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Despite cell phone video footage continuously capturing instances of police brutality, a new study has found that it's still nearly impossible to prove that an officer "intended" to violate a person's civil rights.

A Baltimore city school police officer has been placed on leave without pay after a video of him slapping and kicking a 16-year-old student went viral.

Abdi Mohamed, 17, is currently in a coma after police shot him for wielding a metal object which was actually a broken broomstick.

Two generations of activists from the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter will meet at The White House for a Black History Month reception.

Just minutes before the deadline to enter Baltimore's mayoral race approached, prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson on Wednesday jumped into the contest in hopes of becoming the city's 50th mayor.

#BlackLivesMatter leader, DeRay Mckesson is running for Mayor of his native city of Baltimore.

A White Maryland student is under fire after a 30-second video of a racist rant against the Black Matter movement went viral.

Samiria Rice referred to the justice system as "corrupt" after a grand jury failed to indict the officers who shot her 12-year-old son, Tamir.

The grand jury has failed to indict the two Cleveland police officers, Timothy Loehmann – officer who fatally killed Tamir and partner Frank Garmback,  involved in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice. The grand jury has been listening to testimonies since October 2014 and as of late finally decided to decline criminal charges against the officers […]

Former Officer Jason Van Dyke has been indicted on 6 counts of murder and one count of official misconduct in the death of Laquan McDonald.

Pittsburgh, PA hip hop artist Mac Miller has never been your conventional rapper, but his latest stream of consciousness still came as a slight surprise to his…

Art is imitating life with Chicago woman April Lawson spearheading a campaign that encourages women to withhold sex in order to stop the violence.