A White Mississippi police officer will not face criminal charges for choking an unarmed man who later died.
Sgt. Kizzy Adonis is the first law enforcement official to be charged with any wrongdoing in Garner's death.
A Round Rock, Texas police officer is under major criticism after he was caught on video grabbing the neck of a Black teenager and pushing him to the ground at Round Rock High School.
An 18-year-old accused of shoplifting in Indianapolis died in police custody Saturday after twice complaining of breathing problems.
Eric Garner, whose high-profile death was captured on a cell phone video that helped to spark a national movement against police violence, is buried in
The anniversary of Eric Garner‘s death is approaching and his family is seeking closure, but as they seek peace, the officer who put Garner into a fatal chokehold declared he can’t wait to return to work. According to Daily Mail: As the family of Eric Garner awaits closure a year after the father-of-six’s untimely death, the police […]
All-Star Weekend has the sports world buzzing with excitement, but Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James‘ latest interview is hitting a more serious note and revealing that, even as a star player, he’s concerned about the precautions his black sons have to take to avoid becoming victims of police brutality. During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, James […]
The MTA has banned “die-ins” and any other protest that involves people sitting or lying on the floor at Grand Central Terminal after protesters allegedly acted out physically towards MTA officers this week. According to The New York Observer, the two separate attacks are to blame for the MTA’s decision. The protests for police transparency and racial […]
A California school district that initially banned basketball players from wearing “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts in a tournament, has reversed the ban and will now allow players to wear the shirts — as long as they do not cause any serious problems. The reversal came on Monday after the boys and girls teams of Mendocino High School […]
Administrators at a Northern California high school have banned the “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts from being worn during a basketball tournament. Both Mendocino boys’ and girls’ basketball teams were uninvited from a Fort Bragg tournament because there were concerns that the players would wear the t-shirts – which honor police chokehold victim Eric Garner – […]
The daughter of Eric Garner paid her respects to the slain NYPD officers who were gunned down in Brooklyn over the weekend. Emerald Garner visited the New York Police Memorial yesterday to express her condolences to the families of Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos. While talking to reporters, Emerald made it clear that her family isn’t anti-police. […]
After the monumental protest that took place on December 13th in New York, more than 100 people gathered in the city streets yesterday night and mocked the “I Can’t Breathe” slogan, used to honor Eric Garner, with “I Can Breathe” t-shirts – and all in support of the NYPD. Daily Mail reports: Facing off against […]
