Report: Rates of breast cancer, fatality rise among black women
White women have held the highest rates of breast cancer in the U.S., but rates are rising among black women. According to a report released by the American Cancer Society, from 2006 through 2010,...
View ArticleChicago police officer who shot unarmed man acquitted
Officer Gildardo Sierra will not be charged in the shooting death of Flint Farmer. After reviewing video footage of the incident, Cook County prosecutors said that the officer "reasonably mistook a...
View ArticleStudy: Social network activity can predict likelihood of gun violence
According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, a person's social network can predict if a person will become a victim of gun violence in Chicago. Race and poverty also...
View ArticleCampus police fatally shots student during traffic stop, family demands answers
The family of a San Antonio college student who was fatally shot by campus police is demand answers to questions surrounding his death. 23-year-old Cameron Redus was driving home from a night of...
View ArticleMan chases down and shoots suspected burglar, possible stand your ground case
A central Florida man accused of chasing down and fatally shooting a suspected burglar Thursday told police he acted in self-defense. Claudius Smith, 33, reportedly was inside his home in Orlando when...
View ArticleMan fatally shoots 15-year-old girl for prank
Charges have been filed in connection to the shooting death of a 15-year-old Arkansas girl Saturday morning. 48-year-old Willie Noble is charged with first-degree murder, committing a terrorist act and...
View ArticleCop who fatally beat man not fired for crime, collecting pension
The family of a North Chicago man who was beat to death by a policeman was told the officer was fired for the incident. But that officer was actually let go for other reasons –like living outside of...
View ArticleIn federal lawsuit, friends of Oscar Grant reach settlement
Five friends of a California man who was fatally shot by San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police have reached a settlement. Jack Bryson Jr., Nigel Bryson, Michael Greer, Carlos Reyes and Fernando...
View ArticleReport: Law enforcement in Los Angeles kill about one person a week
According to a report released by the Los Angeles Youth Justice Coalition, law enforcement in the city kill on average about one person a week. Since 2000, nearly 600 people, many of them young black...
View ArticlePolice officer who killed Tamir Rice was found unfit to work in 2012
A Cleveland police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy who had a BB gun in his hand last month resigned from a smaller police department in 2012 after being found unfit for duty. Tim Loehmann...
View ArticleVideo: Police shoot and kill black teen in St. Louis, surveillance footage...
An 18-year-old black teenager identified as Antonio Martin was fatally wounded by St. Louis-area police officers on Tuesday. The incident was followed by protesters clashing with police at the scene....
View ArticleReport: Rates of breast cancer, fatality rise among black women
White women have held the highest rates of breast cancer in the U.S., but rates are rising among black women. According to a report released by the American Cancer Society, from 2006 through 2010,...
View ArticleBlack women are the most likely to be unarmed when killed by police,...
Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month,...
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