police brutality

New evidence will be brought before a grand jury next week in the case of the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by Louisville Police officers. Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron will be making a statement to the press after the grand jury makes its decision on the indictments for officers Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove and […]

A civil rights lawsuit against the Rochester Police Department, Former Police Chief La’Ron Singletary & 7 police officers has been officially filed by the family of Daniel Prude. The officers, Mark Vaughn, Troy Taladay, Paul Ricotta, Francisco Santiago, Andrew Specksgoor, Josiah Harris, and Sgt. Michael Magri are currently suspended from the force with pay. The […]

Early yesterday morning, demonstrators protested against the murder of Daniel Prude by sitting naked in front of the Public Safety Building with spit hoods on their heads and the words “Black Lives Matter” on their backs. The demonstration echoed the way that Daniel Prude was treated by the Rochester Police Department while he was being […]

The Community Justice Initiative gave a press conference on Sunday, September 6 in regards to the methods that the Rochester Police Department used against people protesting for Daniel Prude. The conference was held around Laura Street and E. Main Street in the City of Rochester. Anthony Hall, the spokesperson for CJI used the conference to […]

Colin Kaepernick sent a letter to LeBron James thanking him for using his platform to raise awareness about the shooting of unarmed Black Man Jacob Black in Wisconsin last week. The letter started by saying: “Four years ago on August 14, 2016, I began protesting against systemic racism and social injustice. Truth is what I […]

According to New York State Attorney General Letitia James, the Daniel Prude death investigation is moving to a grand jury. She gave a statement that said: “The Prude family and the Rochester community have been through great pain and anguish. My office will immediately move to empanel a grand jury as part of our exhaustive […]

All eyes are on Rochester, NY after body cam footage went viral of an incident involving the Rochester Police Department that led to the death of Daniel Prude. As protestors took over the intersection of the incident, questions about the death of the 41-year old black man from Chicago started to circulate online. Here are […]

Macy Gray has decided to begin a non profit called My Good that is dedicated to helping families that have suffered at the hands of police brutality. In a statement to theGrio, Grey said: “My Good is a new charity, and what we do is we support the families of victims of police killings,” she […]

On Sunday, a demonstration led by an activist group called Save Rochester – Black Lives Matter organized a shutdown of a section of I-490 to protest against police brutality and inequalities for communities of color. The rally began at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park and proceeded to march down East Broadway Street and then […]

Issa Rae, star of “Insecure” went on Instagram recently and shared a group of organizations that she is endorsing in response to the demonstrations and protests on police brutality to her 2.8 million followers. She included Black Lives Matter. Regional Bail Funds, Defund the LAPD, BLD PWR, National Police Accountability Project, ACLU and Black Table […]