Legal
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Does Takeoff’s Accused Killer Have a ‘Valid Self-Defense’ Argument?
Patrick Xavier Clark maintains his innocence and claims that someone else fired the fatal shots that killed the beloved rapper.
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Well, This Is New: White Employee Sues Nas’ Record Label Claiming Racial Discrimination
In a new lawsuit, a white woman is claiming that she was fired only because she was white.
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Trey Songz Sued for Sexual Assault… Again
Two women are claiming that the R&B singer sexually assaulted them at his Los Angeles-area home in 2015.
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Manny Ellis Homicide Trial: Eyewitnesses Tell Very Different Story than Police
A witness said Manny Ellis posed no threat to the police when he was violently detained.
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Former Kansas City Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Black Man Refuses to Accept Consequences
A day after he turned himself in to Missouri police, Eric DeValkenaere decided to appeal his conviction… again.
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Why in the World Did Pras Michel’s Lawyer Use an AI Program To Create a Disjointed Closing Argument?
A brief from Michel’s current counsel said the argument 'made frivolous arguments' and 'ignored critical weaknesses in the government’s case.'
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This Black Woman Has Been Fighting Over a Decade to Prove She’s Not Dead
Madeline-Michelle Carthen was wrongfully declared as deceased in the Social Security Death Master File.
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Mississippi Sheriff Is Trying to Wiggle His Way Out His Goon Squad’s Mess
A Mississippi sheriff is trying to escape a civil suit filed in the torturing of two Black men by his deputies.
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Another Black Man Freed From Life in Prison
After spending 16 years in prison, Patrick Taylor was freed after a mistaken witness identification led to a conviction.
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Oklahoma Felon Becomes Third Black Man in a Month to Be Exonerated For A Crime He Didn’t Commit
Perry Lott was convicted of rape and burglary in 1987, but was exonerated after DNA testing proved he did not commit the crime.