OKLAHOMA CITY — After two years of pursuing justice for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma courts, the state…
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Die-hard Black Trump supporter accuses GOP group of calling him ‘a slave’
FORT MEYERS, Fla. — One of former President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters, who is a Black man, has filed…
Black man sues San Diego PD for racial profiling after cop smashed car window
SAN DIEGO — A Black man is suing San Diego Police Department for racial profiling after officers pulled him over…
Mom sues Detroit judge who handcuffed her teen daughter for sleeping in court
DETROIT — A Detroit judge is being sued by the mother of a teen girl he had placed in handcuffs…
Claim filed after controversial jaywalking arrest of Black woman in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — A claim was filed with the city of San Francisco on Monday after a Black woman was…
Judge dismisses most of federal lawsuit filed by Black student in Texas punished over length of hair
HOUSTON — On Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed the majority of civil rights claims in a lawsuit filed by a…
Black man sues Chicago PD after video shows cop holding gun to his head
CHICAGO — The man seen in a viral video that shows a Chicago police officer holding a gun to his…
Federal law thwarted Chicago’s attempt to sue gun makers. But now it has a new strategy.
Taking advantage of a new state law, Chicago’s lawsuit accuses Glock of manufacturing pistols with designs that allow modification and…
Republican officials say more time needed to draw new majority-Black districts in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — The ongoing battle to redraw several Mississippi legislative districts that would restore Black voting power in the…
Virginia Department of Corrections sued for keeping inmates from early release
The Virginia Department of Corrections is facing a lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment due to recent legislation that allowed prisoners with…