Fruitvale Station chronicles the true story of the last 24 hours of Oscar Grant’s life - a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who was fatally shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. In the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 on the platform of the Fruitvale BART ... Read more...
Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles Police Department officer accused of killing four people in revenge for his 2008 firing from the agency for his disputed report of police brutality and corruption in the department, posted a 6-page manifesto before his spree killings. Dorner is now belie... Read more...
Shock: Philadelphia cop strikes woman in the face at Puerto Rican Day parade The video is disturbing. A woman at the Puerto Rican Day parade in Philadelphia is walking behind police officers who have their attention diverted away from her direction when a man comes into the picture and throws... Read more...
Since teaming up with the Oakland-based record label, HyperSpace Music, KnowItAll, has been steady putting the final touches on his upcoming Weekend Rapstar EP. The EP introduces the rapper/producer, who also serves as a member of genre-bending electro-hip-hop group League510, as a solo artist, and... Read more...
On September 3, 2010 Askia Sabur was attacked and beaten by 4 Philadelphia police from the 19th district. On October 26, 2010 Tanya Yates, Askia's cousin, was also attacked by 19th District police in what the police claim is an unrelated incident. Over this past year over a hundre... Read more...