Social Justice

PROUD BOYS ORDERED TO PAY $1 MILLION FOR BURNING DOWN BLM BANNER AT HISTORICALLY BLACK CHURCH

On Friday, a judge granted over $1 million in damages to a downtown Washington, D.C., Black church that had filed a lawsuit against the far-right group Proud Boys. The lawsuit was filed in response to the group’s act of tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest in 2020. Judge Neal A. Kravitz of the Superior Court not only granted a financial settlement but also imposed a five-year restraining order on the Proud Boys and their leaders. This order prevents

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MANHATTAN GRAND JURY INDICTS DANIEL PENNY IN CHOKEHOLD DEATH OF JORDAN NEELY

Jordan Neely died from a chokehold, and a Manhattan grand jury voted on Wednesday to accuse former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny. The precise charges won’t be made public until Penny makes a later court appearance, according to ABC News. The family of Jordan Neely intended to sue Penny for wrongful death, as we previously reported. The New York Post reports that Carolyn Neely, Jordan Neely’s aunt, went and engaged the Mills & Edwards law firm

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