Source: Facebook.com/robertswomack A Grand Rapids police officer killed Patrick Lyoya last week on April 4. The 26-year-old’s family is now urging authorities to release video footage of the tragic incident. Peter Lyoya, Patrick’s father, spoke to the outlet M-Live via his interpreter Israel Siku. “I don’t know what to do because I am confused. I…
A Louisiana trooper who bashed a Black man’s head with a flashlight and tased and punched him during a fatal arrest portrayed himself as a victim to investigators, according to newly released audio. Louisiana Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth bragged about beating “the ever-living f—-” of Ronald Greene in 2019. More than a year later, he…
Woods’ battered body simply ran out of steam after an electrifying on day 1 of the Masters. But there was nothing left in the tank for the weekend. AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters patrons filled in every nook and cranny around the 18th green, awaiting the appearance of the man in red. A scene that’s…
Ciara shared photographs on Twitter on April 8 of her date night with hubby Russell Wilson the previous evening. The couple attended the Denver Nuggets’ 122-109 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Denver on Thursday night. The singer was rocking all-black attire while Wilson wore a black shirt with gray pants. She captioned the post…
The on-call nurse who treated John Neville following his death in the custody of Forsyth County Jail is the only one facing an involuntary manslaughter charge. After a Black man died of asphyxiation sustained at the hands of Forsyth County Jail officers in North Carolina, a grand jury voted to indict the hospital’s on-call nurse…
A cable news host and the creator of the 1619 Project had a lively debate this week over how “great” was the Greatest Generation. The contentious but collegial exchange was sparked by the sentiment that those who lived in America during the Second World War “brutally suppressed” people of African descent living alongside them in…
Experts say Texas law would exempt Lizelle Herrera from a criminal homicide charge for aborting her own pregnancy. A Texas district attorney said Sunday that he will ask a judge to dismiss a murder charge against a woman over a self-induced abortion. Lizelle Herrera was arrested Thursday in Rio Grande City, a community of about 14,000 people…
Lines of communication appear to be crossed between the family of Tyre Sampson and singer YK Osiris, who claimed he would pay for the funeral costs of the 14-year-old Black boy who fell to his death after slipping out of his seat on a 430-foot free-fall ride near Orlando’s tourist district’s ICON Park last month….
In his song “Thank You God,” the former “Empire” star defends his innocence while on pre-trial release pending appeal of his high-profile hoax case. Nearly a month removed from Jussie Smollett’s pre-trial release from Cook County Jail pending appeal of his conviction for staging a hate crime in 2019, the former Empire actor is using…
County officials have said the FBI is reviewing Cedric Lofton’s death. A community task force reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center found that an officer changed his answers on a form that otherwise would have led police to take the…
