A Rochester, New York, police officer has been placed on administrative leave after using pepper spray on a Black mother who was suspected of shoplifting in a February incident, the police department said at a Friday press conference. Video footage of the incident recently made public shows that the officer used pepper spray on the […]
The Rochester Police Accountability Board has released a video showing an officer violently throwing a mother to the ground and pushing her 3-year-old after a store accused the mother of theft. The incident has sparked outrage considering it comes just weeks after Rochester police officers were seen on camera attacking, handcuffing and pepper-spraying a 9-year-old girl, as Blavity […]
A 7th grade Oklahoma student and his mother are outraged after they allege an Edmond teacher discriminated against the student for wearing a T-shirt. Edmond Public Schools officials are investigating a teacher who allegedly called a student racist in front of the entire class, then said there should be a White History Month. “I felt […]
February 23, 2021 marks one year since Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot by Gregory and Travis McMichael as he jogged through a Georgia neighborhood. Arbery was fatally shot while jogging through a neighborhood in Georgia and his mother Wanda Cooper-Jones spoke out about her son being murdered. Arbery, 25, was fatally shot on February 23, […]
A Ohio mother arrested after police discovered her children alone at a Liberty motel which some criticized, however, gave her support on social media. Shaina Bell, spoke with 27 First News about the whole ordeal. Bell talked about her three children Faith, Jai’Sean, and Jade, ages 9, 7 and 3. “My kids bring me joy. They […]