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A person carrying a wreath of flowers walks through the parking lot at the Greenville Avenue Church of Christ for the funeral service for Botham Shem Jean on September 13, 2018 in Richardson, Texas. Jean was killed when a Dallas Police officer who accidentally went into Jean's apartment, thinking it was her own and shot him. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)

Family of Dallas Man Killed by Cop in Own Home Sues City

by WI Guest Author September 27, 2018October 31, 2020

Black Experience, National

Amber Guyger, Dallas Officer Who Killed Botham Jean in His Own Home, is Fired

by WI Guest Author September 24, 2018October 31, 2020

A federal court hearing confirmed that former Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano directed three police officers on his department to accuse a series of crimes on three innocent men, all of them Black. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Former Florida Police Chief Guilty of Framing 3 Black Men

by WI Guest Author September 24, 2018October 31, 2020

Entertainment, Lifestyle

Tyler Perry Fights for Justice in Florida Missing Persons Case

by Stacy M. Brown September 19, 2018October 31, 2020

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

HARRIS/HORACE: The Abuse Won’t Stop Until We Change Police Culture

by WI Guest Author August 29, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: D.C. Council members Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7), Robert White (D-At Large) and Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) take questions during a community forum at the Deanwood Rec Center on July 12. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Residents, Activists Embrace Community Control over Police

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. July 18, 2018October 31, 2020

Members of the DC Metropolitan Police Department bicycle unit ride up 15th Street Northwest to greet the protesters carrying a 50-foot inflated marijuana joint down the street. /Photo by Nancy Shia @nancy_shia

Gray Demands Answers for MPD Search of Innocent Bystanders

by Stacy M. Brown June 27, 2018October 31, 2020

Antwon Rose

Black Experience, National

Antwon Rose Killing Sparks Outrage

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 27, 2018October 31, 2020

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Black Boys Deserve the Chance to Become Men

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor June 27, 2018October 31, 2020

Black Experience

Police Killings Challenge the Mental Health of Black Americans

by WI Guest Author June 25, 2018October 31, 2020