Red, White, Black & Blue! Harris County, Texas – Deputy Jimmy Drummond is in big trouble after he was caught on tape brutalizing an entire family during a routine traffic stop. Harris County investigators revealed a videotape of officer Drummond brutally beating a son, father and mother on camera. The officer will be charged with…
Should city governments dictate where you can shop for food? If your neighbors see a need for a store, and happily patronize it, should outsiders shut down that option? These are the battle lines of the emerging movement against dollar stores. Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mesquite, Texas, Dekalb County, Georgia, New Orleans, Louisiana, and other municipalities nationwide…
by Kitty Testa According to the Innocence Project, “Astonishingly, more than 1 out of 4 people wrongfully convicted but later exonerated by DNA evidence made a false confession or incriminating statement.” Most of us believe that we would never confess to a crime we did not commit, but many people are unable to stand up…
by Kody Fairfield On Tuesday, a group of United Nations (UN) experts told the United States that the nation owed black citizens reparations for not yet having confronted its “racial terrorism.” The UN working group on people of African descent warned that the black people in the US were facing a “human rights crisis.” Their…
KEY WEST, FL–Charles Eimers, 61, retired to Florida last year to gain some peace and relaxation after 20 years as an autoworker. But shortly after moving from Michigan, Eimers died following a run in with police, and his family is adamant that there is a coverup. “He was murdered by those officers,” his son Treavor…
The mother of a four-year-old son, Heather Hironomus, tearfully signed an order allowing for the circumcision of her boy, so that she could be released from prison. The event has stirred a national debate about the necessity of circumcision, and the question of whether all children should be allowed the right to bodily integrity. Hironomus…
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