Police Brutality

Atlanta

Surprised? Man who filmed Freddie Gray’s arrest has now been arrested himself

Editor - May 4, 2015

BALTIMORE — There is a reason why the South Carolina man went into temporary hiding after he filmed North Charleston police officer Michael Slager…

National News

Each death in Baltimore makes mistrust harder to overcome

Courier Newsroom - April 25, 2015

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's mayor and police commissioner came in making big promises to the inner-city residents and police who spent decades staring each...

National News

South Carolina police officer charged with murder is fired

Courier Newsroom - April 8, 2015

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A White South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed Black man in self-defense has been fired,...

National News

The Latest: Police radio recording released in shooting

Courier Newsroom - April 8, 2015

Authorities in South Carolina have released the radio dispatch traffic related to the fatal shooting of a Black man who was running away from...

Atlanta

Overwhelming number of white people approve of police striking people

Editor - April 6, 2015

Many urbanites probably wonder why instances of police brutality and lethal force keep being levied against citizens at dizzying rates as of late, most…

National News

In Selma, Ala., Obama proved that he is ‘Black enough’

Courier Newsroom - March 11, 2015

SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is he Black enough? The question was...

National News

Selma civil rights milestone marked by first Black president

Courier Newsroom - March 7, 2015

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," President Barack Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity...

National News

Selma's 50th anniversary brings comparisons to Ferguson

Courier Newsroom - March 5, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) — They only lasted minutes, but the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, permanently seared the inhumanity of Southern segregation...

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