Tag: civil rights
Columbia student ‘illegally’ arrested by ICE & later released
Elmina 'Ellie' Aghayeva, Columbia student 'illegally' arrested by ICE under false pretenses amid accusations the foreign student is illegally in the U.S as incident raises questions of civil rights, proper due process and lawlessness of federal agencies amid pushback...
Demands to fire medical worker who berated Costco Target worker intensify
Michaela Ponce Enloe Health worker causes havoc after berating Chico Target worker wearing 'Freedom' t-shirt amid intensifying demands to have the TikToker fired. She has since issued an apology. But there is a very happy ending.
Demands to have a...
Las Cruces cop charged with murder, shooting grandma as she drove off
Las Cruces police officer Felipe Hernandez abuse of power leads to shooting death of Teresa Gomez as cop is charged with murder and wrongful death lawsuit against police department behaving with no impunity.
Define self defence? A New Mexico police...
Starbucks ordered to pay ex manager $25m, fired cause she was white
Shannon Phillips Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million after a jury rules she was racially discriminated against when she was fired for being white in response to the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia area store refusing to...
Fake Florida homecoming queen sues school & police for emotional distress
Emily Grover Pensacola Florida homecoming queen denies rigging voting system & intends to now sue the school district and police.
A Florida teenager who was arrested on suspicion of ‘hacking’ her high school’s election system in order to have herself crowned homecoming...
Lawsuit: Autistic teen dies after Louisiana cops sit on him for 9 minutes
Eric Parsa lawsuit: Parents of severely autistic teen boy file suit against Jefferson Parish officers for use of excessive force & negligence & violation of civil rights causing teen's death following episode.
A Louisiana couple have blamed police for the...
Soho Karen arrest: LA activists march to police station urging arrest
Miya Ponsetto arrest: Los Angeles civil rights activists march to police station demanding arrest of Soho Karen involved in racial profiling assault at NYC hotel.
And it continues. Civil-rights activists marched on a Los Angeles police station over the weekend...
ReOpen NC leader of quarantine protest contracts coronavirus – still pushes for early dates
Audrey Whitlock ReOpen North Carolina leader forced to self isolate after anti lockdown leader demands state speed up stay at home order.
Understanding whose constitutional rights are more important....
An organizer of a North Carolina group calling on the state to...
Why? Alex Wubbels Salt Lake City nurse arrested refusing to draw blood sample
What led to a Salt Lake City police officer believe he could break the law and arrest University of Utah hospital nurse, Alex Wubbels?
Salt Lake City authorities have opened a probe after video showed a police officer arrest Utah nurse,...
Army bases are confederate monuments says SPLC, what next?
Army bases confederate monuments as symbol of hate according to SPLC: Has a civil liberties group overstepped the mark in its bid to challenge intolerance and inequity?
We are now being educated in the current historical revisionism. Anything or anyone...
18% black: Sgt. Cleon Brown white cop sues city over racist rants after part black discovery
Hastings Police Sgt. Cleon Brown launches lawsuit against Michigan city and police department after being subjected to taunts after recent dna revelation.
Sgt. Cleon Brown a Hastings, Michigan police officer has launched a lawsuit against his police chief and the...
How Pepsi’s protest ad starring Kendall Jenner failed the internet
Pepsi protest ad starring Kendall Jenner: How a multinational company tried hijacking a civil rights movement as a high gloss consumer staple only to end up with egg on its face.
Perhaps the makers behind the new Pepsi protest...
Loreal Tsingine video: I did what I had to do
Loreal Tsingine video death shooting: Did Maricopa County Attorney’s Office make the right decision in determining a police officer was justified?
Arizona police have released body camera footage (see below) of the shooting death of Navajo woman Loreal Tsingine, 27.
The...
‘Donald Trump inspired us’ Boston brothers plead guilty to beating homeless illegal immigrant
Guillermo Rodriguez beating: How did two Boston brothers come to target a man they believed to be an illegal immigrant who deserved being beaten?
Two South Boston brothers, Scott Leader, 38, and Steven Leader, 30 pled guilty on Monday to...
Artbridge and Demos honor Ethan Hawke, Michelle Alexander and Nick Cave.
How does a society combat inequity? Address embedded polarization towards minorities and an unflinching status quo, and give rise to unrelenting injustice? Or how about the task of nurturing emerging artists and writers seeking to address such themes?
The...
