https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/news/supreme-court-examines-jury-bias-claims-in-pitchford-v-cain/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:54:49 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23674 The U.S. Supreme Court seemed split while hearing oral arguments Tuesday, April 2, in Pitchford v. Cain, a case centered on whether a Mississippi trial court failed to properly evaluate claims of racial discrimination during jury selection. During the jury selection of the trial of Terry Pitchford, an 18-year-old Black man accused of murdering a local convenience store clerk, the district attorney for Mississippi’s 5th Circuit Court District struck four Black jurors. This decision left 11 white jurors and one Black juror to hear this case. Joseph J. Perkovich, representing petitioner Terry Pitchford, argued that the trial court failed to]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/national/jayland-walker-was-shot-over-40-times-by-akron-police-none-of-the-officers-were-indicted/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 21:50:26 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15525   By Chrisleen Herard Howard University News Service Of the 94 bullets that flew into the air, it is unclear which one took the life of 25-year-old Jayland Walker as he ran from police in Akron, Ohio, after a traffic stop on June 27, 2022. Suffering from grazes, entrance wounds and blood loss, Walker was left on the ground dying in handcuffs. Months later, a grand jury decided not to indict any of the eight officers directly involved in his death.  “I was hopeful that one or two of them, for sure, would be indicted simply because, in my mind,]]> https://hunewsservice.com/multimedia/video/celebration-calls-for-change-after-derek-chauvin-verdict/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:28:55 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=11981 Énoa Gibson, NewsVision   A Minneapolis jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of all charges, including second degree murder in the death of George Floyd. The case drew national attention and sparked uprisings last May after video Chauvin killing Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes went viral. At Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC there was cautious optimism after the verdict. NewsVision reporter Ènoa Gibson has reaction.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/remarks-by-president-barak-obama-in-arm-chair-discussion-on-criminal-justice-with-enforcement-leaders/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:07:59 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/remarks-by-president-barak-obama-in-arm-chair-discussion-on-criminal-justice-with-enforcement-leaders/ https://hunewsservice.com/news/remarks-by-president-barak-obama-in-arm-chair-discussion-on-criminal-justice-with-enforcement-leaders-2/ Sun, 25 Oct 2015 20:22:33 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/remarks-by-president-barak-obama-in-arm-chair-discussion-on-criminal-justice-with-enforcement-leaders-2/ Criminal Justice]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/obama-says-black-lives-matter-is-legitimate/ Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:57:44 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/obama-says-black-lives-matter-is-legitimate/ President Takes on Criminal Justice System   President Barack Obama speaks to guests at The White House Panel Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform.  Here is joined by Moderator Bill Keller (left), Editor-in-Chief of The Marshall Project, Charlie Beck (right), Chief, Los Angeles Police Department, and John Walsh (far right), United States Attorney, District of Colorado. The focus of the discussion was how to make America's law enforcement and correctional practices more just and effective. | Photo by Cheriss May, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – The Black Lives Matter movement, who many have embraced and others have claimed is anti-police,]]>