On the Anniversary of Oscar Grant’s Death, We Can Now Finally Say Goodbye to a Decade of Police Violence
A protester during a rally outside the LA Criminal Courts building in downtown Los Angeles in June 2010 during the trial of former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Johannes Mehserle for murdering Oscar Grant. Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Getty In the early morning hours of January 1, 2009, a 22-year-old black man named Oscar Grant sat…
The Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Is Being Charged With Hate Crimes
Neighbors gather near the rabbi’s residence in Monsey, New York, on Sunday. Craig Ruttle/AP Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against the man accused of breaking into a New York rabbi’s home with a machete over the weekend and wounding five people who had gone there to celebrate Hanukkah. After the rampage, which Gov.…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Calls Anti-Semitic Hanukkah Stabbing “Domestic Terrorism”
Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together for a candlelight vigil in Washington, DC.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Update, 3:24 pm ET: President Trump responded on Sunday to the anti-Semitic attacks in a township north of New York City. He called the attacks, which injured five people, “horrific.” He continued: “We must all come together to…
Aaron Dean, Former Fort Worth Cop, Indicted in Murder of Atatiana Jefferson
vivalapenler/iStock Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean was indicted by a grand jury for the murder of a 28-year-old Black woman named Atatiana Jefferson, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office announced Friday, according to NBC News. Jefferson was in her home babysitting her nephew when Dean, responding to a neighbor’s concern that Jefferson’s door…
Jersey City Shooters Targeted Kosher Market, Mayor Says
Kevin Hagen/AP Two armed assailants deliberately targeted a kosher supermarket during a rampage in New Jersey Tuesday, according to the mayor of Jersey City. The shooting spree left six people dead, including a police officer and the suspects. Last night after extensive review of our CCTV system it has now become clear from the cameras…
It’s 2019 and Female Pilots Are Still Fighting Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
Airlines are “no stranger to sex stereotypes,” but a group of pilots and flight attendants are pushing back on that.Thomas_EyeDesign/Getty Back in 2013, Shannon Kiedrowski was 11 years into her dream job as a pilot at Frontier Airlines when she gave birth to her second child. On her first day back from maternity leave, a…