A video shows an Illinois police officer wrestling a Black teen girl to the ground and threatened to use a stun gun during a arrest. The incident began when an employee at Casey’s General Store in Carbondale called police on Sept. 23 to report the teen for trespassing after she was banned. The 56-second video […]
Two central California police officers were indicted for beating a Black teen during a pursuit and arrest in December 2020, the San Joaquin County district attorney said on Sept. 17. Former Stockton Police Department officers Michael Stiles and Omar Villapudua were previously fired in March after it was determined that the force they used against […]
Robert McCallion has plead guilty earlier this month to felony charges which include attempted murder and attempted murder as a hate crime. McCallion is facing 25 years in prison, after he stabbed a Black teen visiting her family last March. McCallion, who is white, confessed to stabbing a 17-year-old girl at an apartment complex where he […]
A Louisville, Kentucky High school students put together a staged walkout on Aug 24 after a encounter involving a teacher and student the day before. A video shows Kentucky teacher seen pinning a Black student to the floor and gripping his hair. The teacher has since been reassigned to no instructional duties according to a […]
A Florida judge has ordered a white man to watch the Netflix documentary 13th after he aggressively questioned a Black teen last summer. Around 5:30 a.m. on June 9, 2020, 56-year-old Luis Orlando Santos Santiago spotted a Black teen riding his bike as he was leaving his home and heading to work, the Tampa Bay […]
Two Georgia Coaches Charged With Murder In Teen Heatstroke Death of Student-Athlete Who Collapsed During Conditioning In Nearly 100 Degree Weather An Georgia grand jury has indicted two high school coaches in the death of a student after she collapsed at basketball practice in 2019. Elite Scholars Academy head basketball coach Larosa Walker-Asekere and assistant basketball […]
After a Missouri coroner ruled the death of a Black teen a suicide, a jury refuted its findings and ruled that 19-year-old Derontae Martin was the victim of violence. Martin’s family demanded a coroner’s inquest be held and for a six-person jury to decide whether Martin’s death was accidental, suicide, natural causes or by violence, […]
The officer asked “Where do you live?” and “Are you OK?”Trigg tries to walk away, however, the officer grabs her arm and prevents her from leaving.“We got a call that you were jumping out in front of cars,” the deputy said. “No, I wasn’t,” Trigg replied. The family alleges during the encounter, Trigg was able […]
Actress and singer Olivia Rodrigo is facing backlash after being accused of using African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and speaking in a “blaccent.” On Wednesday, the 18-year-old “Driver’s License” singer was trending on Twitter after clips of her using a “blaccent” resurfaced. The clips, taken from Instagram Live earlier in the year, show the singer […]
An Indian teen was allegedly killed by family members in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh for wearing jeans instead of traditional clothing. 17-year-old Neha Paswan was allegedly beaten to death by members of her family in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh because they didn’t like her wearing jeans. pic.twitter.com/czrO0WQZab — Imran Ahmed (@janaan99) […]