Gun Violence

School officials confiscated a loaded handgun from a third-grader at Daly Elementary School in Detroit after responding to a tip Friday morning, reports KTLA.com. “We…

Another U.S. school became a crime scene Thursday morning when a 16-year-old student opened fire during his first period class and critically wounded a classmate…

Savannah Ramirez, 19, rang in the New Year by accidentally shooting her 22-year-old brother, Manuel Ortiz, in the head while posing for a picture for…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Authorities in Alabama say a man opened fire in a hospital, wounding an officer and two employees before he was fatally shot…

Fed up with the level of senseless gun violence that is happening in many Black communities across the nation, Minister Louis Farrakhan (pictured center, in…

Fed up with the level of senseless gun violence that is happening in many Black communities across the nation, Minister Louis Farrakhan (pictured center, in…

In a city racked by the paroxysms of violence, an activist in Chicago is turning to the Nation of Islam to help create a peace…

Oakland California had a busy year with the Occupy Wall St. movement in 2011. We saw a lot of political talk, shut down ports and political unrest in the city. Ironically, in the shadow of “the movement” that created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Oakland saw a surge in homicide. Sadly, many of […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head during the filming of a rap music video in Oakland was taken off life support Friday. Hiram Lawrence, who would have turned 2 on Dec. 28, was pronounced dead at 3:05 p.m., the Rev. Roosevelt Taylor said. SEE ALSO: Second Child Shot […]

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A dean’s list student who killed a Virginia Tech police officer had no ties to the university and did not know the patrolman, authorities said Friday without offering a motive for a crime spree that spanned two days and ended in suicide. SEE ALSO: Why Obama Was Right To Back “Abortion […]