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Grand Jury Indicts 19 Austin Police Officers Accused Of Excessive Force During 2020 Protests
On Thursday, a Texas grand jury indicted 19 Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during 2020...
16 Months For Ex-Cop Kim Potter’s “Tragic Mistake” Of Killing Daunte Wright, Judge Rules
Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison for fatally shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021....
Sandy Hook Families Agree To $73 Million Settlement With Gunmaker Remington
For the first time ever in the U.S., a gun maker is being held liable for a mass shooting, in a trailblazing settlement for Sandy...
Discovery+ Revisits 1986 Unsolved Death Of Teen Found Hanging From A Tree
On February 18, Discovery+ will air the original limited docuseries, Uprooted, which tells the story of a 19-year-old Black man who was found hanging from...
Kansas Man Pleads Guilty To Yelling Racial Slurs At Black Man Walking In “White” Town
Colton Donner, 27, pled guilty to one count of Interference with Housing last week, Thursday, Feb. 10, according to court documents obtained by McClatchy News....
Autherine Lucy Foster Replaces Ku Klux Klan Leader On University of Alabama’s Campus
The University of Alabama System’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to name a building after the school’s first Black student instead of having her share...
TIME Names Kindness Ambassador Orion Jean As 2021 Kid Of The Year
At the age of 10, Orion Jean set a lofty goal for himself in November 2020—he “wanted to collect and donate 100,000 meals for families...
Rep. Harold Rogers Cursed At Rep. Joyce Beatty When She Asked That He Wear A Mask
On Tuesday, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), took to Twitter after an incident with one of her colleagues at...
Young Woman Dies In Murder-Suicide, Gunman Talks Mental Health On Live In Police Standoff
On Saturday, a young woman was one of three shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend after dropping off their son at his apartment in Milwaukee....
7 Things We’re Still Thinking About This Week
Happy Black History Month! Black History Month 2022 kicked off with major internet-breaking moments. From Rihanna’s pregnancy announcement to a M-E-T-H-O-D Man digital cover from...