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Black Women Leaders Outraged By Police Violence Against S.C. Student

October 31, 2015

By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) Leading Black women across the nation are expressing outrage this week over the videotaped violent incident showing a White police officer in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Barbara Arnwine, Ben Fields, Julianne Malveaux, Leon Lott, Melanie Campbell, Police Brutality, Spring Valley High School

Million Moms March this Mother’s Day Weekend

May 9, 2015

Maria Hamilton, the mother of Dontre Hamilton, a 31-year-old unarmed black man shot fourteen times for sleeping in a public park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - will be in Washington D.C. this weekend for … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dontre Hamilton, March on Washington, Million Moms March, Mothers For Justice United, Police Brutality

Ex-cop Who Fatally Shot Dontre Hamilton Will Not Be Reinstated to MPD

March 28, 2015

By Karen Stokes Christopher Manney 38, the former Milwaukee police officer fired due to the highly publicized fatal shooting of an unarmed, mentally-ill Black man, learned his fate Monday night … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chris Manney, Christopher Manney, Dontre Hamilton, Edward A Flynn, Milwaukee Police Department, Police Brutality, Police Shooting

U. Va. Bar: Black Student Denied Entry Not ‘Belligerent’

March 28, 2015

By Michael Winter, USA Today The 20-year-old black University of Virginia student bloodied by alcohol control officers outside a bar last week was denied entry after a “polite and cordial” … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Lives Matter, Kevin Badke, Martese Johnson, Michael Winter, Police Brutality, Racial Profiling

Black Lawyers to Challenge Police Brutality in 25 Cities

September 12, 2014

By Pamela J. Meanes President National Bar Association WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to combat police brutality in the Black community, the National Bar Association (NBA) recently announced … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Darren Wilson, Eric Holder, Ferguson Missouri, Michael Brown, National Bar Association, Pamela J. Meanes, Phillip Agnew, Police Brutality

Beyond Ferguson: Time for Young Black Leaders

September 6, 2014

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) During a rousing, standing- room only town hall discussion dedicated to the shooting death of Michael Brown in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Darren Wilson, Dr Ron Daniels, Ferguson Missouri, Freddie Allen, Jasiri X, Michael Brown, Police Brutality, Ron Hampton

People across the nation affected by the outcry in Ferguson

August 23, 2014

By Karen Stokes The tragic events surrounding the Michael Brown Jr. case in Ferguson, Missouri has ignited emotions not only nationally but internationally. Michael Brown, an unarmed … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Darren Wilson, Ferguson Missouri, Karen Stokes, Michael Brown, Police Brutality, Police Shooting, Thomas Jackson

Community in Outrage Over Handling of Eric Garner Police Killing

August 2, 2014

By A.B. Nickerson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News When a white police officer kills an unarmed Black man, as it happened last week on Staten Island, you can expect a … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bill Bratton, Chokehold, Eric Garner, NYPD, Police Brutality, Reverend Al Sharpton

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