New York Giants player Nikita Whitlock stressed, “It’s about to be 2017. Oppression, racism, hatred, violence, there’s no need for that.”
Bay area police arrested one of the three men involved in the death of William Sims, an award-winning pianist and musician.
William Ronald Pulliam, 62, allegedly shot 15-year-old James Harvey Means after the two bumped each other on the street.
Plus, civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis accepts National Book Award with emotional speech and three teens charged for hatchet attack on transgender woman in North Carolina.
A White Oregon couple accused of running down a Black teen in a convenience store parking lot on August 10 will face additional hate crime charges.
Dylann Roof's lawyer, Sarah Gannett, said the charges are "extremely grave" and "under the Constitution they are not properly charged."
Vandals removed American flags and toppled stones of Black veterans. The police are investigating whether it was a hate crime.
Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said that police are questioning witnesses again in order to accurately verify claims.
One brief moment in time would prove fatal for the Staten Island teen, who family and friends lovingly called, "Poppa Jawn."
Louisiana House Bill 953, or the 'Blue Lives Matter Bill," extends provisions under the current hate crime law, covering police officers, EMS workers and first responders.
