Crooked Cops

There are many types of corruption among law enforcement. One of the most common forms of corruption comes directly from the people we expect to protect the community from harm and danger, who are commonly referred to as ‘crooked’ or ‘dirty’ cops.

Woman Found Stabbed to Death After Being Followed into her Manhattan Apartment, Suspect Charged with Murder

A 35-year-old woman, Christina Yuna Lee, was found brutally murdered inside her Chinatown apartment on Sunday after chilling surveillance footage showed her being followed into her building by the assailant, a 25-year-old man named Assamad Nash. Lee was stabbed more than 40 times. Neighbors in her building heard her cries for help and called 911. By the time paramedics arrived, it was too late, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Four Suspects Identified in Triple Homicide Cold Case from 1972

On February 3, 1972, the bodies of 51-year-old Bryce Durham; his wife, Virginia, 44; and their 18-year-old son Bobby were discovered strangled to death in their home in Boone, North Carolina. Virginia Durham had been strangled, while Bryce and Bobby Durham had been strangled and then drowned. The case went cold for 50 years until this week, when authorities identified the four perpetrators of the crime: Billy Sunday Birt, Bobby Gene Gaddis, Charles David Reed, and Billy Wayne Davis.

The History Behind the NAACP

The NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has become a forefront civil rights group in the past century. To understand where they are today, we must understand why they formed in the first place-The Race Riot of 1908, and what their efforts have helped achieve over the past century.

New Podcast Episode: The Murder of Jennifer Lee Daugherty by the Greensburg 6

Today marks the twelfth anniversary of the murder of Jennifer Lee Daughterty by the Greensburg 6. The Greensburg 6 were a group of people led by a close friend of Jennifer, who tortured their victim over the course of two days before violently murdering her and attempting to stage it as a suicide. The group took advantage of 30-year-old Jennifer, whose mother described her as having the mental capacity of a teenager.

Hate Crimes in America have Surged in the Last Two Years. Here's What you Should Know About this Epidemic.

There is a lot of fear-mongering about the rising crime rate in America. It’s imperative to specify that the largest spike is due to hate crimes. While those of us who don’t hold political offices in America may feel powerless in combatting these acts of injustice—we are not. Spreading awareness on social media, at rallies, and even to individual family members and friends is a start.