A Talent man has been charged with murder after police say he shot and killed a Black teenager in the parking lot of an Ashland hotel on Monday--reportedly, over loud music.
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"No-knock" search warrants, (like the one used in Breonna Taylor's murder) which allow police to force their way into a home with the element of surprise, have attracted criticism since the height...
The Texas city of Schertzhas released body cam and dash cam videos of 18-year-old Zekee Rayford’s arrest. He was kicked and tased after police say he ran a red light and did not pull over.
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The death—and likely murder—of 15-year-old Quawan “Bobby” Charles, in Louisiana, is one of the latest examples of Black lives not mattering in a resurgently racist America,...
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Members of the public often have a misguided perception of the criminal justice system, from stereotypes of incarcerated people, assumptions about how they...
The family of Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot through the window of her home, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Fort Worth and Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer who...
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Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Karen Bass (D-CA) and CBC Secretary Hank Johnson (D-GA) have sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr urging him to put an...
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Killer-cop Derek Chauvin--shown above murdering George Floyd--is trying to get a judge to block evidence.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who...
A woman who sat on the Breonna Taylor grand jury said she believes their investigation was incomplete and that prosecutors wanted to give police “a slap on the wrist and close it up.”
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The ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab and the UCI Irvine Law School Civil Rights Litigation clinic have filed a brief asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a...
The NAACP has now weighed in on the explosive case of 15-year old Quawan “Bobby” Charles (above) whose dead mutilated body was found some 20 miles away from his Louisiana home, in a sugar cane...
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Family and friends of the Baldwin, Louisiana teen found dead earlier this month were joined by civil rights groups in a protest march Saturday seeking justice for 15-year-old...
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A year ago Sunday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an indefinite stay of execution for Innocence Project client Rodney Reed, who was facing execution for the 1999...
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Initially placed on administrative leave for posting a comment on social media that appeared to support violence against people who voted for president-elect Joe Biden, an...
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