by New Coalition | Oct 20, 2022 | Key issues
A pregnant Black activist serving four years in prison over comments she made to police during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020 will not receive a lesser sentence, a judge in South Carolina has ruled. A jury this spring found Brittany Martin, 34, of...
by New Coalition | Oct 12, 2022 | Key issues
Rhode Island police departments are poised to spend $16 million in state and federal grants to equip police officers with body cameras and cover the costs of managing and operating the equipment. The architects of the Statewide Body-Worn Camera Program announced the...
by New Coalition | Oct 12, 2022 | Key issues
Bismarck School Board member Emily Eckroth has been scheduled for trial for allegedly obstructing officers during a traffic stop last month. She’s charged with a misdemeanor count of physical obstruction of a government function. Court officials on Wednesday...
by New Coalition | Oct 11, 2022 | Key issues
An Alabama inmate on death row survived a “botched execution” lasting 90 minutes as prison workers unsuccessfully searched for his veins, according to a federal lawsuit. In late September, a knock on the window bordering the execution chamber ended the lethal...
by New Coalition | Oct 11, 2022 | Key issues
Authorities found children as young as 13 working at a Korean-operated parts supplier to automakers Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Corp, and have fined the company and a labour recruiter, the US Department of Labor and the Alabama Department of Labor said on Tuesday. In...