Dante Servin was acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed black woman. He defended his actions as standard 4/21/15-The trial of a Chicago police detective who killed a young woman after opening fire on a group of unarmed people …..
2015/04/21 – On Monday, Baltimore officials announced that six police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray have been suspended with pay after an autopsy’s finding that Gray suffered a severe spinal injury. Freddie Gray, 25, died from severe spinal …..
Age hasn’t dimmed the fire in Toni Morrison, 84. The unwavering voice of black America talks about her latest novel and what it will take for racism to be a thing of the past 4/20/15-Toni Morrison is, without a doubt, …..
4/20/15— A Cook County judge ruled prosecutors didn’t prove their case — that a Chicago police detective acted recklessly when he fired into a crowd in 2012, killing 22-year-old Rekia Boyd. Judge Dennis Porter’s directed verdict means the legal team for Dante Servin didn’t …..
4/20/15-In New York, almost 120,000 black men between the ages of 25 and 54 are missing from everyday life. In Chicago, 45,000 are, and more than 30,000 are missing in Philadelphia. Across the South — from North Charleston, S.C., through …..