African-American

People Debate Over Punishment For Terrorizing 8-Year-Olds With Shotguns

People are actually debating how long racially-motivated assault convicts should go to prison, for t...

Mar 03, 2017 10:36 AM EST

San Diego Police Faces Lawsuit Over Unlawful DNA Collection, Targeting Black Children

The ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties filed a lawsuit against the San Diego Police De...

Feb 16, 2017 07:56 AM EST

White Lawmaker Seeks to Remove Regulations on African-American Hair Braiding

A conservative Republican lawmaker in Indianapolis proposed a bill that would allow African-American...

Feb 13, 2017 05:57 AM EST

Midwest Sperm Bank Sued Twice - This Time for Fraud, Breach of Contract and Negligence

The Illinois-based Midwest Sperm Bank is facing a new lawsuit from Jennifer Cramblett who was provid...

Apr 26, 2016 03:20 AM EDT

US Judge Approves Ferguson Police Department Reform

A city spokesman announced that a federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement between the U.S. Ju...

Apr 20, 2016 03:54 AM EDT

Chinese-American Community Dividedly Supports Former Police Officer Peter Liang: Gets Convicted of Killing Akai Gurley, an Innocent Black Man

Former police officer Peter Liang convicted of killing Akai Gurley, an innocent black man.

Feb 14, 2016 10:38 PM EST

District Judge to reconsider racial segragation complaint; Arizona, only state practices racial housing

Federal Court Judge Cindy Jorgensen looks into reconsidering the complaint by an inmate at the Arizo...

Feb 02, 2016 06:20 AM EST

Officer fired for throwing student in South Carolina classroom arrest

The white sheriff's deputy who is under federal investigation after he was caught on video flipping ...

Oct 28, 2015 08:52 PM EDT

Protesters take to Ferguson streets to mark anniversary of Brown killing

More than 200 protesters carrying bullhorns, drums and signs demonstrated against police in Ferguson...

Aug 09, 2015 08:44 AM EDT

Suspect in Charleston church massacre to be arraigned on hate charges

Relatives of nine African-Americans killed at a historic South Carolina church may get a second oppo...

Jul 31, 2015 08:19 AM EDT

Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol

At least five people were arrested on Saturday as white-supremacist and African-American groups clas...

Jul 19, 2015 07:45 AM EDT

Judge dismisses counts in Michael Brown family lawsuit: report

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed four counts in the wrongful-death lawsuit against Ferguson file...

Jul 14, 2015 05:53 PM EDT

Mourning shooting victims, Charleston anguishes over 'freshness of death'

Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston for ...

Jun 22, 2015 05:31 AM EDT

White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church

A white man was arrested on Thursday on suspicions he killed nine people at a historic African-Ameri...

Jun 18, 2015 06:31 PM EDT

Protesters seek firing of Texas officer who threw girl to ground

Hundreds marched through the Dallas-area city of McKinney on Monday calling for the firing of a poli...

Jun 09, 2015 10:11 AM EDT

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