In a fitting resolution to a story that shocked the nation last year as the United States was entering COVID-19 lockdown, a Pennsylvania woman who purposely coughed on food while yelling that she had the coronavirus has been sentenced to a minimum of at least one year in jail. The…
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Farmington School Resource Officer Resigns Unpunished after Use of Excessive Force on 11-Year-Old Girl
A veteran school resource officer in Farmington, N.M., has resigned after video footage caught him violently brutalizing and slamming an 11-year-old Black female student to the ground. The incident happened on Aug. 27 at Mesa View Middle School in New Mexico. The officer, Zachary Christensen, used excessive force on the…
White Man Pulls Gun on Black Teens in Miami on MLK Day
Mark Allen Bartlett of Hollywood Beach, Fla., pulled a gun on several Black teens, repeatedly calling them the n-word, as they were taking part in a “Bikes Up Guns Down” event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Brickell. “Get the fk out of here fking stupid ners!” Bartlett shouts….
Archived: UPDATE: Man Found Guilty of a Lesser Charge for Shooting at Black Teen
The jury at Oakland County Circuit Court in Michigan found Jeffrey Craig Ziegler, age 53, guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. They deliberated less than three hours on Friday after closing arguments, where the prosecutor,…
Archived: White Man Who Shot at Lost Black Teen and Called Him 'Colored' Stands Trial
Jeffrey Zeigler, who is on trial for shooting at a lost Black teen in Rochester Hills, Mich., watched as his wife, Dana, broke down in tears in Oakland County Circuit Court on Tuesday, while testifying about the April 12 shooting, and watching a video of the incident. Dana said she…