Their empowering gesture may violate a Department of Defense rule that warns against “partisan political activity” while in uniform. Sigh.

Plus, Black Lives Matter to lead 2016 San Fran LGBT Pride Parade, GOP tries to create third party to oust Trump and Harvard Law School to remove slavery shield.

Despite recent advancements in technology where cell phone video is capturing police brutality on tape, a new study has found that it’s still nearly impossible to prove that an officer “intended” to violate a person’s civil rights. Thus, 96% of Civil Rights complaints have been turned down by prosecutors. The Tribune-Review confirmed this statistic by […]

A Baltimore city school police officer has been placed on leave without pay after a video of him slapping and kicking a 16-year-old student went viral.

Abdi Mohamed, 17, is currently in a coma after police shot him for wielding a metal object which was actually a broken broomstick.

Activists from the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter will discuss criminal justice reform and Obama's priorities during his final year in office.

More information has come out about the Kentucky juvenile detention center supervisor who put 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen in an "Aikido restraint" within 24 hours of her being found dead on Jan 11.

Just minutes before the deadline to enter Baltimore's mayoral race approached, prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson on Wednesday jumped into the contest in hopes of becoming the city's 50th mayor.

#BlackLivesMatter leader, DeRay Mckesson is running for Mayor of his native city of Baltimore.

Plus, the Sundance Film Festival says that diversity has always been a priority and Chris Rock isn’t quitting the Oscars.

Samaria Rice referred to the justice system as "corrupt" after a grand jury failed to indict the officers who shot her 12-year-old son, Tamir.

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Over the past few years, stories about African Americans being killed at the hands of police officers have become all too common. A new report released by Campaign Zero, an organization that strives to end police violence within our country, has revealed that 59 out of 60 of America’s largest cities have disproportionately killed Blacks. […]