CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in the case after a jury said it could not reach a […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in the case after a jury said it could not reach a […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images) An emotional moment during the Democratic National Convention came when the mothers of African-Americans who were the victims of gun violence or police-involved deaths made a plea to voters to choose Hillary Clinton in November because she “isn’t afraid to say black lives matter.” The women, called “The Mothers of the Movement,” […]
Beyoncé is “sick and tired” of young men and women of color being shot and killed by police. In an open letter posted to her website Thursday, the pop star responded to the recent deaths of two black men shot by police officers —Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. “These robberies of lives make us feel […]
In a recent outbreak of law enforcement shootings in America, police have used lethal force to subdue and ultimately kill Nicholas Robertson in Los Angeles, Mario Woods in San Francisco, and Gilbert Flores in Texas. Each of these police killings were captured on video. Nicholas Robertson Over the weekend, Los Angeles police officers fired 33 shots at Nicholas […]
Statistics about fatal police shootings are notoriously hard to come by, so the Washington Post started counting this year. The result is an analysis of…
Students of the University School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve say they were moved by the recent events taking place in Ferguson, MO and in New York City– so much so that they held a demonstration Wednesday afternoon. The students planned a “die-in” demonstration that was held at 3 p.m. at the Biomedical Research Building […]
Cleveland Police shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice within seconds of encountering him. Rice was brandishing a toy gun. Surveillance video acquired from a youth center across…
It is a known fact that many individuals in the African-American community do not trust law enforcement officials and it is becoming more apparent, as…
Roland Martin talks with Patrick R. Melvin, President of NOBLE (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives) about the recent rash of police shootings.
