Alex Wong/Getty Images) An emotional moment during the Democratic National Convention came when the mothers of African-Americans who were the victims of gun violence or police-involved deaths made a plea to voters to choose Hillary Clinton in November because she “isn’t afraid to say black lives matter.” The women, called “The Mothers of the Movement,” […]
In a recent outbreak of law enforcement shootings in America, police have used lethal force to subdue and ultimately kill Nicholas Robertson in Los Angeles, Mario Woods in San Francisco, and Gilbert Flores in Texas. Each of these police killings were captured on video. Nicholas Robertson Over the weekend, Los Angeles police officers fired 33 shots at Nicholas […]
FBI Director James B. Comey described the information as vital in the ongoing debate over policing in the United States.
Shannon Miles, the man authorities say shot and killed a Harris County, Texas deputy sheriff last week, faced prosecutors on Monday.
Statistics about fatal police shootings are notoriously hard to come by, so the Washington Post started counting this year. The result is an analysis of…
A Boston police officer was shot and remains in a medically induced coma after he was shot in the Roxbury section of the city on…
Cleveland Police shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice within seconds of encountering him. Rice was brandishing a toy gun. Surveillance video acquired from a youth center across…
It is a known fact that many individuals in the African-American community do not trust law enforcement officials and it is becoming more apparent, as…
Roland Martin talks with Patrick R. Melvin, President of NOBLE (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives) about the recent rash of police shootings.
Florida — Another day, another account of horrific handgun violence. Two St. Petersburg, Florida police officers were fatally shot, and a US Marshal was shot and is in stable condition while executing a search warrant at a house in St. Petersburg this morning. A local news report indicates that the suspect in the shooting is […]
