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Garrett Rolfe

National, Stacy M. Brown

Atlanta Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged with Murder

by WI Guest Author June 17, 2020December 21, 2021

Sherman Hardy, wearing prison garb, displays a "I Can't Breathe" sign during a demonstration at Eastover Shopping Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, protesting the killing of George Floyd. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Too Many African American Children are Born in Shackles

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. June 15, 2020December 21, 2021

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

National, Stacy M. Brown

Atlanta Police Chief Resigns Amid Furor over Fatal Shooting of Black Man

by WI Guest Author June 14, 2020December 21, 2021

Kenithia Alston (Courtesy photo/Facebook grab)

Mother Sues MPD for $100M Over Son’s Death

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 12, 2020December 21, 2021

Demonstrators gather at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Bethesda. (Courtesy photo)

Rally Places Spotlight on Montgomery County’s Police-Involved Shootings

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 10, 2020December 21, 2021

A protester holds out a photo of Finan Berhe, killed May 7 in White Oak by Sgt. David Cohen, a member of the Montgomery County Police Department. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Community Outraged by MoCo Police Shooting of Black Man

by WI Guest Author May 27, 2020December 21, 2021

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks during the opening day of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2018 Annual Legislative Conference in D.C. on Sept. 12, as Sens. Cory Booker (left) and Kamala Harris look on. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience

New Decade Begins with Clear Black Agenda

by WI Guest Author January 7, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Trice Edney News Wire

Black Experience, National

Police Killings a Leading Cause of Death of Black Men: Report

by WI Guest Author December 18, 2019December 21, 2021

Kenithia Alston (Courtesy photo/Facebook grab)

Mother Fights for Police Body-Cam Footage of Son’s Death

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 23, 2019December 21, 2021

The police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, sparked several days of protests and calls for fundamental reforms of the police department and criminal justice system. (Photo by Facing South)

National, Stacy M. Brown

In Wake of Atatiana Jefferson Shooting, Many Say Policies Need to Change

by Stacy M. Brown October 23, 2019December 21, 2021