Today would have been Sonya Massey’s 37th birthday. Instead of celebrating with cake and balloons, her family is reminded of ...

The Sangamon County Board approved the settlement on Tuesday, seven months after a deputy shot the unarmed woman in her home ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

Wednesday would have been Sonya Massey’s 37th birthday. Instead, it was the day her family’s lawyers announced a $10 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against Sangamon County and ...

George Michael Zimmerman, born October 5, 1983, was a part-time student at Seminole State College and a neighborhood watch captain for the Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community in Sanford, Florida, at ...

The Rock Island Police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 21-year-old man was justified in his use of deadly force, according to a report issued Friday afternoon from Rock Island County ...

Titusville residents protested at a city council meeting demanding answers in the police shooting death of 25-year-old ...

UPDATE: Ben Crump, Antonio Romanucci, and the legal team representing the family of Jakarta Jackson released a statement Friday night: WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 16: Attorney Benjamin Crump (C ...

Racial incidents and discrimination cases surge in Beverly Hills High School and Police Department, sparking lawsuits and concerns about the future of justice.

In today’s fast-paced digital world, trends come and go at the speed of a swipe. Social media floods our timelines with viral ...

After President Trump ordered a temporary freeze on civil rights litigation, the future of the DOJ's consent decrees with ...