Justice has been served in the small rural town of Grinnell, Iowa after a white man who killed a Black man and left his body burning in a ditch was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder. A 32-year-old man named Steven Vogel was accused of murdering Michael Williams after…
Crime
Myles Cosgrove, Louisville Police Officer Who Murdered Breonna Taylor, Wants His Job Back
Even after his outrageous behavior in the no-knock raid of Breonna Taylor’s home — and ultimately firing the shot that killed the 26-year-old emergency room technician — Myles Cosgrove believes he still deserves a place on the Louisville Metro Police Force. NPR’s Jonathan Franklin reported that Cosgrove is fighting to…
Black Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn Threatened With Lynching After Penning Anti-Trump Op-Ed
An Iowa Democrat has been threatened with violence simply for writing an opinion piece critical of the former president. Brianne Pfannenstiel of the Des Moines Register has reported that “Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn received multiple threats, including one of lynching, after he penned an opinion piece critical of…
Philadelphia SEPTA Commuters Do Nothing as Woman is Raped on Evening Train
In a truly shocking display, a woman in Philadelphia was recently raped on a train filled with commuters — and nobody did anything to stop the attack. Claudia Lauer of the Associated Press reported that “a man charged with raping a woman on a commuter train just outside of Philadelphia…