Posts Tagged ‘anti-Black violence’
‘How do I heal?’: the long wait for justice after a black man dies in police custody
Raekha Prasad investigates a horrifying trend of violence against Black citizens in the UK by police who are never held accountable.
Read More4 Missouri prison guards charged with murder, 5th with manslaughter, in death of Black man
Four prison guards whose violent actions against an inmate caused his death may serve between 10 and 30 year sentences for manslaughter.
Read MorePlans unveiled for memorial honoring victims of racist mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket
Jin Young Song and Douglass Alligood revealed their design for a permanent memorial for the victims of the 2022 Buffalo shooting.
Read MoreBlack-owned children’s bookstore in North Carolina is closing over alleged threats
The owner of Liberation Station Bookstore describes how fear due to hate mail mixed with the joy opening her bookstore.
Read More6 Massachusetts teens charged in racial bullying incident with mock slave auction on Snapchat
Swift action has been taken against a group of Massachusetts teens who posted about a fake slave auction on social media.
Read MoreRebuilding Tulsa With or Without Reparations
Anneliese Burner examines the media dedicated to spreading the story of Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood.
Read MoreMan convicted in Black transgender woman’s killing in first federal hate crime trial over gender identity
By James Pollard, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity. After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe…
Read MoreBlack Women Are Murdered 6 Times More Than White Women
Research from Columbia University confirms what many people know: Black women are more likely to be murder victims than white women.
Read MoreAfter racist shooting that killed 3, family sues Dollar General over lax security
The families of the three victims fatally shot in a racist shooting at Dollar General have sued the store for negligence.
Read MoreA Play About Black Women’s Experiences, Met With Violence
French theatergoers won’t see all performers in “Carte Noire Named Desire” after racist violence caused Fatou Siby to step back.
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