A lawsuit filed this week by Julian, a civil rights organization based in Mississippi, alleges that the city of Lexington, a predominantly Black rural town, and its police department have …
Tyre Nichols was about two minutes from his home on the night of Jan. 7, 2023, when Memphis police stopped him. Police vehicles surrounded him, and officers shouted threats and …
The family of a Black man fatally shot by Memphis police last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, alleging his civil rights were violated during the encounter. Memphis Police …
An attorney in Mississippi is preparing to file a federal lawsuit after a 10-year-old Black child was arrested and sentenced to a three-month probation for urinating in public. Police in …
The family of William Green, a 43-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police in January 2020, is calling for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to investigate …
Bettersten Wade Robinson spent more than five months searching for her son Dexter Wade after he went missing only to find out that not only was he dead, but he …
Virginia state Rep. Tara Durant (R) regularly tells the story of how she first got into politics. It was June 2020, and as Durant tells it, an “angry mob” of …
Myles Cosgrove, the former Louisville police officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in 2020, is in trouble again for doing something really shitty. Cosgrove, who is now a sheriff’s …
Lisa McNair drove from her home in Birmingham to Alabama’s state legislature in Montgomery last year for a forum about “divisive concepts” legislation being pushed by state Republicans. The GOP …
Alan Moore is no longer pocketing his Hollywood royalties — and has a pretty good reason. It’s no secret that the legendary author behind “Watchmen,” “V for Vendetta” and “From …