news
-
A Black Man Died During an Arrest in Louisiana; A Local Coroner Has Ruled the Death a Homicide by ‘Asphyxia’
On Thursday, 22-year-old Keeven Robinson died shortly after a chase and “brief struggle” with narcotics detectives from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. At first, authorities hinted that his death may have been related to his medical history of asthma, the Washington Post reports, noting that an air-quality alert had warned residents of unhealthy…
-
Black Yale Student Wants White Classmate Who Called Police on Her Held Accountable
Lolade Siyonbola, the black Yale student who had the police called on her by a white classmate for napping in a common room, said she wants the university to hold that classmate and others like her accountable. In an interview with Good Morning America (h/t Time magazine), Siyonbola spoke out about her run-in with Sarah…
-
Trump Finally Reaches Out to Waffle House Hero James Shaw Jr. Almost a Month After Deadly Shooting
It’s been almost a month since James Shaw Jr., 29, snatched an assault rifle away from a gunman who opened fire at a Tennessee Waffle House, killing four people and injuring several others. Despite Shaw’s brave actions and the fact that he was nationally hailed as a hero, it was only on Monday that y’all’s…
-
Tomi Lahren Is a Descendant of Non-English-Speaking Immigrants. She Should Shut Up About Immigration
Dear Racist White People: When are you going to stop putting your chalky-ass feet in your mouth? When are you going to stop looking like fools in the name of upholding some type of white nationalism that you yourself may not even qualify for based on the required purity tests? And when, oh when, are…
-
Melania Trump’s Kidney Revolts, Tries to Leave the White House Without Her
First lady Melania Trump is looking for any way to escape her husband, his joke of a presidency and her life as a bird in the gilded cage that is the White House. She’s so over this life that even her internal organs are like, “OK, bitch, if you not leaving, EYE WILL.” Her kidney…
-
Waffle House Customer Choked by Police Officer Says Employees Called Him a Gay Slur [Updated]
Updated: Monday, May 14, 2018, 4:50 p.m. EDT: Attorneys representing 22-year-old Anthony Wall, who was choked by a police officer at a Waffle House in early May, say that the young man was the subject of homophobic slurs from Waffle House employees. Lawyer Benjamin Crump is asking for surveillance footage from the night of May…
-
A Catholic School in Florida Had a Caged Tiger at Its Jungle-Themed Prom and WTF?
Florida strikes again. Like, seriously, the water in the state has to be different, because I am not sure what would possess any school to bring wild animals to its prom. But apparently that’s what happened at Christopher Columbus High School (that name, though) during the Miami private Catholic school’s prom on Friday night. And…
-
Ex-Cop Convicted of Killing Unarmed Black Man Caught Drinking at Bar in Apparent Violation of Parole
A wealthy Oklahoma ex-deputy released after serving less than half his sentence for shooting and killing an already subdued, unarmed black man was recently spotted having a few cocktails at a local bar, which would be perfectly fine if the terms of his parole didn’t specifically forbid him from doing so. For legal purposes, we…
-
While Trump Congratulates Israel and Plugs Fox News, Here’s What’s Happening in Gaza
Shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, Donald Trump began his day on Twitter by plugging the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem this way: by plugging the event’s coverage on Fox News. Meanwhile, here’s what was happening on the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops as they protested the…
-
A Missouri Man Has Already Served Almost 2 Decades in Prison for a Murder He Didn’t Commit, but He Still Has Not Been Freed
David Robinson has already spent almost 20 years of his life in prison for a murder he did not commit. This is despite the fact that another man confessed to the murder a mere three years after he was convicted. This is despite the fact that in February a state judge acknowledged his innocence and…