NYPD converged on BLM organizer, Derrick Ingram’s, apartment Friday with helicopters hovering above, dogs waiting in the hallway, and officers pounding on his door. Dozens of officers, some in tactical gear and carrying shields, also MORE
Our president wants you to believe I am a terrorist, a professional agitator stalking the Pacific Northwest. Four days before federal agents shoot me in Portland, Ore., I riffle through the garage, shooing spiders from MORE
Rob Bliss, a Grand Rapids-born but Los Angeles-based director and producer, went to Harrison, Arkansas, to capture his interactions in what’s known as America’s most racist town while holding a Black Lives Matter sign. For MORE
New York police officers force protester into unmarked van, video shows: ‘NYC is taking after Portland’ USA TODAY: New York police dressed in shorts and T-shirts grabbed a protester from a demonstration during an arrest MORE
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he will not be attending memorial services for civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis this week. Lewis will lie in state at the Capitol as part of six days of funeral MORE
The video shows one Ridgewood police officer attempting to stop a boy — described as a Latino minor by the local civil rights group Ridgewood for Black Liberation — from moving his bike by putting his hands MORE
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) faced criticism on Sunday after he claimed that the Founding Fathers viewed slavery as a “necessary evil” as part of the country’s founding while discussing his bill that would reduce federal funding for any school that MORE
SELMA, Ala. — The late Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A crowd began gathering near the bridge that MORE
U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon has temporarily curbed the use of force by federal officers deployed to Portland, restricting their interactions with legal observers and journalists observing nightly protests against police violence. On Thursday afternoon, Simon MORE
Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear gassed in downtown Portland early Thursday morning, according to video and posts on Twitter from a New York Times journalist. “It stings. It’s hard to breathe. I can tell you with MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on Trump’s announcement to expand ‘Operation Legend;’ their program to combat violent crimes in our cities, including Albuquerque, New Mexico. The program, named after a 4-year-old boy who MORE
Former President Barack Obama remembered civil rights icon John Lewis on Saturday, with a statement on Medium. “I first met John when I was in law school, and I told him then that he was MORE
Civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who has been receiving hospice care, passed away at the age of 80 at his home in Atlanta on Friday. Lewis, a Democrat, played a key role MORE
Multiple videos posted online show camouflage-clad officers without clear identification badges using force and unmarked vehicles to transport arrested protesters. “It’s kidnapping people!” one person said off-camera, as officers marched a protester away. A U.S. MORE
Federal prosecutors say that John Rabago was one of the officers who went into a bathroom on Sheridan Street back in January 2018 and came across a homeless man named Sam Ingall. There, court documents MORE
New York City started painting a Black Lives Matter mural Thursday on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower. The planned mural had provoked the ire of President Donald Trump, who slammed the mural on MORE
The Supreme Court Wednesday cleared the way for a Trump administration regulation that would free employers from providing contraceptives to their employees if the company’s owners have a religious or moral objection, potentially leaving more MORE
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio capital named for Christopher Columbus removed a large statue of him outside its city hall on Wednesday, taking down what the mayor described as a symbol of divisiveness and MORE
Initial assertions in the June 15 Facebook post reference several Southern states leasing convicts after ratification of the 13th Amendment ended slavery. Nine states — Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and South MORE
“We’ll never change the name,” Washington owner Dan Snyder told USA Today in 2013 of the “Redskins.” “It’s that simple. NEVER — you can use caps.” Five days ago: Redskins head coach Ron Rivera said: MORE
Many of the protesters carried rifles, including military-type weapons, and some wore ammunition belts slung over their shoulders. Although African Americans appeared to account for the vast majority of the marchers, protesters of various races, MORE
Donald Trump should not carry out his planned 3 July visit to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota because it represents a safety risk in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and is an insult to Native MORE
Senate Republicans fear President Trump is putting them into a political no-win situation by threatening to veto a popular defense policy bill over bipartisan language to rename military bases named after Confederate generals. GOP lawmakers are trying MORE
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (Reuters) – Judge Les Hayes once sentenced a single mother to 496 days behind bars for failing to pay traffic tickets. The sentence was so stiff it exceeded the jail time Alabama allows MORE
The governor of Mississippi announced that if the state legislature votes to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, he will sign the bill. Gov. Tate Reeves’ statement comes as Mississippi lawmakers are expected MORE