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The Biden administration’s move to ban menthol cigarettes has the Black community split, with the ban’s supporters arguing it promotes a healthier lifestyle and its critics arguing it unfairly targets Black Americans and could lead to injustices and policing issues. 

Attorney Ben Crump announced that he and attorney Bob Hilliard have been separately retained by the parents of Tyre Sampson, the 14-year-old boy who died after falling off a theme park ride Thursday night.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was shot and killed Saturday night in Whitehaven, according to Memphis Police. The shooting happened on the 5400 block of Elvis Presley Boulevard at Winfield Avenue around 10:00 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police later said that the victim was 19 years old. A man who […]

Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of a former Lonoke County deputy who was charged with manslaughter after shooting and killing a teen during a traffic stop.

The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys said Friday that the 22-year-old Black man was “executed” by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke him from a deep sleep, and that he reached in confusion for a legal firearm to protect himself.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 14-year-old was shopping for Christmas clothes last week with her mother when the pair heard screams and hid in a dressing room, where the girl was fatally shot by Los Angeles police after an officer fired a rifle at a suspect and a bullet pierced a wall, the family said […]

Video released Monday showed Los Angeles police firing at a man suspected of assaulting customers last week at a clothing store, a shooting that also killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a dressing room who was struck by a bullet that went through a wall.

Shelby County’s mayor will bring together criminal justice leaders from across the south later this week. From a nationally recognized trial lawyer to activists to a hip-hop artist, leaders will discuss public safety and reforms and honor those who have worked tirelessly. Among those honored is Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump, who recently traveled to […]

A 9-year-old boy has died of the injuries he suffered at Astroworld more than a week after the event, according to the Mayor of Houston.

Funeral arrangements have been set for two friends who were killed in a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival last week in Houston.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The family of a man shot and killed by police in Bolivar, Tennessee earlier this month has retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump as their lawyer. Andra Davon Murphy, 43, from Toone, Tennessee, was killed Oct. 6 outside the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement said a man had approached correctional officers […]