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While America grieves with the Parkland community and generally supports the survivors-turned-activists in the South Florida community, some implore the nation to also support gun reform activists when they are mostly or solely Black and Brown people. Amidst these pushes and political pressures, a troubling transcript has been brought to light. According to the transcript, […]

According to reports from Foreign Policy, the arrest of Christopher Daniels, known in Dallas as Rakem Balogun, on December 12, 2017 has resulted in the FBI’s first known prosecution of any individual suspected as being a Black Identity Extremist. The FBI Counterterrorism unit came up with this designation targeting radical Black activists last year, and […]

Last week, I was banned from Facebook for the second time. That this has only happened twice in seven years is a small miracle, given Facebook’s well-documented penchant for censoring the words of Black thinkers and writers, and my history of publishing some of my most controversial thoughts as statuses on the platform. This time, […]

“Black Identity Extremist” is the new “The Black Panthers are the biggest threat to peace and security in America,” according to a FBI report attained by Foreign Policy warning that police attacks on Black people could result in violence against police officers. The report was released on August 3rd, only a week and a few […]

Jared Kushner, senior advisor to Donald Trump (and his son in law) is now under FBI and congressional investigation due to a private meeting he had with a Russian banker during the presidential transition.

FBI Director James Comey was in the Los Angeles bureau when he got the news he was let go. He was speaking to staff members when televisions throughout the office started broadcasting that he had been fired by the president. The New York Times reports that he initially laughed it off before finding out it wasn’t a […]

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is the latest supporter of the growing belief that adding a federal police presence will curb gun violence. CNN reports that Pughhe has asked the FBI to help decrease the city’s growing murder rate, which has reached more than 100 deaths in April for the first time in two decades.

Ben Moussa Keita, 18, was reported missing by his family in November. His body wasn’t found until January hanging from a “very high tree branch,” according to The New York Post. His death was originally ruled a suicide, but has been recategorized as “undetermined” given an autopsy, making many suspicious of if he was lynched.

From Colorlines: While Chapel Hill, N.C., police continue to investigate Craig Hicks’ motives in the shooting deaths of Dean Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, the FBI has opened its own inquiry into the Tuesday night homicides.  The FBI’s inquiry should not be confused with a full investigation, the Washington Post reports. Rather, the federal agency will […]

  The FBI is looking into the death of a black teen who was found hanging from a swing set at a trailer park on Aug. 29. 17-year-old Lennon Lacy’s death was originally ruled a suicide. 

  Huntsville City Schools paid a former FBI agent $157,000 last year to investigate social media activity of public school students. The investigation led to the expulsion of 14 students last year. 12 were black. 

  Activists in Ferguson have collected 200,000 signatures backing their demand that federal agencies address the national trend of police brutality with major reforms. The activists are calling for the collection and release of comprehensive data on how many Americans are killed by law enforcement officers annually.