to two years of house arrest after being arrested for fatally punching a white man who called him … Read moreBlack Dunkin’ Employee Gets 2 Years House Arrest After Fatally Punching White Man Who Called Him The N-Word

Black Dunkin’ Employee Gets 2 Years House Arrest After Fatally Punching White Man Who Called Him Racial Slur

OK, criminal justice system, I see you. I mean, you still trash but even a white supremacist clock is right twice a day. A Black Dunkin’ employee in Tampa Bay, Florida, was sentenced to community service and to two years of house arrest after being arrested for fatally punching a white man who called him … Read moreBlack Dunkin’ Employee Gets 2 Years House Arrest After Fatally Punching White Man Who Called Him Racial Slur

SMH: San Francisco Cop Acquitted Of Beating, Breaking Wrist Of Black Man With Baton Despite Man Already Winning $700K In Civil Case

On October 6, 2019, Black man Dacari Spiers was beaten with a baton by a San Francisco police officer. The officer and his partner claimed Spiers pushed them first and refused to comply. Now, whether that’s true or not, it’s a fact that an officer believed beating a man with a baton was an appropriate … Read moreSMH: San Francisco Cop Acquitted Of Beating, Breaking Wrist Of Black Man With Baton Despite Man Already Winning $700K In Civil Case

Behind Enemy Lines: WNBA Star Brittney Griner Detained By Russia For 3 Weeks After Drug Arrest In Moscow Airport

Get home soon, sis! Source: Christian Petersen / Getty If the recent invasion of Ukraine wasn’t terrifying enough for the thousands of Black refugees caught in the middle, the New York Times reported that Russian customs officials had WNBA player Brittney Griner detained. The Phoenix Mercury center was arrested at an airport near Moscow for drug … Read moreBehind Enemy Lines: WNBA Star Brittney Griner Detained By Russia For 3 Weeks After Drug Arrest In Moscow Airport

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