A new investigation has revealed a specific way the criminal justice system is failing to secure justice for all. The troubling report by a USA TODAY Network “found that widespread failure by police departments and prosecutors to track problem officers makes it impossible to disclose that information to people whose freedom hinges on the integrity of law enforcement.”
Designers Jason Sole and Andre Wright teamed up in 2018 with a bold vision - to make a clear statement about the humanity of Black bodies no matter what they wear. And so the “Humanize My Hoodie” Movement was born.
It began with one powerful campaign conducted in the Hamline University criminal justice course Sole teaches. After witnessing countless Black men gunned down by police who claimed their casual attire (say, a hoodie) was probable cause to view them as a threat to peace, order, and public safety, he decided to prove otherwise.
New information has shown that more police than previously suspected were involved in the cover-up to conceal the killing of a Black teen in Chicago. CNN reports “now, five years later, the investigative report from Inspector General Joseph Ferguson reveals the full extent of what his office described as an elaborate cover-up by 16 officers and supervisors, including former police officer Jason Van Dyke, who fired the shots.”
19-year-old Mustapha Diyanol Haqq of Ghana wanted to solve a problem - a big problem. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Ghanaian women, but, according to a study conducted by the Ghana Medical Association, data that could be studied and used to save lives is limited.
Without any medical training, Haqq took on the challenge of creating a life-saving solution.
It’s a city where the Civil Rights Movement was born. Where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. Where Martin Luther King, Jr., marched from Selma with countless Black protesters fighting for voting rights.
It’s Montgomery, Alabama, and the city is making history again… this time, for electing its first Black mayor.
Barbadian mogul Rihanna Robyn Fenty continues to amaze the world with her multiple businesses, unyielding candor, and commitment to her people.
Black and Latino Americans have long argued that when it comes to traffic stops, there is racial profiling at play. The colloquial term “Driving While Black” was coined as early as the 1990s to describe this reality.
In February 2019, California Senator Holly Mitchell introduced SB464, The California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, for consideration in the state legislature. By October 7th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed it into law.
When Botham Jean was killed by Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger, endless questions were raised regarding how it happened. People wondered how someone could possibly mistake another person’s apartment for their own - then kill them because of it.
The police responded by criminalizing Jean in his death.
When Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Gallardo was being honored with a Deputy of the Month award for arresting an international murder suspect at a Tamarac City Commission meeting, he probably expected things to go smoothly.
Well, they didn’t.