Tag: racial bias

For more than four decades, one name has divided America, inspired activists and kept Philadelphia at the center of one of the nation's most polarizing criminal cases: Mumia Abu-Jamal. To supporters, the former journalist and Black Panther is a political prisoner whose unjust conviction is a clear example of racial bias, prosecutorial misconduct and the failures of the criminal justice system. To others, including the family of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner and many in law enforcement, he is a convicted cop killer whose conviction has withstood decades of appeals. The debate has never truly ended. Now, Abu-Jamal's legal team has taken his fight beyond U.S. courts, petitioning the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to weigh in on his incarceration.

When Ilia Malinin landed a backflip, it was celebrated as revolutionary. But nearly 30 years ago, Surya Bonaly did the same thing and was penalized. The move, banned in 1976, was only legalized in 2024. What changed is who gets celebrated.

GloRilla's Georgia home was burglarized. When police responded, she was arrested. Marijuana was found. Critics question how victims are treated, highlighting Forsyth County's handling of the case and raising concerns about policing, racial bias, and the justice system's treatment of victims.