by Russ Read Nearly everything can be instantly recorded, and instances when police use deadly force face significant scrutiny — especially when multiple angles of the same event exist. But video evidence may not always be what it seems. While conventional wisdom may say that more evidence will help lead to the truth, it can…
by Phillip Stucky Voters appear to take Republican nominee Donald Trump at his word, and the majority believe that race relations nationwide will suffer as a result of his election to the presidency, according to a new Lincoln Leadership Initiative poll released Friday. The poll also found that 46 percent of American voters believe that…
by Josh Guckert In 1968, the Supreme Court created the “stop and frisk” standard in the case of Terry v. Ohio. Since then, many cities have instituted such a policy allowing for officers to stop individuals if there is “reasonable suspicion” that they have committed or are about to commit a crime. Further, the officer may…
by Josh Guckert In Charlotte, North Carolina, a black man named Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by a police officer on Tuesday night. The officer, Brently Vinson, is also a black man. As in any police shooting where this is the case, many conservative publications have seemingly insisted that this on its face destroys any…
Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan Calls out Obama for his absence in the inner cities by Brittni Kates Follow Brittni on Twitter, Like Brittni on Facebook When you look at history, there is no question the Democratic Party has always been an enemy of African-Americans and their rights. From the very beginning of the Democratic Party,…
by Eric July With the recent fatal shootings of Keith Lamont Scott and Terence Crutcher, another round of conversations about race and policing is among us. Usually the gripes and rebuttals go on for a few weeks and then it dies out until the next fatal shooting of a black person by law enforcement. However,…
by Blake Neff Charlotte, N.C., erupted into a riot Tuesday night after hundreds of people gathered to protest the fatal shooting of a black man. According to police, officers were serving a warrant when they encountered Keith Lamont Scott in his car. Police say Scott got out of his car with a gun and was…
by Blake Neff Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma have released video footage showing officers fatally shooting an unarmed black man Friday, in an incident that has become the subject of national outrage from the Black Lives Matter movement. Terence Crutcher’s SUV halted in the middle of the road Friday evening, and several police (including a helicopter) arrived to investigate,…
by Amber Randall A group of 15 activists hosted a “die-in” Friday to protest the recent police shooting of Tyre King, a 13-year-old robbery suspect. The group, most students from Ohio University, laid in the middle of the university’s Baker Center, reports the Athens News. The protesters all wore black shirts and placed a sign in the…
by Amber Randall A Black Lives Matter activist now urges more police presence in his community after being robbed at gunpoint. Jerry Ford Jr., a University of Houston graduate student, said he saw a young man hanging around his apartment complex, reports ABC 13. When Ford went to unlock his door, the man pulled a…