Report: Black Lives Matter Website the Target of More Than 100 DDoS Attacks
The official Black Lives Matter website was the target of more than 100 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over a six-month period in 2016, according to a report released on Wednesday....
View ArticleFamily of Terrence Sterling, Black Man Fatally Shot by DC Police, Files Lawsuit
The family of an unarmed black motorcyclist who was gunned down by a Washington, D.C., police officer in September has filed a lawsuit against the department, claiming that the victim was no threat to...
View ArticleStudy: Black Men Nearly 3 Times as Likely to Be Killed by Police Use of Force
A new study from the American Journal of Public Health, published Tuesday, reveals that black men are nearly three times as likely as white men to be killed by police use of force, CNN reports. The...
View Article‘Bulletproof: Black Lives Matter’ Shirts Pulled From Wal-Mart’s Website
After a letter sent out by the president of the national Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police organization in the nation, Wal-Mart decided to stop selling on its website T-shirts and...
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Woman Reports White Man Choked Her Son; Fort Worth, Texas, Police Assault,...
Updated Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, 4:12 p.m. EST: The Fort Worth Police Department has released a statement regarding the video showing a Fort Worth police officer assaulting and arresting Jacqueline...
View ArticleFort Worth, Texas, Protesters Rally Against Officer’s Treatment of Mother, 2...
Protesters gathered in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday night in response to the now viral video of a Fort Worth police officer manhandling a woman who called for help when her son was...
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Lana Sprayberry: Dallas Principal Under Fire After Her Fort Worth Post Goes...
Lana Sprayberry, principal of Inspired Vision Academy Elementary School in Dallas, is under fire after her post about Jacqueline Craig—who, along with her two daughters, was assaulted by a Fort Worth,...
View ArticleBlack Judge Removed From Philando Castile Shooting Case
Lawyers representing St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez in the shooting death of Philando Castile filed a notice to remove a black judge—Ramsey County, Minn.’s second-most-senior...
View ArticleFort Worth, Texas, Police Chief: Officer Acted ‘Rude’ but Not Racist in Viral...
Officials in Fort Worth, Texas, said Friday that they were disturbed and outraged by the video of a white police officer arresting a black woman and her two daughters after she called police to report...
View ArticleFull-length Version of Fort Worth Police Officer Viral Video Posted Online
The full-length version of the viral video showing an unidentified white Fort Worth police officer antagonizing and then arresting a black mother and her two daughters was recently posted online. The...
View ArticleLawyer Releases Video of Fort Worth, Texas, Police Officer Shooting Black Man...
On Tuesday a video was released showing a Fort Worth, Texas, police officer shooting a black man in the back as he walked away. However, as NBCDFW notes, the police and the man’s lawyer are not seeing...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Activist Faces Restraining Order From L.A. Police...
The president of the Los Angeles Police Commission filed a request for a temporary restraining order against a prominent member of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Matt M. Johnson, who has been...
View ArticleBlack Teen Slammed to Ground at Texas Pool Party Sues Ex-Cop, City for...
A Texas teen who was slammed to the ground and pinned down by a McKinney, Texas, police officer during a pool party in June 2015 has now filed a federal suit against the now former cop, the city and...
View ArticlePa. Pizza Deliveryman Shot Multiple Times by Police Gets $4,400,000 Settlement
A Philadelphia pizza deliveryman who was shot multiple times after plainclothes police officers fired 14 times at his vehicle has agreed to a $4.4 million settlement with the city, the Associated Press...
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