News From A Colorful Perspective
Charles Anderson, the Michigan police officer found to have KKK memorabilia in his home, has been fired following a disciplinary hearing within the Muskegon Police Department. Last month, Anderson was outed when a couple, the Mathises, toured his home that was for sale. After seeing the framed KKK document, “Knights…
A Facebook live video captured the last moments of Minnesota man Brian Quinones, who police shot during a traffic stop Saturday. A live video posted on Quinones’ page shows him listening to loud music while driving outside of Minneapolis around 10 p.m., while police lights flash in his rear window….
The Justice Department (DOJ) has sued Baltimore County, Maryland and its police department for what it has deemed discriminatory hiring practices against prospective entry-level officers. The department had been using an exam, which Black applicants consistently performed worse on than white applicants, leading to fewer Black applicants being hired in…
The Portland police needed a suspect for a string of bank robberies in the Oregon city in April 2017. So, they settled upon Tyrone Lamont Allen, a 50-year-old man whose face, inconveniently for authorities, is covered in tattoos. But that didn’t stop them. When the police got an anonymous tip…
A study that claims white police are no more likely than their non-white colleagues to shoot people of color is coming under fire. The study, published July 22 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences found police of various races were more likely to kill civilians of…
Tracy Single is the 16th transgender woman to be murdered in 2019 alone. Single, who was Black and only 22 years old, was found dead in a Memorial City parking lot on July 30, according to the Houston Police Department. “We are devastated by the loss of Tracy,” Houston Police…
Protestors rallied outside of the Colorado Springs police headquarters Aug. 13 to protest the police shooting of 19-year-old De’Von Bailey. His family is calling for justice through an independent investigation of the incident. A white police officer shot the teen responding to a report of a robbery Aug. 3. Officers…
A new study from Rutgers University-Newark has found that police are a leading cause of death among young — especially Black — men in America today. The study, which compiled data on police-involved deaths in the U.S., estimated the risks of being killed in a law enforcement encounter by age,…
A disturbing video of former St. Albans, Vermont police officer Sgt. Jason Lawton, some of it from a police body camera, shows the intoxicated woman, Amy Connelly, being thrown against a wall in a tiny holding cell after she refuses to sit down. When she stands back up and tries…
Muskegon, Michigan police officer Charles Anderson is on administrative leave after a Black man was touring his home during an open house and found Ku Klux Klan memorabilia. Rob Mathis, an Army veteran and prospective homebuyer posted a photo on Facebook of a framed KKK “application for citizenship” hung on…
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