Category : Criminal Justice Reform

News

New Evidence Shows NYPD Planned Assault on Bronx Protesters

Dana GivensSeptember 30, 2020September 30, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 30, 2020September 30, 2020870

New report from Human Rights Watch shows that New York City police officers planned an assault and mass arrest of protesters in a Bronx neighborhood. ...

News

Black State Representative Charged With Setting Library on Fire During Breonna Taylor Protest

Dana GivensSeptember 28, 2020September 28, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 28, 2020September 28, 20202152

On Friday, Kentucky representative, the state legislature's only black woman representative, Attica Scott was arrested by police officers and charged with felony riot charges. ...

Black Lives Matter

A Judge Asked Harvard To Find Out Why So Many Black Residents Are In Prison, Guess What They Found

Derek MajorSeptember 12, 2020September 14, 2020

by Derek MajorSeptember 12, 2020September 14, 202077879

When a judge tasked researchers at Harvard to explain why Massachusetts’ Black and Latinx incarceration was so high, they reached one conclusion....

Black Lives Matter

93% of Black Lives Matter Protests Have Been Peaceful, Report Says

Dana GivensSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020905

According to a new report by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), more than 93% of Black Lives Matter protests have been...

Criminal Justice Reform

North Carolina Man Freed After 44 Years In Prison For Wrongfully Convicted Crime

Dana GivensAugust 31, 2020

by Dana GivensAugust 31, 2020407

After 44 years, Ronnie Long was finally released from prison after the state of North Carolina vacated his conviction....

Sports

NBA Cancels Wednesday’s Games After Milwaukee Bucks Boycott Game In Wake of Jacob Blake Shooting

Derek MajorAugust 26, 2020August 28, 2020

by Derek MajorAugust 26, 2020August 28, 2020664

The Milwaukee Bucks decided not to take the court due to the police shooting of Jacob Blake prompting the NBA to cancel all games Wednesday...

Criminal Justice Reform

3 Nashville Police Officers Suspended After Raid Hits Wrong Apartment

Derek MajorAugust 26, 2020August 26, 2020

by Derek MajorAugust 26, 2020August 26, 202010534

Two supervisors and a police officer have been removed from duty after metro police raided the wrong apartment, terrifying a Black woman and two children....