Dave Chappelle continues to draw backlash for the comments made about members of the LGBTQ+ community during his recent and much-talked about Netflix special “The Closer.” Though he hasn’t suffered any significant financial loss because of his statements, he was, however, uninvited from a special event set to take place at his alma mater. During…
Montgomery, 75, was convicted in the 1963 killing of East Baton Rouge sheriff’s deputy Charles Hurt, who caught him skipping school A Louisiana parole board granted parole on Wednesday to Henry Montgomery, whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life in prison without the…
Source: KENA BETANCUR / Getty There’s no denying that the death of George Floyd sparked something in this country. It was odd because there was nothing particularly egregious about his murder at the hands (or knee) of police that couldn’t also be applied to Eric Garner, Rekia Boyd, John Crawford, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Philando…
Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday afternoon after eight days of testimony from 23 witnesses. Defense lawyers were expected to build on arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to stop burglaries in their neighborhood as they began presenting their case Wednesday in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery….
Judge David Hagerman again delayed Aaron Dean’s trial, which has been pushed back twice. Jury selection begins on Jan. 4, 2022. Former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Aaron Dean, who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in October 2019, will soon go on trial for her murder. According to WFAA, a judge set a new date —…
About two hours into deliberations on the second day, jurors asked to view video presented at the trial and the judge said he would determine the procedures to allow that Jurors weighing charges against Kyle Rittenhouse returned Wednesday for a second day of deliberations in his murder trial after failing to reach a swift verdict on whether…
“It’s an attack against a community of faith,” said John Perry, a Brunswick, Georgia pastor who stands in solidarity with dozens of Black pastors supporting the family of Ahmaud Arbery. The trial of Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William Bryan, in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, who was 25 when he was killed…
The rapper’s attorneys told TMZ the allegations are “simply meritless.” Texas rapper Yella Beezy has been accused of raping a woman while the two allegedly were on their first date, according to an arrest warrant obtained by TMZ. The 30-year-old MC from Dallas, whose real name is Markies Deandre Conway, has denied the allegations reported…
Marlon Wayans took to Instagram on Monday, Nov. 15, and posted a family photo following a dinner at Catch restaurant. Marlon’s family was visiting the actor during his standup performance in Las Vegas. Marlon Wayans posts a family photo following his comedy show in Las Vegas. Photo:@marlonwayans/Instagram Marlon shared how great the night was to be surrounded…
Like a number of U.S. presidents before him, Donald Jabba-the-White-Supremacist Trump (that’s what the “J.” stands for, right?) was a one-term commander-in-chief who lost his bid for reelection in what the DOJ, the former head of election cybersecurity, state courts, supreme courts and appellate courts all agreed was a fair, virtually fraudulence-free election. But since…
