-
Former NBA All-Star Brandon Roy Wounded in Compton, Calif., Shooting
Former NBA All-Star Brandon Roy was one of four people shot and wounded outside his grandmother’s house in Compton, Calif., on Saturday evening, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s authorities. Roy was standing outside the home with a group of people around 9 p.m. Saturday when two men walked up and opened fire for “no…
-
Video Appears to Show School-Resource Officer Placing Student in Choke Hold for No Reason
The civil rights attorney representing two Pittsburgh high school students who were allegedly threatened and attacked by a school-resource officer for the Woodland Hills School District released new video Tuesday that appears to show an alleged third incident involving another student. At a press conference Tuesday, civil rights attorney Todd Hollis said there’s a clear…
-
Activist Convicted on Criminal Charges for Laughing at Jeff Sessions During His Confirmation Hearings
While the police officers responsible for killing Alton Sterling can rest easy tonight knowing that they will not face criminal charges for murder, an activist was convicted on criminal misdemeanor charges Wednesday for laughing during the confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On Jan. 10, 61-year-old Desiree Fairooz, Tighe Barry and Lenny Bianchi,…
-
Black Cultural Center Opening at UW-Madison 1 Year After Racist Incidents, Protests
A year after a rash of racist incidents and student protests spread across its campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is opening a center for black students Wednesday in an effort to show better support for the black community on campus. The Black Cultural Center will be located inside UW-Madison’s Red Gym, which is already home…
-
#Flint: Mich. Legislature Approves $100,000,000 in Federal Funding to Replace Lead Pipes
The people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for just over three years now. While they’ve been forced to use bottled water for everything from cooking to bathing, government bureaucrats who are supposed to be working for them have allowed petty bipartisan skirmishes to prevent real solutions to the lead-contamination problem from being…
-
Eritrean-American Woman Became 1st Blind, Deaf Graduate of Harvard Law School
America makes it hard enough for a black woman to succeed at the same rate and pace as other people, and when you add to the mix being born blind and deaf to African immigrants, it would seem that the odds for success become nearly impossible. But Haben Girma beat those odds and then some…
-
Anthony Daniels Makes History as Ala.’s 1st Black House Minority Leader
Anthony Daniels made history in February when he became the first black person in history to be named the Alabama House minority leader, and the youngest person in modern state history to hold that position. NBC News reports that Daniels, 34, is one of 27 black representatives out of 105 representatives in the state Legislature.…
-
LAPD Officer at Center of Controversial Shooting of Unarmed Man Now Facing Domestic Violence Charges
The Los Angeles police officer at the center of the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Venice Beach, Calif., two years ago is now facing charges that he committed domestic violence against two women in California’s Orange County. Clifford Proctor, a nine-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, has been charged with misdemeanor…
-
Milwaukee Inquest Jury Recommends Charges Against 7 Jail Employees in Inmate’s Dehydration Death
The inquest jury investigating the dehydration death of inmate Terrill Thomas at the Milwaukee County Jail last year recommended Monday that charges be brought against all seven jail employees involved. District Attorney John Chisholm asked the jury Monday afternoon whether there was probable cause that seven sheriff’s office employees had committed a felony offense through…
-
#BlackLivesMatter College Course Aims to Educate People Beyond the Hashtag and Slogan
Most people only know the phrase “Black Lives Matter” as a slogan and a hashtag; they don’t understand the true meaning behind the movement. There are many rumors, misconceptions and misrepresentations of what it is about, but the folks behind a new class at the University of Washington aim to change that. La Tasha Levy…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
