Black Justice Tracker

Post-WWI tensions fueled Red Summer violence as returning Black veterans faced resentment and lynchings rose from 64 in 1918 to 83 in 1919. White mobs...

Black Americans face persistent overrepresentation in police violence data across multiple trackers.

• Black people are 2.8x more likely to be killed...

• Uncle launched independent probe after learning of shooting from neighbor, not police
• Family dismisses official narrative, believes fight caused death instead
• Ben Crump joins push for transparency amid missing phone and evidence gaps

The 1876 Hamburg massacre turned racial terror into political power when Red Shirt leaders faced no consequences and instead won high office,...

Madison's Office of the Independent Police Monitor is probing the fatal shooting of Corey Ruiz, created after the 2015 Tony Robinson and 2020 George...

• DA Tom Marino responded to outrage over a Black teen's traffic stop by claiming absent fathers and neglect define "the Black community"
• He ignored...

Austin activists are demanding mental health crisis alternatives after police fatally shot unarmed Black teen Anthoneil Williams II during a 911...

Chicago police have released surveillance video of four masked suspects in a deadly July 2 gas station shooting in Auburn Gresham that killed a...

Bodycam footage released by police in Austin, Texas, shows officers fatally shooting 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams II after a 911 call.

• Suspect seized: Larry Smith Jr., 23, arrested without incident at a Columbus apartment by U.S. Marshals and Franklin County SWAT.
• Mississippi...

The "Black-on-Black" crime narrative deflects accountability from police and institutions after high-profile killings, shielding them from oversight...

• A 17-year-old Black teen called 911 reporting a possibly armed person in a park, only to be fatally shot by arriving officers who mistook his water...

Contemporary accounts from the 1873 Colfax Massacre put the Black death toll at 62 to 80 men, based on deputy marshals who buried 59 bodies and noted...

Austin police killed unarmed 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams with over 20 rounds after his 911 call, illustrating the Supreme Court’s repeated rulings...

The claim that higher crime rates explain why police disproportionately target Black and Latino people rests on flawed assumptions repeatedly...

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis framed the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black 17-year-old as "potentially a suicide by police" after the call...

Lloyd Gilmore, 44, ran to the Sikeston police station seeking mental health help yet died minutes later after seven officers tased and hogtied him....

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Three angles from the Corey Ruiz shooting reveal its full weight:

• Family trauma runs deep as his mother sobs "They took my baby" and his 13-year-old...