For Black mothers today, the fear of losing a child to police violence is a deeply personal and painful reminder of a long history of racial injustice. This fear isn’t just a modern-day concern—it echoes past injustices like family separations during slavery and coerced sterilizations.
Lawsuit files against Fergus in June 2021, after the organizer failed to account for $120,000 of the $200,000 she raised for the fundraiser.
![Diamond Reynolds the girlfriend of Philando Castile talked about what her life has been like since he was killed one year ago during a gathering in his honor Thursday July 6, in St. Paul, MN. ] JERRY HOLT • jerry.holt@startribune.com](https://ionemadamenoire.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2019/11/15741141663677.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1024&crop=0,0,100,683px)
Diamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of the late Philando Castile, is suing former Minnesota mayor Tom McBroom for saying she'll spend her settlement money on crack cocaine.