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Richard Callahan, a former U.S. attorney appointed by Obama, was named the special prosecutor to investigate Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the white couple who aimed guns at peaceful protesters in St. Louis.
Several Tennessee state senators who opposed Biden’s electoral victory are up in arms after a men’s college basketball team took a knee during the national anthem.
Civil rights and social justice leaders convened virtually to demand Congress pass the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act to hold law enforcement accountable for deadly and excessive force that far too often involve Black lives.
The bill signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker highlights the cash bail system which routinely and disproportionately affects Black and brown communities.
A grand jury voted against indicting the officers involved in the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died last March after officers pinned him to the ground in the midst of what was undoubtedly a mental health crisis.
In the suit filed on Tuesday, Wanda Cooper-Jones and attorney's for Ahmaud Arbery's estate claim his civil rights were violated and that law enforcement officials worked to protect those who stole his life.
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Rodney Reese, who was arrested in Plano, Texas, for walking in a street during a snowstorm, has spoken out after the video of his police encounter was released.
An independent report released on Monday states that Aurora, Colorado, police officers involved in the fatal August 2019 confrontation did not have a legal basis to stop him, frisk him or physically restrain him.
Two people were hospitalized and another was treated on scene. It's unclear if Dugg or Roddy were on set during the shooting.
Russell Westbrook has changed teams, but the leader of the "Why Not?" movement's energy remains the same.
The 40-year-old Kardashian officially filed for divorce on Friday (February 19) after seven years of marriage.