Soon after the video was uploaded and gained national attention, Fields was placed on administrative leave. On Tuesday afternoon, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced that Fields was suspended without pay.
Reuters reports that new research shows the number of police officers charged in fatal shootings in 2015 has reached its highest level in a decade.
In a piece written on The Wrap, he fired back at critics who said his daughter Aurora, whose mother is White, isn’t “Black enough” for her role as the Black character in the film Jem And The Holograms.
Residents from Lyndhurst, New Jersey were appalled to find recruitment letters from the Ku Klux Klan sprawled throughout their small town last weekend, the New York Daily News reports.
The Huffington Post reports that a court filing on Monday showed that lawyers for Ferguson and civil rights attorneys, who represent poor defendants held in Ferguson's jail, have "been engaged in meaningful settlement discussions."
The hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII began to trend on Twitter shortly after the trailer was released. Snagging J.J. Abrams as director, The Force Awakens boasts actors Daisy Ridley and John Boyega as the main leads.
This help wanted ad from @InterimHealth posted in a local Pennysaver blatantly states no Haitians will be considered pic.twitter.com/gNLAhVUy9S — David Carlucci (@davidcarlucci) October 18,…
News that a Black child was suspended for staring at a White classmate highlights an age-old debate about race, as well as the underlying notion of discrimination in schools when it comes to non-White students.
California governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation for a new law designed to guard people of color against racial profiling at the hands of police…
Facebook commenters who made racist jokes about a Black child have released apologies after being terminated from their jobs.
Federal authorities charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent with second-degree murder in the shooting of a Mexican teenager in October 2012.
The father of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed told the newspaper that he withdrew his son from the Irving Independent School District
