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The fourth of six Mississippi former law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to subjecting two Black men to racially motivated torture in January 2023 was sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday.  Christian Dedmon, a former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for his role in torturing …

NEW YORK – An NYPD sergeant was arraigned on manslaughter charges Tuesday after his indictment was unsealed in the death of a 30-year-old man back in August.  Investigators said he threw a cooler at the man’s head during a drug bust.  The emotions were high inside the courtroom for the …

NEW YORK – Families often find themselves at movie theaters on Christmas Day, and this year “The Color Purple” drew out crowds in droves in Harlem. At the AMC Magic Johnson Theaters, the nearly sold-out showings for the premiere showered the streets with a parade of purple. Dozens were decked …