Voluntary manslaughter isn’t enough for those fighting for justice in the Jonathan Ferrell case. Officer Randall Kerrick was slapped with the charge after fatally shooting the unarmed 24-year-old 10 times, but family, friends and the NAACP are calling for stronger charges in the unnecessary and “barbaric” killing. “It’s barbaric when you train your officers to […]
The woman who called the police on Jonathan Ferrell after he crashed his vehicle and started knocking on her door for help, is making some shocking allegations. Sarah McCartney, 32, who has been partly blamed for the death of the 24-year-old former FAMU football player, is saying that the unarmed black man who was “pounding” […]
The Mecklenburg District Attorney has recused himself from the case against the police officer who shot and killed Jonathan Ferrell, citing a conflict of interest Andrew Murray has asked that the N.C. Attorney General’s Office take over the case because he used to work for the firm that represents Officer Randall Kerrick. Kerrick was charged […]
The family of a Florida man who was struck and killed by a police cruiser have released the graphic dash camera video that depicts what happened on that night. Marlon Brown was being pursued by police for a seatbelt violation in May of 2013 when Officer James Harris continued to accelerate, striking Brown and eventually […]
Defense attorneys are making some shocking claims in response to information that came to light yesterday that former FAMU football player Jonathan Ferrell showed police he was unarmed before he was shot. Lawyers for the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Ferrell are saying that he did not comply with officers’ commands to get […]
Former FAMU football player, Jonathan Ferrell, was shot ten times by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police early on Saturday morning after he escaped from a very serious car accident. Knocking on the door of the nearest house he could find asking for help, the woman who answered thought he was trying to break into her home and […]
On Tuesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina police officer who is accused of shooting an unarmed Jonathan Ferrell will appear in court for the first time. According to the Charlotte Observer: Officer Randall Kerrick, who has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Jonathan Ferrell, is set for a 1:30 p.m. appearance in a Mecklenburg […]
On the 50th anniversary of the historic event, POTUS gave another historic speech...
Fifty years ago today, hundreds of thousands of people descended on the nation’s capitol to be heard. Freedom, equality, jobs and justice were called for in a summer that witnessed Medgar Evers’ murder and the injustices of southern cities. And just eight years prior, a teenager named Emmett Till was dragged from a family member’s […]
“Normalcy Never Again.” That’s not what most recognize as Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech, but the iconic “I Have a Dream” refrain was born out of that speech on August 28, 1963. Now, what we know to be the “dream” speech is 50 years old and to commemorate, we’ve watched the original “Normalcy […]
Now this is sure to make your stomach turn. A former high school teacher who was accused of raping his 14-year-old student (who would commit suicide three years later) was convicted and sentenced to just 30 days in jail. According to Gawker: Yellowstone County district judge G. Todd Baugh sentenced Stacey Dean Rambold to 15 […]
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and called the people to unify under the refrain, “let freedom ring.” Now, exactly 50 years later, churches, schools, and historic monuments around the nation have organized to ring their bells at 3 p.m. – the hour when King delivered his iconic […]
