Last year, a dozen protestors filed a suit against the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, several police officers and several sheriff’s deputies, accusing officers of using excessive force during what was meant to be a peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd. The protest, which took place in downtown Cleveland on May 30, 2020, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit. Lawyers for 84-year-old Muhammad Aziz filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in […]
(BPRW) JUDGE DENIES REQUEST FOR NEW TRIAL OF SOUTHERN, IL MAN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HIS DAUGHTER. Civil Rights Attorney Jennifer Bonjean Releases A Statement Regarding David Ian Blue’s Innocence (Black PR Wire) After over a month delay, Judge Michelle M. Schafer, of Williamson County Illinois, denied Civil Rights Attorney Jennifer Bonjean’s request for […]
(BPRW) JUDGE DENIES REQUEST FOR NEW TRIAL OF SOUTHERN, IL MAN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HIS DAUGHTER. Civil Rights Attorney Jennifer Bonjean Releases A Statement Regarding David Ian Blue’s Innocence (Black PR Wire) After over a month delay, Judge Michelle M. Schafer, of Williamson County Illinois, denied Civil Rights Attorney Jennifer Bonjean’s request for […]
On Nov. 12, a North Carolina man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 24-years for murder has been pardoned by the Gov. Roy Cooper. Dontae Sharpe is now declared innocent of a crime he spent decades declaring he did not commit according to NPR. Gov. Cooper took office in 2017, says he reviewed the case. Sharpe’s […]
A Michigan couple is considering legal action after their teen daughter was banned from a local skating rink. This comes after being misidentified by facial recognition software. Juliea and her husband Derrick Robinson are outraged calling the incident “basically racial profiling” after the Riverside Arena skating rink in the Detroit suburb of Livonia, Michigan banned […]