Trone Dowd
All the Wildest Things From the FBI’s 40-Year Aretha Franklin Investigation
The agency spent decades tracking the legendary singer’s movements—and repeatedly found nothing incriminating.
Sheriff Threatened to Fire All His Black Officers in Racist Tirade Caught on Tape
“Fuck them Black bastards... it’s just time to clean them out.”
He Was Granted Parole After 31 Years. A Newspaper Ad Is Keeping Him in Prison.
Frederick Bell was meant to get out of a Mississippi prison this week, but a little-known technicality is blocking his parole.
Cops Shot and Killed Another Teen With an Airsoft Gun
Los Angeles police shot and killed a 19-year-old outside his home after mistaking his airsoft gun for a rifle.
Paramedics Gave Elijah McClain a Lethal Dose of Ketamine
Elijah McClain’s first autopsy didn't have a cause of death. A new, amended version acknowledges that a lethal dose of ketamine killed him.
Marc Wilson Was Just Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Marc Wilson shot and killed 17-year-old Haley Hutcheson in Georgia after he said he was called racial epithets and nearly run off the road.
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Marc Wilson Case Ahead of Sentencing
Wilson said he was harassed, called racial epithets, and nearly run off the road by three male teens. He’s now facing a decade of jail time.
Only Black Cop in Florida K-9 Unit Says Colleagues Used the N-Word All the Time
The officer also claims that a unit supervisor yelled out “Heil Hitler” and did a Nazi salute while in the same room as him.
The Violent, Racist History of K-9 Units
Police dogs were invented by slavers. Now they’re used by cops.
Cop Kills Unarmed Black Man Seconds After Opening His Bedroom Door
Donovan Lewis, 20, was in his bed when a Columbus police officer shot at him on Tuesday. About an hour later, Lewis was pronounced dead in hospital.
Black Man Who Claimed Self-Defense in Killing of White Teen Convicted of Manslaughter
Marc Wilson claimed he fired his gun in self-defense after teens yelled racial slurs and tried to run him off the road in Statesboro, Georgia. The jury didn’t see it that way.