The widow of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man killed by police at the height of the civil unrest of summer 2020, will receive $1 million from Atlanta under a settlement agreed to by the city council Monday. Officer Garrett Rolfe shot Brooks on June 12, 2020, in an arrest attempt captured on body camera video….
Source: Boston Globe / Getty On Nov. 22, 2014, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was snatched away from his family after a Cleveland Police officer killed him. But instead of focusing on the violent acts of unaccountable police officers, NewsOne joins his family and loved ones in honoring Tamir’s life on this eighth day of remembrance. Tamir…
Laurence Fishburne recently recalled the numerous times he turned down the role of Ike Turner in 1993’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” It’s a story he told during a guest appearance on Jemele Hill’s “Unbothered” podcast. The film, which nabbed Fishburne and his co-star Angela Bassett Oscar nominations for their portrayals, respectively, of Ike…
Actress Lupita Nyong’o gave fans an inside look into the tense training she endured while filming “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” In the recently released movie, the 39-year-old plays Nakia, an undercover Wakandan spy. A number of scenes was filmed underwater in the Atlantis-like Kingdom of Talokan, which required a rigorous amount of preparation for the star….
Source: Twitter / Twitter State Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden has been chosen by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fill a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court. Bolden will be the first Black woman to serve on the state’s high court. She will replace Justice Bridget Mary McCormack, who announced in September her plans to step down…
“His No. 1 goal for all of this is ultimately get into college for a good education, he rarely talks about the NFL, we rarely talk about the NFL,” said Shaun Powell Sr., who’s desperately advocating on behalf of his son to play high school football. Throughout the 2022 football season, Shaun Powell Sr. and…
Source: screenshot / facebook The family of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks—who was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer in June 2020, just weeks after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis—are finally set to receive at least a sliver of justice, albeit not the kind of justice that holds the cop who killed him…
Ja Rule has moved on from the headlines about the failed Fyre Festival. The 2017 Caribbean music festival that promised big acts and luxury accommodations became the biggest musical fete that never was. The event was co-founded by Billy McFarland and the Murder Inc. Records juggernaut. It was used as a big-ticket occasion to help…
Source: Sean Gardner / Getty The investigation continues into the police-involved shooting of 45-year-old Derrick Kittling, the brother of Louisiana State Police Lt. Colonel Kenny VanBuren who was shot in the head and killed by a Rapides Parish Sheriff’s deputy in Alexandria, Louisiana. According to the Alexandria Town Talk, the deputy involved in the shooting…
Rapper and former talk show host Eve did a photo dump and showed the world her curly-haired baby boy with entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper. The cutie pie’s name is Wilde Wolf Alexander Somers Cooper and though is not quite a year old yet, his mom is already exposing him to all kinds of experiences. Monday, Nov. 21, the…
