A 58-year-old man who started a massive fire in Los Angeles in anger over police killings of African-Americans was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday following a plea deal. Dawud Abdulwali admitted to starting the December 2014 blaze at the unfinished seven-storey downtown Da Vinci apartment complex, causing damages in excess of $100 … Read more
New surveillance footage has emerged of the black teenager Michael Brown suggesting he had not in fact robbed a Ferguson, Missouri convenience store hours before he was shot by a white police officer. Brown’s 2014 death sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests, and ignited a national debate about race relations and law enforcement in the United … Read more
A 13-year-old black boy has been shot dead by police in the US state of Ohio after allegedly pulling an air gun from his waistband while being arrested. Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery of $10 in Columbus when they saw three male suspects matching descriptions given by the victim. Two then … Read more