The family of deacon Johnny Hollman, who died following a traffic ticket dispute, is suing the tow truck driver who assisted the former Atlanta cop who tased the 62-year-old at the scene. The lawsuit was filed in the State Court of DeKalb County on Monday, Dec. 4, against Eric Robinson and his employer, S&W Services…
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his grandson Kentrell Gaulden Jr., aka KJ, have dropped another wholesome video on social media, and fans are showing their love for the grandparent-grandchild connection. In previous videos, Mayweather showed his fans just how much KJ loved him more than his other family members. In the Instagram post, Mayweather proved his…
Rapper Offset on February 25, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Prince Williams / Getty A city councilman in Atlanta, Georgia, has proposed a ban on ski masks and hoodies in an effort to reduce crime in the city, but since people have been trying to criminalize the hoodie since the senseless killing of Trayvon…
Water troubles in Jackson, Mississippi, still linger more than a year after a crisis ensued that left more than 150,000 people without safe drinking water as the city works to overhaul its water systems completely and sustainably. The issues stem largely from the sudden shutdown of the city’s largest water treatment plant in August 2022,…
Morgan Wallen performs at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Christopher Polk / Getty One of country music’s biggest stars wants everybody to know he’s not a racist more than two years after he was caught on video casually saying the N-word in a manner that suggested he…
Republicans in the House of Representatives have led the vote to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York for triggering a fire alarm in September in a U.S. Capitol office building. The Bronx politician pleaded guilty to one local criminal charge of causing a false alarm for the incident. He says he was rushing…
Jasmine “Watch Jazzy” Brown has just started her “Third Times a Charm” comedy tour, and the comedienne threw some of her fans off with what she decided to wear. Brown continuously has been called out by some of her fans since the announcement of the tour. The tour’s poster not only showed off the dates…
A federal discrimination lawsuit alleges that a Chili’s restaurant in Denver refused to serve a family of Black customers unless they paid in advance. The complaint states that Markesha Futrell-Smith went to the restaurant on April 30, 2022, to celebrate her birthday with her husband and two children. When she and her family were seated,…
Source: City of Springfield A Black man in Ohio has been sentenced to decades in federal prison after being convicted of terrorizing at least Haitian nationals with admitted federal hate crimes just “because of their national origin,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week. Izaye Eubanks, 22, of Springfield, carried out his hateful…
At the age of 79, singing icon Patti Labelle is still booked and busy, with a jam-packed schedule that includes delivering full-throttle performances at around 40 concerts throughout 2023. Whether the Philadelphia native is singing her soulful rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with her arms spread in full eagle flap, or she’s crip-walking to…
