Diversity Management, News and Updates
A woman in Puerto Rico has shattered one of the biggest remaining glass ceilings in law enforcement. CNN’s Alaa Elassar reported that a Black female agent from Tampa, Florida but working primarily within the U.S. Island territory of Puerto Rico “is believed to be the first Black woman to be…
An Iowa man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for shooting a 15-year-old Black girl. The incident took place following a pro-Trump political rally he attended late last year. The Associated Press reported that “Michael McKinney, 26, of St. Charles, pleaded guilty in June to intimidation…
A Black real estate agent in Wyoming, Michigan experienced a case of racial profiling at its worst. Jacqueline Francis of NBC affiliate WOOD-TV has reported that realtor Eric Brown and his client Roy Thorne, who is also Black, “were put in handcuffs during a showing Sunday [August 1] after armed…
For any Black man or woman who has ever been pulled over for speeding or a traffic infraction, it’s not just your imagination that police officers are more condescending, aggressive and less respectful. New research from the American Psychological Association confirms that the average police officer speaks to Black drivers…
Jay Anderson Jr. was asleep in a parked car in 2016 when police officer Joseph Mensah approached to ask him what he was doing. Anderson, who was intoxicated, was slow to reply and struggled to follow the officer’s orders as he was waking up. Instead of waiting for backup to…
Protests continue across the nation’s capital in an effort to rein in racist anti-voter legislation taking place in states such as Texas, Florida, and Georgia. And now, those efforts have progressed to the level where elected officials are getting arrested for supporting every American citizen’s right to fairly and legally…
The Sunshine State is a little bit safer today after more than a dozen members of a local white supremacist gang have been indicted for a variety of charges. Tom Winter of NBC News has reported that “16 members of a Florida-based white supremacist group — who went by names…
A mass shooting may have been averted in California after police arrested a highly armed man who had intentions of “wiping out” Black, Hispanic and Jewish populations. CNN’s Cheri Mossburg reported that “a California man is in custody after police found a cache of weapons, ammunition and racist writings in…
The County Sheriff in Pasquotank, North Carolina has been hit with a $30-million civil rights lawsuit following the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. — the father of seven — earlier this year. Joe Jurado of The Root reported that “Brown, 42, died on April 21 when his BMW was…
Matt Martel, a 29-year-old man from Villa Rica, Georgia, has been arrested and charged with a number of offenses for attempting to beat his Black neighbor’s 15-year-old son with a belt because he didn’t like the language the teenager was using. Zack Linly of The Root reported that Maliyk Sim…
