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School Clerk Antoinette Tuff Convinced Elementary School Gunman to Lay Down...

After spending an hour talking with Georgia elementary school gunman Brandon Hill, school clerk Antoinette Tuff was able to persuade him to put down his weapon.

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Cop allegedly pulls gun on 5th grader

A Georgia police officer allegedly pulled a gun on a 5th grader who was building a tree fort. Omari Grant, 11, said he and his friends play often in a wooded area behind his home and were building a...

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Shooting victim graduates college despite obstacles

Nine years ago, Wilbert Taylor Jr.’s life changed forever when he was shot in the head and paralyzed. The 19-year-old was on break from Southern Illinois University, and was leaving a party on...

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16-year-old Shaquise Buckner shot in West Englewood

A 16-year-old girl was killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood that also left one man wounded early Saturday. Shaquise Buckner was killed in the 7200 black of South...

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Here’s what young people think about police violence and guns

The survey findings below are summarized in the report “Gun Violence, Policing, and Young Communities of Color – July 2016” which can be downloaded here. The recent police killings of Alton Sterling...

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Dr. Dre Detained By Police At His Own Home After Caller Claims He Was Armed

Dr. Dre was briefly detained in a patrol car in front of his home this Monday morning after a caller claimed he was carrying a gun, according to CNN. Dre told authorities that he asked the driver of a...

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S.C. State Rep. And Confederate Flag Defender Arrested For Domestic Abuse

South Carolina State Representative Chris Corley has been a vocal supporter of both the Confederate flag and the Second Amendment, even after Dylann Roof killed nine people in a South Carolina church....

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3 white men arrested after lynching style murder of 2 Black men in Oklahoma City

The dismembered bodies of 21-year-olds Ramon Smith and Jarron Moreland were found in the bottom of an Oklahoma City pond just four days after their families reported the two men missing. The police...

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Sweeping gun control bill passes House, but threatens undocumented migrants

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the most notable gun reform bill to broaden federal background checks in years. The bill, called the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, passed...

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