Shaun King, a prominent voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, denied accusations that he lied about being biracial and a victim of a brutal racial attack by a white mob, the New York Times reports. The Daily Caller, a right-wing conservative blog, has been circulating posts for weeks that question King’s honesty. One conservative…

Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay said he’s proud of an officer’s courage to “speak difficult truths” through his artwork, which protests police brutality against unarmed black men, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. “The preservation of human life, all human lives, is the most foundational value in the policing profession. His statement against police misconduct is not…

Israeli officials detained two black American Jewish converts in a holding cell for nearly two days at Ben Gurion Airport before sending them back to the United States, the Jerusalem Post reports. Idit Malka, 40, and her 10-year-old son, Kahxin, of Cape Coral, Fla., said that they landed in Israel on June 12. Malka told…

Jalyn Broussard went to kindergarten one day, proudly sporting a new hairstyle. But his modern fade quickly raised eyebrows among administrators at his Belmont, Calif., Catholic school. Officials called the 5-year-old’s mother to pick him up because his haircut violated the school’s standards. She was outraged. The school and Jalyn’s family reached a stalemate. According to…

A U.S. Department of Justice report finds significant faults in law enforcement’s response to the demonstrations last summer in Ferguson, Mo., over the slaying of Michael Brown, the Associated Press reports. State and local authorities antagonized demonstrators in several ways, such as using military-style equipment and inappropriately using tear gas. The DOJ also concluded that authorities…

Numerous people attended the Pickens County, Ala., NAACP meeting on June 29 to complain about false arrests from a drug sweep. The state’s NAACP said that the organization is launching an investigation, WBRC-TV reports. The claims stem from an 18-month drug operation that netted more than four dozen suspects. But many of them claim that…

North Carolina authorities have recaptured escaped murderer Kristopher Antonio McNeil and brought up a female prison worker on multiple charges, including having sex with the inmate, NBC News reports. McNeil, 29, is believed to have climbed a fence to escape from a minimum-security unit at Brown Creek Correctional Institute in Polkton, N.C., according to the…

The Baltimore County Police Department’s homicide unit has launched an investigation into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in the Baltimore suburb of Owing Mills, according to Reuters. As The Root reported, three police officers, responding to a domestic disturbance Thursday, fired at least 19 rounds and killed 41-year-old Spencer Lee McCain.…

The Episcopal Church General Convention Saturday elected Bishop Michael Curry to serve as the denomination’s new presiding bishop, making him the first African American to lead the 1.9-million-member church, the Associated Press reports. It was a landslide victory, according to AP. Curry earned 121 of 174 votes on the first ballot. None of the other…