By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Seven. That is the number of times a police officer shot Jacob Blake while his children sat horrified in the car. The shooting occurred 40 miles away from Milwaukee in Kenosha on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 23. Four days later, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified the officer who shot Blake. […]
Child Watch: 10 Rules to Help Black Boys Survive
By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist July 31, 2015 Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist Like so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the senseless loss of Black male lives at the hands of law enforcement officials. I was particularly affected by Tamir Rice’s senseless death – a 12-year-old sixth grader who […]
Counting the Victims of Police Violence
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent April 17, 2015 Attorney General Holder cited lack of U.S. data tracking use of force against and by police. Credit: Department of Justice “Particularly in the Midwest, and then a little bit in the South, there really are hotbeds for police violence.” WASHINGTON, D.C. […]