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A North Carolina sheriff, in all his caucasity, likely never imagined he’d be at the center of an investigation into a phone call he made to blow off a little steam....
Photos: Pottawatomie County Jail
The Department of Justice announced today that two men, Devan Nathanial Johnson, 28, and Brandon Wayne Killian, 31, pleaded guilty to committing a hate crime...
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In the wake of Alabama’s failed attempt to execute Alan Miller last week, calls to suspend executions in the state are growing.
Alabama scheduled Alan Miller’s...
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The Justice Department announced that Axel C. Cox, 23, has been charged with hate crime and arson violations for...
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The following is a press statement released Thursday regarding the arrest of a former Chicago cop Dante Salinas for the 2020 killing of 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnet--and...
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Today, in direct response to feedback from its community partners, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) launched the first of its offerings in a new learning environment...
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Multiple videos (see at end of article) posted on social media show correctional officer Ell White beating a man during an apparent mental health crisis at Elmore...
Photo; Innocence Project
In 2000, Adnan Syed, the focus of the podcast “Serial” and HBO’s documentary “The Case Against Adnan Syed” was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his high...
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Hardly a week goes by in the Inland Empire lately without a new report of an inmate death in either Riverside or San Bernardino County. As recently reported by the IE Voice...
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A Richland County court ruled last week that both electrocution and the firing squad violate the South Carolina Constitution.
The state constitution bars...
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ST. LOUIS — A teenager was shot dead by police officers on Sunday night outside of a gas station in Old North St. Louis. Darryl Ross, 16, was armed and running away,...
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Jail’s booking center, known as the Inmate Reception Center (IRC), is holding people in abysmal conditions of confinement and violating...
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At 2:30AM on Tuesday, August 30th, Donovan Lewis was lying in bed when the Columbus Police Department stormed into his apartment to serve a warrant. Moments later, police...
Photos: Screenshots\Change.org
The Sandridge is a small community in Conway, South Carolina. The land on which this historically Black community is built has been owned by five Black...
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In Texas prisons that lack air conditioning, temperatures routinely exceed triple digits. Outdoor temperature logs reveal heat indexes surpassing 149 degrees, which can...
Milton, are you denying or finding it insignificant that the TPLF attacked a federal army base...
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