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A coalition of media groups says restrictions on access to the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death amount to an unconstitutional closing of the courtroom. More
January 18, 2022
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — Thea Brooks has long used fashion as an outlet for self-expression, designing T-shirts for special occasions and doing her own alterations to store-bought clothing. When her nephew, Ahmaud Arbery, was gunned down in February 2020, Brooks poured her grief into creating wearable tributes to her beloved “Quez.” “Posters […] More
January 6, 2022
Gov. John Bel Edwards scheduled the pardon ceremony for a spot near where Plessy was arrested in 1892 for breaking a Louisiana law requiring Black people to ride in cars that the law described as “equal but separate” from those for white customers. More
January 5, 2022
The Montana Supreme Court has reversed a Miles City man's conviction for attempted deliberate homicide for threatening to stab a bar owner in the heart while the defendant sat handcuffed in the back of a law enforcement vehicle. The justices, in a 4-1 decision issued on Dec. 28, said Banner Lee Boyd did not take any overt actions toward killing the bar owner and thus the state had not proven its case. More
January 4, 2022
A new federal court order says a Mississippi city must allow construction of a mosque, two months after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city on behalf of two Muslim men who want to develop the place of worship. More
January 4, 2022
A firearms store and gun range in suburban Kansas City refused to let a Muslim woman use the range unless she removed her hijab, a Muslim civil rights organization alleged in a federal lawsuit. More
January 4, 2022
An Iowa man charged earlier for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arraigned Tuesday on a new federal indictment that includes a felony count that could carry up to 20 years in prison. Leo Christopher Kelly, 36, of Cedar Rapids, who has been free on pretrial release, appeared via video for his arraignment. His attorney, Kira West, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. More
December 21, 2021
A Louisiana judge is taking an unpaid leave of absence after she repeatedly used a racial slur in a video recorded at her home and posted to social media, and Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday called for her resignation. The video, which caused a community outcry, shows a television set at the home of Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet displaying security footage of what appears to be a foiled burglary. Laughter and racist slurs are heard from the viewers — who aren't visible on camera — as they watch two people capture the suspect. More
December 16, 2021
Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin appears to be on the verge of pleading guilty to violating George Floyd 's civil rights according to notice sent by the court's electronic filing system. More
December 13, 2021
Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till it is ending latest investigation into 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted tortured and killed in Mississippi. More
December 6, 2021
Three men are charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, and jurors will have to decide whether one, two, three or none of them is guilty. More
November 18, 2021
Two California couples gave birth to each others' babies after a mix-up at a fertility clinic and spent months raising children that weren't theirs before swapping the infants. More
November 8, 2021
Months before Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus Black teenager Claudette Colvin did the same. More
October 26, 2021
A local prosecutor has filed a motion to clear the names of four young African American men who were wrongly accused of raping a white woman more than seven decades ago in what is considered one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in Jim Crow-era Florida. More
October 26, 2021
During jury selection in the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery trial, Vinnie Politan and Julia Jenae discuss how the process works and the types of jurors the prosecution and defense potentially seek. More
October 21, 2021
Honolulu police officers and Hawaii public school officials discriminated against disabled Black child by handcuffing arresting interrogating girl for "run-of-the-mill" dispute says ACLU. More
October 18, 2021
National advocacy group for women blasted sentencing of a 21-year-old Oklahoma woman to prison for a manslaughter conviction after she suffered a miscarriage while using methamphetamine. More
October 18, 2021
Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Ted Rowlands take us through everything that has led to the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery Trial and break down the possible defense strategy of the three defendants. More
October 14, 2021
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly a century ago, white leaders of a Southern California city robbed a Black family of their prime beachfront land and legacy. Descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce — including the couple’s great-great grandson — returned to the scene of the crime in Manhattan Beach […] More
October 1, 2021
R. Kelly’s long-awaited racketeering and sex trafficking trial is underway in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Court TV will provide the latest legal updates and live analysis during the trial. More
September 23, 2021
A part-time police officer and former firefighter in West Virginia has been indicted on federal civil rights charges involving two victims. More
September 2, 2021
The “Martinsville Seven," as the men became known, were all convicted of raping 32-year-old Ruby Stroud Floyd, who was white. More
August 31, 2021
Kenneth Gleason white Louisiana man life sentence apparently random killing Black man in a park + another Black man at a bus stop + firing into home of Black family + racially motivated attacks More
August 24, 2021
By Emanuella Grinberg, Court TV NEW YORK (Court TV) — She was a 17-year-old high school junior and aspiring singer when she met R&B star R. Kelly, eager for his mentorship. Within two years, she claims Robert Sylvester Kelly infected her with herpes, physically abused her and pressured her to have an abortion — all […] More
August 24, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison on federal hate crimes charges. Nicole Poole Franklin had already been sentenced to up to 25 years, including […] More
August 19, 2021
R&B R. Kelly star faces charges of sex abuse, racketeering and bribery in his New York City trial. More
August 9, 2021
We’re just weeks away from the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan – the three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. More
July 29, 2021
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s highest court on Tuesday tossed out a 2017 first-degree murder conviction after finding that the state may have relied on “implicit or unconscious” bias when it sought to remove a prospective Black juror. The 7-0 decision called for a new trial and a state […] More
July 13, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — A California woman who wrongly accused a Black teen of taking her phone at a New York City hotel late last year and grabbed at him as he tried to leave now faces hate crime charges. Miya Ponsetto was arraigned in court in Manhattan via videoconference Wednesday on charges including unlawful […] More
June 30, 2021
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd is seeking not only a new trial but also a hearing to “impeach the verdict” by investigating potential juror misconduct. Eric Nelson’s request for a new trial for Derek Chauvin is fairly routine, but the […] More
June 10, 2021
