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Black Army lieutenant who filed $1M police brutality lawsuit awarded just $3,685

A Black U.S. Army lieutenant, who filed a $1 million police brutality lawsuit against two Virginia police officers who pepper-sprayed and struck him during a traffic stop in 2020, has been awarded $3,685...

New Black-owned app aims to protect people from police brutality

Police brutality against minorities, particularly African Americans, often dominates media discussions. Multiple advocacies to end police killings of unarmed Black men have yielded little results. ...

Nigeria fines TV stations for covering protests against police brutality. This is a huge threat to press freedom

The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) in Nigeria has fined three TV stations in the country: Channels TV, Arise TV and AIT TV over alleged unprofessional coverage of the #EndSARS protests and the...

Five of the most powerful Black celebrities supporting Nigerian protests against police brutality

One of the best things possible is happening for protesters against police brutality and state-sanctioned violence in Nigeria and that is, their clamors have been noticed and are being amplified by some...

‘More white people are killed’ – Trump dismisses police brutality against blacks

President Trump has dismissed popular claims over police killings of black people in the US, stating that “more white people” are killed in the hands of the police than blacks. In an interview...

Ethiopian Jews flood streets of Tel Aviv in protest against police brutality and racism

The killing of Yehuda Biadga, a mentally ill Ethiopian-Israeli, by the police in Tel Aviv last week brought together thousands of Ethiopian Jews in the Israeli city on Wednesday to protest against racism...

Victim of police brutality gets $1.25m settlement after he was arrested for ‘stealing’ his own car

A former PhD student of Northwestern University, Lawrence Crosby, has finally won a settlement of $1.2 million as compensation for being arrested and accused of stealing his own car in 2015. He was tackled...

Without a word, ex-NFL player Randy Moss pays homage to victims of police brutality [Photos]

It was all glamorous on Saturday night at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the person who caught the attention of many without saying a word was former NFL wide receiver Randy Moss who was being inducted...

New Kids’ Book Simplifies Talk on U.S. Police Brutality Against Blacks

As the number of unarmed Black men killed by police officers in America continues to rise, one African-American Mom hopes to help fellow Black parents steer this difficult conversation ahead with her new...

Tunisian Man Sets Himself Ablaze in Protest against Police Brutality

A 43-year-old Tunisian man identified as Imed Ghanmi died on Friday after he reportedly set himself on fire inside a police station in protest against police brutality. The father of three and a cigarette...

Family of Ghanaian Police Brutality Victim Seeks Justice from the Spirit World

Mourners in a suburb of Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city, buried 27-year-old Richmond Osei Tawiah yesterday amid great ceremony. Tawiah is alleged to have been a victim of police brutality...

In Face of Police Brutality, It’s High Time for Africans & African Americans To Unite

Recent news stories about police brutality and race politics have got me considering whether the African experience is different from the African-American experience in America. Is there a difference?...

Ethiopians Protest Police Brutality, Racism in Israel

After a video showing police abusing a soldier became public, Ethiopians came out in their numbers in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday to protest against racism and police brutality, reports the Guardian....

Video of Cop Shooting Unarmed Black Man Underscores Police Brutality in America

In the United States, police brutality against Blacks — and particularly Black men — is somehow kept quiet internationally. Therefore, when fiery protests developed in Ferguson, Mo., following...

The Nigerian Police is notorious for brutality and corruption. It needs lasting reforms now

The Nigerian Police Force has a long history of brutality and harassment which the government has fought to end by adopting many different reforms, to no end. This is majorly due to the cloak of invincibility,...

Kenyan Police Accused of Brutality Against Opposition Protesters

Kenyan police is under fire for allegedly using excessive force against opposition protesters who had gathered outside Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s offices at Anniversary...

Spain awards Ghanaian army chief with highest Police Award for fight against terrorism

The Minister of Interior of Spain, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has recognized Brigadier General Timothy Tifucro Ba-Taa-Banah of the Ghana Army with Spain’s highest Police Award, the White Cross to...

New York landlord stabs his tenants to death and cites ‘stress’ as reason, police say

A Queens landlord, who allegedly stabbed and killed his girlfriend as well as his two tenants, told police that he carried out the crimes out of anger from “all the stress” over outstanding...

France protests: Brother of Adama Traore who died in police custody violently arrested and injured

Youssouf Traore, the brother of Adama Traore who died in police custody years ago, was detained by police in France Saturday during protests across the country to remember the death of his brother. Adama...

After four years, family of 12-year-old boy shot by Illinois police to get $12 million

Amir Worship was 12 years old when a Richton Park police officer shot him in the knee during a 2019 raid at his home. In the wake of the incident, the officer accused of shooting Amir – Caleb Blood...