Another U.S. city has agreed to a multi-million-dollar settlement in the case of a Black man wrongfully killed by police during an arrest. CNN’s Raja Razek reported that “Williamson County, Texas, announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14 that a $5-million settlement has been approved to settle a lawsuit in the wrongful…
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Black Man Shot and Killed by White Security Guard for Playing Music Too Loudly While Pumping Gas
In a senseless act of violence and tragic loss of life, Alvin Motley Jr., 48, was shot and killed while fueling up his car — because a white security guard thought he was playing his music too loudly. David K. Li of NBC News has reported that Motley, who lived…
Wisconsin Governor Approves Police Reform Bill Including a Ban on Chokeholds
While some states have pushed back on policing reform following the death of George Floyd and the conviction of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin for his murder last summer, other states appear to be finally coming through with the much-needed reform measures. CNN’s Keith Allen, Brad Parks and Devan Cole…
Texas Police Officer Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Black Man; COVID-19 Slamming Diversity Advancements in the Travel Industry; and More
Texas police officer charged in fatal shooting of a Black man. Jonathan Price was a “pillar of the community” in Wolfe City, Texas the Washington Post reports. The popular city employee, personal trainer and former college football player was attempting to help break up a fight outside a gas station…
Trial Starts for Unarmed Black Man Markeis McGlockton Fatally Shot Over Parking Spot
Last July, 47-year-old Michael Drejka got in a fight with Britany Jacobs, then 24, who was parked in a handicapped-accessible spot outside a grocery store. Her boyfriend, Markeis McGlockton, who was only 28, walked outside after them with their five-year-old son and defended Jacobs from Drejka, who had become aggressive….
Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump Demands Galveston, Texas Police Department Release Bodycam Footage of Mounted White Officers Leading Black Man With Rope
A photo of two mounted white Galveston, Texas police officers leading a handcuffed Black man with a rope evoked imagery of Antebellum-era slave catchers for many, sparking an outrage last week that led the Galveston Police Chief to issue a public apology to the suspect, Donald Neely, and his family….
Video: Black Columbia University Student Pinned Down By Campus Safety Officials
Several public safety officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after a video went viral over the weekend showing Alexander McNab, a Columbia University senior, pinned to a countertop by officers at the Barnard College library. It all started when McNab got hungry late on Thursday night after he…
Archived: Renting While Black: White Woman Blocks Black Man Trying to Get Home
Hilary Brooke Mueller, a white woman, decided that she was the police, security and a private investigator, on top of being racist. Mueller blocked D’Arreion Toles of St. Louis, a Black man, from entering his own apartment building, Elder Shirt Lofts, and proceeded to harass him and follow him to…
Archived: Bodycam Footage Shows Minneapolis Police Shoot Black Man in the Back
Thurman Blevins reportedly was drinking gin and shooting a gun in the air on June 23 in a Minneapolis, Minn., neighborhood. When police arrived on the scene, Blevins was sitting on the curb with his girlfriend and baby. From bodycam footage released Sunday, the police are heard saying he’s got…