PITTSBURGH (via KDKA) — The East Pittsburgh Police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. on June 19 has been charged. What We Know: […]
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Black Justice Alerts
Trump Commutes Sentence of Alice Johnson
President Donald Trump commuted the life sentence of Alice Marie Johnson on Wednesday, just days after reality star Kim Kardashian West lobbied the president in an […]
Black Man Headed Back To Prison for 14 Years
For the last two years, Matthew Charles was making things right with his life after being released from prison and serving a 21-year stint. Charles had served […]
Meek Mill Getting Released
After 5 months in the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Meek Mill is expected to be released today on bail. What we know: Meek was […]
New York Gov. Cuomo grants 35,000 paroled felons right to vote
What we know: In an executive order signed Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted some 35,000 paroled felons the right to vote. State Republicans […]
This Man Was Just Released From A 13-Year Prison Sentence For 3 Grams Of Marijuana
Bernard Noble, 51, was sentenced to 13 years of hard labor in 2011 for possessing two marijuana joints, The Marshall Project reported. What we know: Noble was […]
High Court: Trinidad law banning gay sex is unconstitutional
What we know: A court in the Caribbean island of Trinidad & Tobago has ruled that colonial-era laws banning same-sex intimacy between consenting adults are […]
Black Students Marched Against Gun Violence In Florida
Hundreds of students from a predominantly black school in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood took to the streets earlier this week to protest gun violence ― […]