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Police Boycott White-Owned Va. Farm For Supporting #BlackLivesMatter (Video)

*The Fraternal Order of Police in Fairfax County, VA have called for a boycott of Centreville’s Cox Farms after the business posted a sign...

UVA Student Martese Johnson Files $3M Civil Suit Over Bloody Arrest

*The University of Virginia student who was bloodied in an arrest outside a pub in March has filed a $3 million civil lawsuit against...

Chicago’s Mayor Blames Phone Video for Violence Against Cops

*Capturing significant life moments on mobile phone video works well for everyone…unless you’re a police officer. According to CNN, the impact of cell phone video has struck...

You Literally Can’t Look Away from Usher’s Video for ‘Chains’

*Usher has released an interactive music video for his politically charged single "Chains," which debuted exclusively on Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal and literally forces...

Exclusive: Former Black Panther Says New Panthers ‘Far Removed’

*In part one of our revealing interview with original Black Panther Party members Mohammed Mubarak and Sherwin Forte, they explained how Huey P. Newton's...

Video: Cop Grabs Teen By Neck; Slams Him to the Ground (Look!)

*Well here we go again. A police officer is being accused of using excessive force. This time on a teen who got into a fight...

Expert Reports Conclude Tamir Rice Shooting was ‘Reasonable’

*Two reports from experts - prepared for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty regarding the death of Tamir Rice - state the fatal shooting was...

City Councilman Tasered in Same Town Sandra Bland Was Arrested

*Prairie View, Texas is finding itself in a negative light again. It's also infamous as the town where Sandra Bland was arrested. Now this. ABC 13 reports...

‘Blue Lives Matter’ Billboard Campaign Aims to Honor Cops … And Distract From ‘That Other One’

*What's that you say? 'Gag me?' Oh. Well you are not alone. I don't know if the "Blue Lives Matter" billboards came out of a need for...

Baltimore Mayor Compares Cop/Community Relations to Bad Marriage

*The relationship between police and the urban communities they serve is like a struggling marriage in need of better communication, the mayor of Baltimore...

Walter Scott’s Family Gets $6.5M in Settlement With N. Charleston (Watch)

*The family of the late Walter Scott and the city of North Charleston, South Carolina, have reached a $6.5 million settlement, approved by the...

Atlanta Hawks Player Thabo Sefolosha Acquitted in NYC Arrest Case

*Atlanta Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha was acquitted Friday in a case stemming from a police scuffle in which he suffered a fractured right leg. A...

EUR Goes Behind the Scenes of ‘Law & Order: SVU’ (Watch)

*After 17 years of entertaining America with tales of crime and punishment Emmy Award-winning NBC offering "Law & Order Special Victims Unit: SVU" is...

New California Law Requires ‘Perceived Ethnicity’ Documentation by Police

*The relationship between police officers in California and the public are more detailed now as  a new law requires officers to reveal the race...

James Blake Wants Cop Who Body Slammed Him Fired

*Retired tennis star James Blake is calling for the NYPD to fire the officer who wrestled him to the ground last month, reports TMZ. Blake...

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