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Family, Protesters Demand Answers Following Death of 15-Year-Old Black Teen Who Police Say Killed Himself Following Foot Chase
More than 100 people gathered in Chicago on Sunday evening to protest the death of Steven Rosenthal, a 15-year-old boy who police say shot himself in the stairwell of his West Side home, following a brief chase with officers. Police say that officers tried to question the teen after seeing him with the weapon just…
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2 Black Utah High School Soccer Players Subject to Racial Taunts, Slurs From Fans of Rival Team
Fans of a high school soccer team showed what true sportsmanship means to two black players from the opposing team…by calling them racial slurs and other names, of course. According to Good4Utah, the Canyons school district has launched an investigation after fans sitting in Alta High School’s student section apparently shouted racial slurs at the…
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Parking Patrol Paula Calls Cops on Black Man Who Was Trying To Get Into His Own Car
And here we are again because white people can’t stop calling the cops on black people. A woman, who I have decided to dub Parking Patrol Paula, called the cops on a black man trying to get into his own goddamn car, accusing him of trying to break into the vehicle. Because that’s exactly what…
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Arizona High School Student Refused to Take Off Bandanna, So He And 3 Other Students Were Arrested Because Apparently, That Makes Sense
Further proving that cops will arrest black kids for anything, an Arizona senior student at Apache Junction High School was arrested, along with some of his schoolmates, all because he refused to take off his bandanna. Needless to say, this has sparked huge conversations about dress code at the Arizona high school. According to AZ…
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Feel Bold Enough to Call Black Bus Riders in DC The N-Word? Feel Bold Enough to Get Clocked
So this is a story about a white woman who thought it was a good idea to call a bus full of passengers “niggers” in Northeast D.C., during Tuesday evening rush hour … only to find herself an unwilling participant in the time-honored tradition of catching hands. According to Fox5DC, the woman had to be…
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Prosecutors Cannot Call Laquan McDonald, 17-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Chicago Cop, a 'Victim' During Murder Trial
A Chicago judge ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors will be unable to call Laquan McDonald, who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer, a victim until closing arguments. Attorneys defending Officer Jason Van Dyke, the officer who is facing charges of first-degree murder and other firearm offenses in McDonald’s death, have claimed that…
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Mississippi Hospital Employee Fired after Hurling Racial Slur at a Donut Shop
A Mississippi Baptist Medical Center employee will now be acquainted with the unemployment line after he was caught on camera hurling a racial slur at an employee at a Flowood donut shop. Kyle Thomas worked in radiology at the hospital and was promptly fired after the video started spreading. The hospital released a statement to…
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NYPD Officer Allegedly Broke Into Nashville, Tenn., Family's Home, Hurled Racial Slurs
Nashville, Tenn., detectives are investigating an incident after a New York City police officer allegedly broke into a family’s home while he was in the Music City vacationing. The break-in, which occurred in the early morning hours of July 9, has left the family traumatized. The officer, who remains unidentified and who the family said…
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Ex-Baltimore Cop Seen in Viral Video Brutally Beating Black Man Charged With Assault [Updated]
Updated: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018; 11:55 a.m. EDT: The Baltimore police officer who resigned from his job after being caught brutally beating a black man has been indicted by a grand jury on criminal charges, including first-degree assault. The officer, now identified as Arthur Williams, was initially suspended hours after video surfaced of the incident,…
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Florida Man Facing Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Threatening to Lynch Local NAACP President
A 75-year-old Gainesville, Fla., man was arrested on Thursday after police say he threatened to lynch the president of the Alachua County NAACP. Ronald Morris Wadford, who is listed as homeless, was taken into custody on two counts of aggravated stalking, according to the Palm Beach Post. Allegations about Wadford’s terrifying behavior date back to…
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