Civil Rights violations

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Who is Quawan “Bobby” Charles, and why are some comparing his death to Emmett Till? The 15-year-old’s...

Last month, the New Pittsburgh Courier looked at how arbitrators have the final say when police officers are disciplined for violations of the law...

Nicholas Peart, Lilat Clarkson, Leroy Downes, Devin Almonar and David Ourlicht, left to right, plaintiffs in the stop and frisk case, pose for a photo after a news conferece at the Center for Constitutional Rights, in New York, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) by Colleen Long Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge's stinging rebuke of the police department's stop-and-frisk policy as discriminatory could usher in a return to the days of high violent crime rates and end New York's tenure as "America's safest big city," Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned.