Was it justified? Why did the police approach him? What could both sides have done differently? There are multiple lingering questions after the video...
Gangs To Retaliate For Police Fatal Shooting of Paul O'Neal
By Kai EL' Zabar
Defender Staff
It's been reported that leaders from three Chicago gangs met last...
This United States Mess /Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Antwun Shumpert and the Dallas 5
"The terror of being a victim of violence just because 'I’m...
*The police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice have been identified. The Associated Press reports that Cleveland police revealed that 26-year-old Timothy Loehmann, who was appointed to the force this year, was the officer who fired on Rice. The other officer named was 46-year-old Frank Garmback, who has been with the […]
WASHINGTON -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) on Sunday criticized what he described as lopsided coverage of the situation in Ferguson,...
*A mural of Michael Brown in Trenton, New Jersey has been painted over. The Times of Trenton’s Jenna Pizzi reports the mural, which features Brown in an American-themed graduation cap and gown with the description: “Sagging pants is not probable cause,” was painted over Monday afternoon. The Trenton Downtown Association (TDA) decided to remove the […]
*Things just got more complicated regarding the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The Washington Post cites sources that told the newspaper that testimony from seven or eight black witnesses before a grand jury was “consistent” with Wilson’s account of events that led to the shooting. The testimony […]
