Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude

new york

NYC Cop Accused of Sending Lewd Texts to Woman He Arrested

A New York City woman has filed a lawsuit against a city cop she says sent her a string of inappropriate, lewd messages after arresting her. “I was shocked and confused,” the plaintiff, Kammie Sifonte, told the New York Post. In one of the alleged disgusting texts, Police Officer Rony Santiago is accused of sending…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

November 6, 2017
NY School District Apologizes After Automated Phone Call Uses Racial Slur Instead of Student’s Name

The Rochester City (N.Y.) School District is apologizing after an automated phone call used a racial slur instead of a student’s name. According to WHAM-TV, the district claimed that the screw-up came about as a result of a software error with a vendor it contracts with. That being said, the student’s mother still wants answers…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

November 2, 2017
8 Dead, Multiple Injuries After Pickup Truck Plows Into People on Bike Path in NYC; Suspect Identified

Updated Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, 6:25 p.m. EDT: The death toll in a deadly incident in lower Manhattan has reached eight, and police have identified the suspect in the attack as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov of Tampa, Fla. ABC News reports that Saipov is said to have screamed “Allahu akbar” after the crash, and it is…

By

Monique Judge

Published

October 31, 2017
NYC Mom Arrested for Leaving Children in Car at LaGuardia Airport While She Interviewed for a Job

A mom from New York City’s Brooklyn borough was arrested earlier this week after Port Authority cops said she left her two young daughters alone in a car at LaGuardia Airport for more than an hour while she went inside an airport terminal for a job interview. According to the New York Daily News, authorities…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

October 27, 2017
Entertainment

‘It Wasn’t Right’: 10-Year-Old Boy Delivers Damning Testimony Against Nicki Minaj’s Brother in Child Rape Trial

According to his testimony, the 10-year-old boy was just looking for a pencil when he walked in on his sister being raped by their stepfather two years ago. “I thought it wasn’t right. It looked weird to me so I ran upstairs,” the boy said. The stepfather in question is Jelani Maraj, brother of rap…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

October 24, 2017
Entertainment

Nicki Minaj to Testify in Brother’s Child-Rape Trial

The rap princess bodied by Remy Ma and dethroned by Cardi B Rapsody is set to testify in defense of her brother, who faces significant jail time after being accused of having sex with a 12-year-old. According to the Daily Mail, 37-year-old Jelani Maraj is charged with felony rape charges, including a first-degree count of…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

October 20, 2017
NY Black Lives Matter Group Accuses Police of Spying, Targeting Group for Calling Attention to Abuse

A New York Black Lives Matter group has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that Clarkstown, N.Y., police illegally spied on its members for at least a year, from January through December 2015. According to Mother Jones, the Black Lives Matter Global Network chapter in Rockland County actually filed the lawsuit in August, making some very…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

October 19, 2017
NYC Teen Indicted on Manslaughter Charges in Classroom Stabbing of 2 Fellow Students

A Bronx, N.Y., teen who allegedly stabbed two fellow classmates with a switchblade, one fatally, was indicted on manslaughter charges Tuesday by a grand jury. Abel Cedeno, 18, was originally charged with murder in the death of 15-year-old Matthew McCree in an attack that took place Sept. 27 at the Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation…

By

Monique Judge

Published

October 17, 2017
Dumbass Racist Who Got Doused With Soup After Screaming Racial Slurs on NYC Subway Train Says He’s ‘Not That Sorry’

A New York City idiot who got soup dumped on him after he decided it was a good idea to go on a racist rant on the L train in New York City says he was “making a point” and that he is “not that sorry.” Video of the incident showed the man, identified as…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

October 11, 2017
Teacher Suspended After 6-Year-Old Black Boy Is Physically Assaulted at NY Charter School; Mother Searches for Answers

An elementary school gym teacher at Rochester Exploration Elementary Charter School for Science & Technology in upstate New York has been suspended amid allegations that he pushed a 6-year-old student so forcefully to the ground last week, one of the child’s front teeth came out and the other one had to be pulled. According to…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

October 6, 2017