A Delaware police officer, who was caught on video kicking a black suspect in the face and breaking his jaw, was acquitted of assault Tuesday after a three-day deliberation by a Delaware jury.    According to ABC 6, jurors deliberated 16 hours a day for three days before acquitting Dover Police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV,…

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has inked a lifetime deal with Nike, ensuring that once his playing days are over, the apparel company will sell his image and brand forever. While insiders are sure that Michael Jordan has some kind of extended deal with Nike, according to ESPN, this is the first time the fitness-apparel…

Mario Woods, 26, was fatally shot by San Francisco police Wednesday. Woods reportedly was wielding a knife in the city’s Bayview neighborhood when several officers opened fire. His death was captured on video, and a 15-second clip of the moment before the shooting has been circulated online. On Monday, San Francisco’s police chief, Greg Suhr,…

Updated Monday, Dec. 7, 12:10 p.m. EST: U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday that the Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department following the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald.  The investigation will determine whether the 17-year-old’s shooting death was an isolated incident or the latest development in…

President Barack Obama sought to soothe public fears during a televised address Sunday evening, in which he declared last week’s shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., an act of terrorism and assured viewers that the United States will overcome these types of threats. He also urged the public not to give in to fear-based reactions. “The…

A tense standoff between protesters and Chicago police reportedly led to a 15-minute shoving match between the two groups that ended with five protesters, including activist Malcolm X. London, getting arrested. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, protesters began gathering on Chicago streets shortly after video footage showing Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, 37, fatally…

Jay Darshane, the district manager for a Chicago Burger King, confirmed to NBC Chicago that on Oct. 20, 2014, shortly after Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer, four cops entered the store and asked to see security footage. Darshane says he gave the officers the passcode to the footage and…

Minneapolis police arrested three white men Tuesday in connection with a Monday-night shooting that left five Black Lives Matter protesters wounded. According to the New York Daily News, police arrested a 23-year-old man in Bloomington, a suburb outside Minneapolis, around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. A 26-year-old man and a 21-year-old man turned themselves in around 2:30…

The entire story centers around three key elements: empty cans, the proximity of said empty cans to an East Greenbush, N.Y., Wal-Mart and $2 in cash. That was all it took for 52-year-old Thomas Smith of Albany, N.Y., to lose his $9-an-hour job. Didn’t matter that he was formerly homeless and an ex-convict trying to…

Five people were shot late Monday near the Minneapolis police precinct where protesters have staged a sit-in demanding justice for Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old man who was killed by police, and authorities are searching for three white men believed to be involved in the shooting of the five.  Police are unclear what sparked Monday’s shooting,…