Source: CRobertson / Getty Louisiana lawmakers are still fighting hard to keep the state’s second majority-Black House district from ever seeing the light of day. Last week, three federal judges rejected a map drawn that contained a second majority-Black district. Gov. Jeff Landry and state Attorney General Liz Murrill both supported the map. The rejected…
An aspiring medical student in Shreveport, Louisiana, was declared brain dead after his pals shoved him into a lake while knowing he couldn’t swim, and instead of helping, stood by and watched as the man struggled to save himself, according to police. Christopher Gilbert, who last year earned his master’s in biological science from Louisiana…
The family of an elderly church deacon who was tased to death by an Atlanta police officer and their lawyers are speaking out after being awarded a multi-million dollar settlement for the egregious instance of yet another member of law enforcement killing an unarmed Black driver. It was announced on Monday that the City of…
T.I. and Tiny’s son, King Harris, may have a new look but he hasn’t exactly gotten rid of his old ways after he challenged Florida rapper and known gang member Julio Foolio to a fight. Foolio has been blasting the former star of “T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle” online for saying he wasn’t born…
Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso played on different teams during their standout college basketball careers. Reese won a women’s college basketball championship in 2023 with the LSU Tigers, while Cardoso and the South Carolina Gamecocks knocked off Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes in April. WNBA Dragged By Fans After Dawn Staley, Flau’jae, More Forced…
Felony charges against a Houston-area man accused of injuring a Montgomery County traffic cop in an apparent hit-and-run were dismissed last week after dashcam video revealed the officer caused his own injury. David Wargetz, 50, was falsely accused of leaving the scene of an accident that caused serious injury to Detective Toby McLaughlin, a veteran…
Source: nopparit / Getty Last Wednesday, Kendric Cromer, a 12-year-old Black patient from the suburbs of Washington, D.C., became the first person in the world to receive a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment that may cure sickle cell disease (SCD). According to the New York Times (NYT), Cromer began the first step of his extensive treatment…
Not everyone was entertained by the antics that took place during the Hot Water Cornbread gathering in Los Angeles. The Texas Hold ’em-themed gathering was a celebration of Southern music and food that boasted more than 100 Black vendors on May 5. The somewhat family-oriented event has become quite the talking point as a video…
Source: Canton Ohio Police bodycam Funeral details have been announced for a Black man who died in an Ohio bar after being violently arrested and telling a police officer kneeling near his neck that he couldn’t breathe. The funeral for Frank Tyson – who died April 18 after struggling with officers from the Canton Police…
A former security guard will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of an unarmed Black man at a supermarket gas station in Memphis, Tennessee. Gregory Livingston was found guilty of first-degree murder after fatally shooting 48-year-old Alvin Motley, Jr. on Aug. 7, 2021, after the pair had a heated altercation…
