Nearly five years after first proposing a federal database for police misconduct following the police killing of George Floyd, President Donald Trump's second administration has shut it down. The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD) no longer remains active, the Washington Post first reported. First approved by former President Joe Biden in 2023, the landmark […]

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By Devin Williams BARTLESVILLE, Okla.--In small towns like Bartlesville, Oklahoma, some things are considered unspoken rules. Respect Murphy’s Steakhouse’s “hot hamburger.” Expect traffic congestion at the Price Road roundabout during rush hour. But one unwritten rule is now under scrutiny: the criminalization of rambunctious child’s play. On February 5, a nine-year-old fourth-grade student at Hoover […]

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TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has, for the first time, released a comprehensive report on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, exposing the militarized destruction of Greenwood—the vibrant Black community known as Black Wall Street. The report reveals chilling new details about the massacre, describing it as a deliberate, military-style attack. “This […]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – A recent investigation conducted by the Department of Justice found that the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Police Department unfairly discriminate against those suffering behavioral health disabilities. The report shows that OKCPD unnecessarily institutionalizes adults who experience mental health episodes in violation of Title II of the Americans […]

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WASHINGTON - Responding to mounting pressure from criminal justice reform advocates, outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden announced Monday he's approving commutations for 37 of 40 federal death row prisoners from death to life without the possibility of parole. The announcement comes after advocates as high-profile as Martin Luther King III lobbied for Biden to expand […]

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