Minister Stephen Muhammad, who is with the Nation of Islam, has been going door-to-door and on the streets in Akron handing out cards that say "Stop the killing" on one side and list five street codes ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — The “code of silence” on the streets is real and needs to be broken, Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Kenneth Barnard said as he sentenced Maliek Hargrave to a lengthy prison sentence ...

“If someone bumps into him on the street,” Shah says, “now the kid can say to himself, ‘Am I ever going to see this person again? Is it possible this person is carrying a weapon?’ The code of the ...

"Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence; in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. How you dress, ...

In D.C. Superior Court not long ago, a man named Henry Wallace went on trial for murder. A friend was afraid that someone was out to kill him, so he paid Wallace to eliminate the threat. Such an ...