Just days after video footage went viral of NFL player Tyreek Hill’s traffic stop ahead of his team’s first game of the season on Sunday, the Miami Dolphins wide receiver called for the firing of the police officer who tackled him. On Wednesday, Hill commented that he “could have been better” about keeping his driver’s […]
Christina Carrega
Christina Carrega is the criminal justice reporter at Capital B. Follow her on Bluesky @chriscarrega.bsky.social.
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice
Black Liberation Leaders Convicted of Conspiracy, But Not Guilty of Acting As Russian Agents
The leaders of four Black liberation groups were convicted on Thursday for conspiring to act as unregistered Russian agents, but dodged the most serious charge: acting as Russian nationals in the U.S. to spread their propaganda in 2016. Outside of the courthouse, 82-year-old Omali Yeshitela praised the jury’s verdict, the Tampa Bay Times reported. “The […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Policing
Tyre Nichols Killing: Jury Selection Begins for 3 Ex-Officers Accused in Fatal Beating
Nearly a year ago, five Black former Memphis police officers were indicted in federal court after a traffic stop in January 2023 that resulted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. The FedEx worker cried out for his mother as the officers repeatedly kicked, used a baton and Tasers, and pepper sprayed him. He was […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics & Policy
Leaders of Black Liberation Groups Are Accused of Working With Russia
An 82-year-old Black liberation leader, and three others, are on trial in a Florida federal court, accused of plotting a scheme with Russian operatives in 2016 to promote the Kremlin’s political interest in the United States through staged protests. The defendants — Omali Yeshitela, 82, Penny Hess, Jesse Nevel, and Augustus Claudius Romain Jr. — […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Policing
A Judge Ruled That Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Caused Her Death, Not The Officers Who Shot Her
It has been four years since Breonna Taylor was killed inside her home by a hail of bullets fired by three Louisville, Kentucky, police officers. It has also been nearly four years since Vice President Kamala Harris uttered Taylor’s name in agreement that the 26-year-old first responder had not received justice when a grand jury […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Who are the Exonerated Five?
If it were up to former President Donald Trump 35 years ago, five Black and brown teenagers from New York City would have been put to death after a jury convicted them in 1990 of the rape and assault of a white woman jogging in Central Park. The charges against the five young men would […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
South Carolina Court Upheld Brittany Martin’s 4-Year Sentence for Protesting
In another blow for Brittany Martin and her family, South Carolina Court of Appeal judges disagreed that her 4-year prison sentence for yelling at police officers during a protest was excessive and upheld her conviction. And, in May, Martin was denied an early release by a state parole board. She won’t have another hearing until […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Ayanna Pressley On Project 2025 and the DOJ
The tone of this year’s presidential election may have shifted since Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and passed the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris. But Democratic lawmakers are still sounding the alarm about what they say are the threats of a Donald Trump presidency. “People should stay woke,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a founding […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Policing
Casey Goodson’s Family Settles Civil Claim for $7M Over Fatal Police Shooting
For over three years, the family of Casey Goodson Jr. has not stopped their pursuit of justice. A year after Michael Jason Meade — a now former Franklin County, Ohio, sheriff’s SWAT deputy — was indicted for shooting Goodson in the back five times, Goodson’s family filed a wrongful death claim and a federal civil […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Kamala Harris’ ‘Top Cop’ Legacy Is Complicated
Five years ago, when Kamala Harris was running for president, she labeled herself the “top cop” and “progressive prosecutor” that was “tough on crime.” With that came backlash from some criminal justice reform advocates and even those in law enforcement. In 2024, it’s unclear where she stands ideologically as vice president. Yet in her first […]