Roland Martin addresses the fundamental issue he has with the GOP and a number of discriminatory policies they support.
Data analysis found the vast majority of those shot by Chicago police are Black males. In most cases, the officers claimed they feared for their lives.
Grandmother Geneva Smith said she handcuffed, dragged to the police car and thrown in jail for being an innocent bystander while her son was arrested.
There's anecdotal evidence of police excessive use of Tasers on students. But no one is keeping track.
A police officer manhandles a small framed Black woman. Officials have launched an investigation.
McDonald, a 17-year-old Chicago teen, was shot 16 times in 2014 by officer Jason Van Dyke. McDonald's death lit a long simmering fire within Chicago that led to protests, calls for Emanuel's resignation, the termination of former superintendent Garry McCarthy, and a Justice Department probe.
There is nothing that can be done to bring back a loved one who’s life was cut short due to the unnecessary violence at the hands of police officers, but perhaps the family of Akai Gurley can manage to find some peace and comfort in knowing that a settlement was reached in the wrongful death […]
Plus, Spelman College considers admitting transgender women into its class body and an entire Black church in North Carolina endorses Donald Trump.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday closed a probe prompted by the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray. It concluded Baltimore police officers regularly violate the constitutional rights of Black residents through the use of excessive force, unlawful searches and arrests, and racial discrimination.
On the second anniversary of the teen's tragic death, has the lesson that Black lives matter really been heard or has it fallen on deaf ears?
