Two years ago, Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Kory York shackled and dragged a handcuffed Ronald Greene, a Black man, on his stomach and violently arrested him following a chase in the city of Monroe. Greene later died while in…
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) have reintroduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 as protests against police brutality and lack of accountability continue. Recent incidents include protests in Rochester,…
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, the hip-hop community has rallied behind proposed new legislation to reform American policing. Def Jam founder Russell Simmons has led a coalition of others in the rap world in praising…
