Eric Garner
President Barack Obama wants the nation’s police officers to wear body cameras to document violent confrontations that all too often lead to the deaths of…
The Department of Justice has announced a new set of rules to help curb racial profiling by federal law enforcement officials. These guidelines instruct federal law…
I had no earthly desire to leave my home Wednesday after hearing that once again, another grand jury let another white police officer get away with…
Rev. Al Sharpton talked to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the lack of indictment in the case of Eric Garner in Staten Island…
In the aftermath of a Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict a New York Police Department officer in the chokehold death of Eric…
VIA Urban Daily A Staten Island grand jury has chosen not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantoleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Black and unarmed, the 43-year-old was killed in July as officers attempted to arrest him for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. This is the second time in two weeks that a grand jury […]
UPDATED, 3:57 PM EST, 12-3-14: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio late-Wednesday cancelled a scheduled appearance at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting in Manhattan, his…
As the family of Eric Garner awaits the grand jury’s decision, they remain steadfast that any protests following the verdict will be peaceful. 18-year-old Eric Snipes…
Nearly a week after fallout from a grand jury’s decision in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., a panel in…
In the midst of the fight for justice for Michael Brown, John Crawford, Eric Garner and others, young activists are calling for older more established…