After a long and controversial investigation, grand jurors in Cuyahoga County chose not to indict the Cleveland police officers who were involved in last year’s fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a black 12-year-old with a toy gun.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot to death while carrying what turned out to be a pellet gun, a prosecutor said Monday.
In an extended interview on Meet the Press, film director Spike Lee said he wanted his new film, “Chi-Raq,” to touch on “black-on-black violence” and make the point that “it’s not always policemen” killing black people.
Mall St. Matthews in Kentucky had to close up earlier than usual on Saturday, according to a report by WLKY. According to the report, there were numerous “disturbances” Saturday evening that resulted in between 40 to 50 officers from various local
A mall outside Louisville, Kentucky was forced to shut down on Saturday night as hundreds of black teens went on a rampage, running through the St. Matthews Mall until being forced out by police. At 8:00 pm on the day after Christmas–one of the busiest days of the year at malls across America–management decided to shut the mall down after the “wilding” incident began.
Virginia state senator Bill Carrico (R-Dist. 40) is responding to Governor Terry McAuliffe’s (D) relentless gun control push by introducing a budget amendment to remove funding for McAuliffe’s protection detail.
Police in Hope, Arkansas, believe an arsonist set fire to former President Bill Clinton’s childhood home on Friday. According to Hope Police Department Chief J.R. Wilson, early Friday morning a motorist spotted the fire at the Clinton Birthplace National Historic Site.
At least one police union has seemingly abandoned its plans to boycott Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight in the wake of the director’s participation in an anti-police brutality rally in October and his subsequent escalating rhetoric against law enforcement.
On December 26 The Washington Post reported that police shot and killed 965 people in 2015.
In its first police involved shooting since the Chicago Police Department released dashcam video of the death of teenager Laquan McDonald, police shot and killed two residents–one likely by accident–during a domestic disturbance call on the city’s West Side.
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” during the first episode of the show’s annual year-end awards, the panelist voiced their opinion on who should receive the “Enough Already” award for 2015. Among those named included Black Lives Matter,
Criminal statistic research by the University of Copenhagen shows that in Denmark the top-ten criminal forenames in the country for men are all Arabic origin. The research, which took in how likely an individual with any given forename was to
A New York City man in Toronto is charged with attempted murder after reportedly yelling an obscenity against whites, then attacking a man on the street with a machete.
As most citizens of the Windy City were gearing up for Christmas Day, others were still engaging in gangland shootings, and in the 48 hours leading up to the blessed day, three people were killed and seven were wounded—including a well-known local rap artist.
Four alleged members of the Mexican MS-13 street gang have been arrested and charged with murder in Gaithersburg, Maryland, authorities report. It was the second charge for murder leveled at the teenaged crew.
In a recent interview, longtime comedian and actor Eddie Griffin said he would vote for anyone but billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, and added that he is tired of “professional politicians” like Hillary Clinton.
Asha Long, an organizer for Black Lives Matter in Minneapolis, MN stated that the protests at the airport were to “call terrorism on the police department” and stated she couldn’t give statistics to back up her claim that “Islamophobia is
Former NBA great Shaquille O’Neal announced his future plans Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record” to run for sheriff. Shaq told host Greta Van Susteren when he retires, he would like to be elected as sheriff in Orlando,
Black Lives Matter spread its Christmas cheer in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon–one of the busiest travel days of the year–with what it dubbed a “Black XMas” by briefly shutting down the southbound 405 Freeway in Westchester. The move was part
A much smaller than expected turnout of Black Lives Matter protesters were routed by disciplined police work Wednesday, first at the planned protest at the Mall of America and then at an impromptu action at the Minneapolis / St. Paul Airport.
A security guard working an overnight shift outside a closed convenience store was ambushed by a pair of armed gunmen early Monday morning.
Two popular churches in the same downtown North Texas city received anonymous bomb threat letters warning them to cancel their Christmas Eve services, although both refuse to be intimidated and plan to worship with added police protection.
The loss of six American airmen, including four federal agents, in Afghanistan provides proof that combat is not over as far as the Taliban are concerned.
HOUSTON, Texas – Lawyers for the suspect in the execution of Harris County, Texas, deputy Darren Goforth filed a motion on Monday saying their client is incompetent to stand trial.
HOUSTON, Texas — The grand jurors who are hearing the evidence in the Sandra Bland cases, and the special prosecutors who were appointed to serve in the case, are racially diverse and include two black special prosecutors, and three blacks and one Hispanic on the grand jury.
