Source: Ajax9 / Getty Police in Senatobia, Mississippi apologized for the wrongful arrest of a 10-year-old Black boy. On Aug. 10, officials from the Sentobia Police Department detained 10-year-old Quantavious Eason for public urination. The boy’s mother, Latonya Eason, told FOX 13 Memphis that the incident occurred when she stopped by the Senatobia attorney’s office…
Nelly and St. Lunatics rapper Ali are no closer to reaching a resolution today than they were two years ago, when their rift was revealed to the public. He claims that Nelly repeatedly has failed to credit him for his contributions to his career and has yet to make good on payments for the $91,000…
Marsai Martin is constantly praised by fans for stepping on necks with her fabulous ensembles and never declining face card, and this week was no different. The “black-ish” actress celebrated turning 19 years old on Aug. 14, and brought in this milestone at the Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour concert in Atlanta. Martin attended the closing…
Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty After three indictments of former President Donald Trump, the fourth one in Georgia came not as a surprise but as a powerful exposition of the scope of Trump’s efforts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election. New conservative legal scholarship spells out how and why those…
A Black Prince George’s County police officer is afraid for his safety after he reported a fellow officer for a use-of-force violation against a suspect who turned out to be misidentified. In October 2020, Officer Michael Brown had been on duty in the Maryland county with fellow officer Cpl. Darryl Wormuth. Together, they tracked down…
Octavia Spencer is on Britney Spears’ side following the breakup of the singer and her husband of more than a year, Sam Asghari. Asghari reportedly filed for divorce on Aug. 16, citing irreconcilable differences. Though married for just 14 months, the former lovebirds had been together for over six years. The “…Baby One More Time”…
One of the men who was injured in last year’s shooting that killed Grammy-nominated rapper Takeoff is suing the venue where the deadly shooting took place because of an insufficient security presence and emergency response. The man behind the suit, Joshua Washington, was the personal assistant for Takeoff’s uncle and Migos bandmate, Quavo. Washington is…
Source: Memphis Police Department / Memphis Police Department The death of Tyre Nichols is still having an impact on the justice system in Memphis, Tennessee. According to ABC 24, The Shelby County District Attorney’s office has dropped 30-40 cases worked on by the officers who were charged in the death of Tyre Nichols. The DA’s…
Ne-Yo is a father of seven, who today finds himself balancing work, fatherhood and raising children with three different women. The “So Sick” singer was a recent guest on “The Gloria Velez Podcast,” which premiered on VladTV. While there, the Grammy winner explained how he and his exes are able to maintain a healthy co-parenting…
A Mississippi judge declared a mistrial in the criminal case against two white men who chased and shot at a Black FedEx worker as he was delivering packages in January 2022. The ruling, in which the judge cited errors by a detective in the investigation, comes a week after a judge dismissed a $5 million…
