In this special edition of the NewsOne Top 5 we take a look at the top news stories during a summer that gave us plenty to talk about and reflect on. Read more about them, below.

Jamycheal Mitchell, who had a history of mental illness, was found dead in a Portsmouth, Virginia jail cell on August 19.

The death of Cleveland woman Ralkina Jones inside a Cleveland Heights jail cell late last month marked the third such passing of a Black woman while…

Sandra Bland's family announced the filing of a lawsuit against officials in Houston involved in her arrest and death.

NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Donald Trump: Obama Has “Set A Very…

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Pastor Jamal Bryant and a group of activists from around the country protested outside of the offices of the Department of Justice on Monday, demanding…

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Filimoni Raiyawa stopped breathing after his arrest following a car crash. At the time he was wanted for fatally beating an elderly man who had been in his care.

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A woman claiming to have been in the Waller County, Texas jail at the same time as Sandra Bland is speaking out about what she…

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In the week since Sandra Bland was found dead in a Texas jail cell, just three days after she was pulled over and arrested for failure…

In the ten days since the mysterious death of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail cell, speculation around exactly how the 28-year-old Illinois woman died…