NY attorney general probing Brooklyn police shooting death

April 6th, 20180 NEW YORK — The New York attorney general’s office is investigating the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed Black man who pointed a metal pipe at officers in Brooklyn in the latest such killing to prompt street protests. The death of Saheed Vassell on Wednesday was one of a string of fatal shootings of unarmed Black men by...

Protests erupt as family buries police shooting victim Stephon Clark

March 30th, 20180 Sacramento, CA — Scores of Black Lives Matter activists protested in Sacramento on Thursday after the funeral of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by police in the latest such killing to spark street demonstrations in the United States. More than 100 protesters gathered outside the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office...