Crime

Supermarket shooter sought Black neighborhood, official says

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Mass shooter targeted the only major grocery store in the Buffalo Black community

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Feds interview deadly supermarket shooting suspect’s parents

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Shoppers, guard among 10 dead in Buffalo supermarket attack

Police said Payton Gendron shot, in total, 11 Black people and two white people Saturday in a rampage at the Tops Friendly…
/ May 15, 2022

Gallery: Grief, questions after Buffalo mass shooting

In the subsequent hours after details of the grocery store massacre in Buffalo, NY, emerged, citizens comforted one another as…
/ May 15, 2022

Accused Buffalo mass killer allegedly wrote manifesto about eliminating people of color from U.S.

A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket…
/ May 15, 2022

Lori Lightfoot and Kim Foxx receive death threats, Chicago man now faces hate crime charges

Christopher J. Tatlock allegedly emailed his intent to harm Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx.
/ May 14, 2022
gun

CDC: Black Americans faced quadruple the risk of gun violence death in 2020

Gun homicide rates rose 35% in 2020, particularly impacting Black communities, according to newly-released CDC data.
/ May 14, 2022

Rapper Casanova pleads guilty to drug racketeering charges

Brooklyn rapper Casanova pleads guilty to federal charges of drug trafficking and racketeering, faces up to 60 years in prison.
/ May 13, 2022

Delayed charges against Jam Master Jay’s alleged killers due to witness intimidation, prosecutors say

Prosecutors in the murder of Jam Master Jay say that witness intimidation by the suspects delayed charges for almost 20…
/ May 12, 2022

Troopers accused of lifting a man by his braids and beating him charged with misdemeanor

State prosecutors have charged three Louisiana State Police troopers accused of beating a Black motorist, hoisting him to his feet…
/ May 12, 2022

Lawsuit filed in death of 18-year-old inmate who allegedly vomited blood, asked for care 

Deborah McBride, the late inmate’s mother, said her teenage son had a normal life expectancy before dying in jail last…
/ May 12, 2022

Woman sentenced to 5 years for voter fraud gets second chance to plead her case 

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday that the case of Crystal Mason be reconsidered by a lower appeals…
/ May 12, 2022

A Jim Crow-era law allowed split-jury convictions. Judges weigh should affected inmates remain imprisoned

Louisiana’s Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state Constitution provision allowing non-unanimous jury convictions was racially motivated
/ May 11, 2022

Three years later, say ‘Ronald Greene,’ and many think ‘cover-up.’ Nobody thinks ‘justice.’

As Ronald Greene’s May 10, 2019, death has engulfed Louisiana’s premier law enforcement agency in controversy, it remains an open…
/ May 11, 2022