Black Man Who Saved Baby From Viral Pit Bull Attack in NYC Speaks out
New Details Emerge After ‘Lion King’ Broadway Star Found Fatally Stabbed Days Before Christmas
How Trump’s Power is Crumbling and The Resistance is Growing
Trump’s Christmas Day Airstrikes in Nigeria Spark Outrage and Divide
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Army Investigating Video of Soldier Harassing a Black Man Taking a Walk Through a South Carolina Neighborhood
White people really think they’re the only ones allowed to just walk freely. Doesn’t matter where the neighborhood is, or who’s in it, white people always believe they belong wherever they’re at. Apparently, an officer in the U.S. Army didn’t think Black people were deserving of that same privilege when he decided to harass and…
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Defense Argues That George Floyd Died From a Heart Attack During Day 13 of Chauvin Trial
Throughout the trial, Derek Chauvin’s defense team has largely argued that the Chauvin used “reasonable” force against George Floyd, and Floyd’s drug use and pre-existing health conditions were responsible for his death. Day 13 of the trial saw the defense bring a medical expert to the stand to make the case that Floyd died from…
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Kenosha Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Seven Times in the Back Returns to Active Duty
Today in news that is disappointing but not surprising, the cop who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back has returned to active duty. According to CNN, Police Chief Daniel Miskinis issued a statement on Tuesday announcing Rusten Sheskey’s return to the Kenosha Police Department. “Although this incident has been reviewed at multiple levels,…
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2 North Carolina Cops Suspended After Video Shows Them Punching Black Man After He Fell to the Ground
Two North Carolina police officers have been suspended pending an investigation into an incident partially caught on video that showed officers repeatedly punching a Black man after he tripped and fell to the ground. According to the officers, the man ran from them after they were called to the scene over a disturbance, but if…
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Michigan Man Sues Detroit Police Department After Wrongful Arrest Aided by Facial Recognition Software
A 43-year-old Black man is suing the Detroit Police Department after he was wrongfully arrested and identified as a shoplifting suspect by the department’s facial recognition software, according to the Washington Post. Robert Williams, a father of two girls who lives in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, was arrested last year after being accused…
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Jayson Tatum Reveals He's Still Battling COVID-19 Complications, Now Uses Inhaler
Dismissing the severity of COVID-19 is a dangerous game. There are those who believe the virus is merely an inconvenience, an impediment that’s robbed them of cookouts and day parties. But for millions of others, it’s either been an outright death sentence or has significantly impacted their day-to-day lives. Being a professional athlete is already…
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Ex-Officer Kim Potter Charged With 2nd-Degree Manslaughter in the Death of Daunte Wright
Kim Potter, the now-former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday, was charged with second-degree manslaughter Wednesday. For activists and community members who have been demanding justice for Wright since the day of the shooting—and are likely already on edge due to the Derek Chauvin trial…
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Atlanta School Board Distances Itself from Confederate Past, Renames School in Honor of Hank Aaron
At first glance, Forrest Hill Academy might look like just about every other high school in Atlanta. That is, until you realize that it’s named after Nathan Bedford Forrest; a Confederate general who also just so happened to be a whole-ass Ku Klux Klan grand wizard. That isn’t exactly the greatest look for an educational…
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Marvin Scott III Died in a Texas Jail. His Family Is Still Waiting for the Officers to Be Charged
In March, Marvin Scott III was arrested in Allen, Texas, for possessing less than two ounces of marijuana—a misdemeanor. Scott, 26, suffered from schizophrenia and sometimes used the drug to self-medicate, according to the family’s lawyer, S. Lee Merritt, the Texas Tribune reports. Allen officers took him to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital for what they said…