Civil Rights & Social Justice

Proposed HB 2319 would make it illegal for individuals to record police officers without their permission and within 15 feet of the officer carrying out an arrest or other duty.

Micheal Williams was just trying to help a neighbor in need when his life was completely upended by a horrific incident and some shady police technology used to detect the sound and location of gunshots.

The Buzz: Darnella Frazier, the young woman who recorded the George Floyd incident receives a prestigious award. Remember the young girl Darnella Frazier, she was the 17 year old who took out her cell phone and decided to record the incident that ended up in a man being murdered in front of her eyes. That […]

To the relief of many, Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts including second-degree murder on April 20, 2021. Sadly, this outcome is a rarity when it comes to police officers, who are too often not held accountable for their filthy and abusive behavior inflicted on Black men, women and children across this country.

Amid calls to reimagine policing in America, a new study suggested that having fewer white cops would reduce the rampant police brutality.

Police reform has been a steady subject for protesters recently and it follows the same pattern for those protesting in Philadelphia after what happened yesterday afternoon in Cobb Creek, a predominantly Black neighborhood in west Philadelphia. Officers encountered the man, later identified as Wallace, who was allegedly holding a knife, Officers ordered Wallace to drop […]

The "Get Off Our Necks" Commitment March has been planned for Aug. 28 and is expected to include civil rights leaders alongside families of police brutality victims, labor leaders, clergy, activists and advocates.

House Democrats unveiled their sweeping new landmark legislation aimed at reforming the ways in which police departments enforce the nation's laws.

You’ve seen the viral video, now watch the police body cam footage. A video went viral from an incident involving a Baltimore police officer and a civilian women where the women was asked to get out of her car after it seems she makes a u turn towards the officers who were giving here directions […]

A police officer shot and killed 33-year-old Steven Taylor from San Leandro who was reported to be swinging a baseball bat this weekend at a Walmart.Â