Crime
State Supreme Court denies new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in September 2024 denied Mumia Abu-Jamal’s sixth petition to reverse his 1982 conviction for the alleged murder of a Philadelphia police officer after a judge ordered the District Attorney’s office to release all files related to Mumia’s arrest and conviction. A request to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for permission to appeal…
Read MoreTrump commuted the sentence of Gangster Disciples leader Larry Hoover
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, leader of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago-based gang, who is in prison for murdering a rival gang member who, like himself, was involved in the illegal drug trade. Larry Hoover Jr. thanked President Trump and Ye (formerly Kanye West), a Trump backer, for advocating for his…
Read MoreA handcuffed prisoner was beaten to death by prison guards and a nurse
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a video showing 14 male prison guards and a female nurse beating a handcuffed man to death at Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, Oneida County. The deceased inmate, Robert Brooks, 43, died on December 10 after he was beaten on his chest with fists and kicked in his…
Read MoreIllinois sheriff, who hired Sean Grayson, quits
Sonya Massey and deputy who killed her.
Read MoreHundreds Attend Airman Roger Fortson’s funeral
Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson‘s family, friends, and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy. People lined up well before the start of…
Read MorePolice shoot an Air Force service member in his apartment
Airman killed in apartment.
Read MoreThe issue is key in a Sundown Town, where Blacks couldn’t live
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on the issue of homelessness, which affects large numbers of Black people nationwide because, as a group, we comprise the nation’s largest homeless population. On Monday, the court argued whether local officials could ban homeless men and women from sleeping in the city’s public parks by charging them a…
Read MoreCops who murdered unarmed Black man will each receive $500,000
Three officers who were acquitted by a jury for the murder of Manuel Ellis will each receive a big payout after agreeing not to return to the Tacoma Police Department. Each officer, Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rankine, will receive $500,000 if they say bye to the police department. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department…
Read MoreIllinois again leads the nation in exonerations
For the fifth consecutive year, Illinois led the nation in exonerations in 2022 among 26 states and the District of Columbia and in cases prosecuted in federal courts, according to the National Registry of Exonerations. The total number of exonerations during the year was 228, with Illinois leading the nation with 126 of those studied,…
Read MoreVictims sue websites used by gunmen who murdered 10 people in a Buffalo
Victims were horrified. They hid in the store’s freezers out of fear. Some were stunned to watch a White gunman shoot and kill ten mostly Black people during a massacre in a Buffalo, N.Y., shopping center. Now the survivors have sued gun manufacturers, the retailer where the gunman bought the weapons, the killer’s parents, and…
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