Law Enforcement
Daniel Penney attended the Army-Navy Game with President-elect Donald Trump
Daniel Penney who was acquitted by a jury last week for choking to death a homeless, mentally ill Black man on a New York subway, was President-elect Donald Trump’s guest of honor Saturday at the Army-Navy game in Landover, Maryland. Penney, 24, a former Marine, killed Jordan Neely, 30, who died from compression of the neck,…
Read MoreMarilyn Mosby, former Baltimore State’s Attorney, has been convicted
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby
Read MoreMumia Abu-Jamal praises pro-Palestine student activists
In an address to students at the City University of New York on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian growing at U.S. colleges as being on the right side of history. “It is a wonderful thing that you have decided not to be silent and decided to speak out…
Read MoreChicago police shot a driver 96 times for not wearing a seat belt
Chicago police shot at Dexter Reed 96 times
Read MoreWillis can pursue Trump, but Nathan Wade, the Special Prosecutor, is forced to step down.
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani T. Willis can continue to prosecute former President Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election in which voters elected Joe Biden president, but Willis must dismiss Nathan Wade who went before the grand jury to indict 18 of Trump’s followers. Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan…
Read MoreFormer cops indicted in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols
A federal grand jury today indicted five former Black Memphis police officers for the deadly beating death of Tyre Nichols in January. The former cops are Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith. The U.S. Department of Justice charged the now-fired officers with excessive force and failure to intervene, deliberate…
Read MorePhiladelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is stepping down
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, the first Black woman to hold the post in the city, announced that she is stepping down to take another job. She will soon take a top security position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Outlaw submitted her registration letter on August 25. She will leave…
Read MoreSix cops have been fired for sexually assaulting and beating two Black men
Six White Mississippi police officers have been fired after they admitted to assaulting two Black men, including shooting one of the men in the mouth, causing serious injury. The cops were guilty of serious civil rights crimes for their torture of the men, Michael Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Parker, 35, said Kirsten Clarke, the Assistant…
Read MoreFounder of the Chicago-based African American Patrolmen League dies
Renault Alvin Robinson, the founder of the African American Patrolmen League, died July 8, 2023. Mr. Robinson was 80. During his career as a police officer, Robinson was responsible for bringing a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department for discrimination against minorities, primarily Blacks, and Hispanics. One of the few times I met him was when he…
Read MoreCook County State’s Attorney put 275 police officers on a do not call for court list
The Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she has released the names of 275 Chicago, suburban, and state police officers that were placed on the “Do Not Call List†which means they should not be allowed to testify in court because of their past misconduct, including unjustly framing people who went to prison. The list…
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