Law enforcement: Biggest gang in Knox County is ‘Aryan Nation’

(KNOXVILLE) The biggest gang in the area is one that hardly makes headlines. With more than 230 members, the Aryan Nation, a white supremacist group, is the largest gang that has found a home in Knox County. There are a total of 1,500 gang members in the area, with more than 50 different groups. But as the largest gang, the …

Dallas shooting is the latest American nightmare

To a nation already approaching something like a nervous breakdown from a confluence of race, violence and social media, here’s a nightmare from the darkest corner of the American attic: a Texas sniper, a twisted hatred, a slaughter of innocents. Yet there’s at least one big difference between Micah Xavier Johnson, accused of killing five cops Thursday night in Dallas, …

N.C. Gov. declares state of emergency following violent Charlotte protests

CHARLOTTE — One person was shot Wednesday night and four officers were injured as a second round of protests gripped this North Carolina city in the wake of a police-involved shooting of a black man. The City of Charlotte initially tweeted the person had died, but later corrected that the person was on life support. The Wednesday night shooting was “civilian …

For affluent blacks, wealth doesn’t stop racial profiling

When Ronald S. Sullivan starts teaching his class at Harvard Law School each semester, he asks his students how many of them have been spread eagle over a police car. Every year, it’s the same answer: Two or three black students and maybe one other person of color raises their hand. “These are the kids who made it to Harvard …

Officer accuses Douglasville police of racial profiling

DOUGLASVILLE, GA (CBS46) – A police officer filed a lawsuit against the Douglasville Police Department accusing the department of racial profiling. Officer Derrick Bailey said that he was fired twice in less than five years because he spoke out about racial profiling at the department. According to an Internal Affairs investigation by the department, Bailey said he began to document things …

4 wrongfully arrested men blame racial profiling

LOUISVILLE — The four young black men who collected a $1.5 million settlement this week from Metro Louisville for their wrongful arrests say they accept Mayor Greg Fischer’s apology. But they reject Fischer and Police Chief Steve Conrad’s claims that race had nothing to do with the arrests. And at a news conference Thursday in the Jefferson County Judicial Center, …

Americans with Disabilities More Often Victims of Violent Crimes

People with disabilities are significantly more likely to be victims of violent crimes, according to data from the Department of Justice. The age-adjusted rate of nonfatal violent victimization — rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault — was 36 per 1,000 for people with disabilities in 2013, twice the rate for people without disabilities. The 1.3 million of these …

The Heart of the Matter

Times of tragedies can become defining moments in a nation’s history; Americans seek comfort, inspiration and unity when we ask why such horrific events can occur in our communities. However, the conversation after the Charleston shooting quickly turned to a rallying cry for more gun control in the media and political circles. But stricter gun laws will not necessarily stop …

Queens Man Charged With Hate Crimes in Attacks on 2 Chinese Women

A Queens man who said he disliked Chinese people has been charged with hate crimes after robbing and assaulting two Chinese women, prosecutors said on Thursday. The man, Key S. Lee, who is Korean, faces counts of robbery and assault as hate crimes, as well as other charges, in connection with two episodes in Flushing, Queens, the most recent on …