Even though Constance Malcolm (pictured center left) and Franclot Graham’s (pictured center right) buried their 18-year-old son last year, after he was shot by the…
An off-duty police officer killed man in a Chicago suburb, after the officer injured the victim’s 4-year-old daughter in a bike accident, the Chicago Tribune…
Over the years, the Washington suburban county of Prince George’s in Maryland has long been infamous for its tales of police brutality – especially the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City police officer has been charged with corruption after prosecutors accused him of having sex with two women in…
Rodney King’s death on Sunday (June 17, 2012) was a tragic and unfitting ending for the man who was at the center of one of…
Rodney King, 47, had been drinking all day and smoking marijuana at his Rialto, California home in the hours before his death, according to his fiancée,…
Rodney King an icon of police brutality after a much publicized beating at the hands of Los Angeles Police in 1991 was found dead Sunday in his swimming pool, he was 47. King was 25 and on parole after a robbery conviction in April 1991. In an interview in 2011, he recalled he had been […]
During the last day of the National Action Network’s conference in Washington, D.C., audience members, youth activists, and victims of violence told stories of gun…
Following the announcement of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams that Mumia Abu-Jamal “will no longer be facing the death penalty,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu called for further action. “Now that it is clear that Mumia should never have been on death row in the first place, justice will not be served by relegating him to prison […]
NEW YORK (AP) — During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey by The Associated Press. The heaviest financial burden has fallen upon law […]
Police corruption is a major problem in the United States. Some police officers turn bad to make money through ripping off drug dealers and even dealing drugs themselves. Some try and cover up their own acts of brutality, murder and even torture. Police corruption happens in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and every major […]
A Brooklyn councilman was arrested after a dustup with the NYPD at the West Indian Day Parade yesterday afternoon. The councilman, Jumaane Williams, was detained by police after walking in a “frozen zone” near the Brooklyn Museum. An argument ensued and fists started flying when a police captain was punched by an unknown bystander. An […]
