NewsOne Featured Video Irvo N. Otieno. | Source: Ben Crump Law Three hospital employees and seven sheriff’s deputies in Dinwiddie, Virginia, are facing murder charges after they were all allegedly caught on video smothering a Black man to death earlier this month. According to the Washington Post, attorneys and family members of 28-year-old Irvo N. […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Alameda County Sheriff’s office in Oakland, California, in 2016. | Source: San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty Let’s talk about a little something I like to call “cop logic.” Here’s the scenario: A cop randomly and arbitrarily confronts a group of Black people who are committing the egregious crime […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty A number of racial justice organizations joined forces on Thursday to hold a national day of action to demand accountability for the fatal arrest of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, forest defender Tortuguita and other victims who have died at the hands of law enforcement. The National Day of […]
Read More
UPDATED: 11:00 a.m. ET, March 3, 2023 But if anybody thought police would be deterred by that apparent exception to the rule of holding police accountable for killing Black people, they should think again as it has been a quick resumption of law enforcement normalcy with continued shootings of Black men and boys with impunity […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Michael C. Jenkins. | Source: Black Lawyers for Justice Multiple white police officers in Mississippi falsely accused two Black men of selling drugs and “dating white women” before handcuffing and brutally torturing them last month, including shooting one of them in the mouth in what should result in attempted murder charges, a […]
Read More
UPDATED: 9:30 a.m. ET, Feb. 14, 2023 But if anybody thought police would be deterred by that apparent exception to the rule of holding police accountable for killing Black people might want to think again as it has been a quick resumption of law enforcement normalcy with continued shootings of Black men and boys with […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Scott Olson / Getty The official reason why former Memphis police officers charged with Tyre Nichols’ murder initiated a brutally violent traffic stop last month is seemingly being upended as a new report suggests there may have been a different motivation to detain the Black motorist. It’s added fuel to the […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty In the years running up to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis Police Department faced an increasingly dire staffing crisis. Indeed, shortages on the force have led to questions over whether, given their relative lack of experience, the five officers now charged with Nichols’ murder […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Placards are pictured outside of the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church after the funeral for Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, on February 1, 2023. | Source: SETH HERALD / Getty The revelation that one of the Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols took photos of the bloodied victim and shared at […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Joe Raedle / Getty While the police-involved killings of Tyre Nichols and Anthony Lowe are still fresh in the minds of Black people across the country—causing an increase in the demand for police reform and a focus on how police killings affect Black America—Miami police thought it was the perfect time […]
Read More
The trauma videos can inflict on Black Americans is well documented. From this perspective, the videos are problematic reminders of the threat of violence that underwrites Black life. On the other hand, a case has been made that videos of police shootings have an evidentiary function in that they help illuminate the ubiquity of police […]
Read More
NewsOne Featured Video Family and friends of Anthony Lowe hold a news conference to demand an investigation into his death outside of the Huntington Park Police Department in Huntington Park, California, on January 30, 2023. | Source: PATRICK T. FALLON / Getty We often hear from “back the blue” advocates that police officers are brave […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Apparently, Tucker Carlson just couldn’t let Jason Whitlock be great. On Monday, we reported that the Fox News host sat down with Whitlock, who decided to offer what appeared to be the worst possible take one could have on the police-involved death of Tyre Nichols. Whitlock essentially […]
Read MoreHorsford has invited Nichols’s family as his guests to the president’s State of the Union address next week; he told the Post that he is hopeful that Biden will address police reform in his remarks. “We want him to be involved in this because it’s important enough to the American people that all of our […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Rickiesha Branch, center, of Los Angeles, girlfriend of Anthony Lowe, along with family demands answers about Huntington Park police shooting of double amputee, Anthony Lowe, hold a press conference in front of the Huntington Park Police Department on Jan. 30, 2023, in Huntington Park, California. | Source: Gary Coronado / Getty In […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video From left: Former Memphis Police Department officers Demetrius Haley; Desmond Mills Jr.; Justin Smith; Emmitt Martin III; and Tadarrius Bean. | Source: Memphis Police Department / Memphis Police Department Once again, Americans are left reeling from the horror of video footage showing police brutalizing an unarmed Black man who later died. Some […]
Read More
Guy is not some social regressive. But he has tips for people on how to both mitigate the crisis of fast fashion and enhance their wardrobes while doing it: things like building wardrobes over time, shopping vintage, and buying fewer things for more money. He explains how exploration—whether attempting to pull off rugged, or preppy, […]
Read More
I understand that the U.S. is never going to be Sweden or England. We’re a more violent society; there are 400 million guns floating around—a calculation that the police officers of other countries don’t have to price in every time they walk their beat. But more federal laws and standards would help around the margins. […]
Read More
Guy is not some social regressive. But he has tips for people on how to both mitigate the crisis of fast fashion and enhance their wardrobes while doing it: things like building wardrobes over time, shopping vintage, and buying fewer things for more money. He explains how exploration—whether attempting to pull off rugged, or preppy, […]
Read More