An Illinois high school freshman in suburban Chicago alleged that police offered him food from a fast-food restaurant in exchange for confessing to a crime he didn’t do. Police arrested Martell Williams during class at Waukegan High School after he was identified by multiple people as the robber that shot a dollar store clerk in the […]
Once at the police station, Copeland struggled to keep his balance — ultimately falling and injuring his head on a cell wall before throwing up. Documents say officers allegedly left him in the cell for five hours to “sleep it off” before calling an ambulance for him when he vomited. Copeland was later transferred to […]
A Massachusetts restaurant has released an apology after a Black woman had an unpleasant experience in the establishment describing it as “blatant racism” in a TikTok video. TikTok user @tiktoksbyalexa says she and her friends went to the Cardboard Box, a restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts on Aug. 10 when the incident took place. Their […]
‘My Whole Life, I’ve Been Trying to Just Stay Out of Trouble’: Two Illinois Brothers Were Wrongly Arrested, Held 33 Days In Miami Beach Two Illinois brothers now have arrest records after they were in jail for 33 days although no charges were filed against them. Miami Beach police took 20-year-old Carl McNickles and 18-year-old […]
South Carolina artist is speaking out after Columbia police detained him in handcuffs according to WLTX 19. Police officers believed the artist was an intruder. John Sims is an artist-in-residence at 701 CCA and the facility allows the artist to sleep and work there while his art is being displayed. The Columbia Police Department says […]
AAVE originated in the American South in the 17th and 18th centuries, coinciding with the first 100 years of British colonization according to Oxford Handbooks Online. Despite its origins, AAVE rose to prominence in the South during slavery, and made its way across the country during The Great Migration per PBS. “In the large cities you […]
Update (March 28, 2021): The lawyers of two men who were acquitted after terrorizing a Black teenager and his mother at their home last year are now demanding an apology, saying the family wrongly painted them as racists. Monica Shepard said her family will not talk to Austin Wood and Jordan Kita, an off-duty officer who […]