Kentucky police have addressed a widely shared TikTok video showing two white men physically restraining a Black man in Hazard, Kentucky, as a trooper watches. The video was posted by user @the_savage_lokius earlier in the week and had been viewed more than 420,000 times as of Thursday afternoon. “We don’t have any context about what…
An arrest has been made in connection to the murders of Terri Bankhead and her daughter, Da’Nilya An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a 27-year-old-mother and her 8-year-old daughter and a third victim in St. Louis. The arrest was reported Thursday by KMOV. The suspect’s name has not been…
The unidentified woman was charged weeks later after a TikTok user alleged the woman assaulted her son Five weeks after a white woman allegedly assaulted a Black child while attempting to block him from using the community pool, she’s finally been charged. On July 6th, Heather J Brown was filmed in a heated altercation with an…
The McGees have made basketball the family business and both starred in the Games Last weekend, NBA star Javale McGee and his mother, USC Trojans legend Pamela McGee, made history as the first mother and son to win gold medals at the Olympics. “Now my running gag is that I’m the only Olympian basketball player…
A “Love and Basketball” film without Sanaa Lathan seems almost unimaginable. Still, during an appearance on Strong Black Lead’s “Surviving The No,” the actress revealed that her break-out role almost didn’t happen. The native New Yorker has appeared in several cult classics, but after what seemed to be a difference in creative direction, Lathan revealed…
The child’s father reportedly left his kids home alone while he went to work A 19-month-old baby boy was mauled to death by the family Rottweiler, and it is unclear why the dog turned aggressive and attacked. The victim, Ryan Francis Foster, was reportedly home in Brooklyn, New York with older brothers, ages 9 and…
The family of an 18-year-old North Carolina man shot and killed by a Davidson County Sheriff’s deputy last year has filed a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office and the deputy who shot him. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced at a news conference on Wednesday that a civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf…
If the For The People and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Acts are passed into law, they would address concerns of voter suppression while making it fairer for all to vote, no matter their party affiliation The November 2020 presidential election became a spectacle not because of the inevitable ouster of former President Donald Trump,…
In a one-on-one interview with theGrio, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says COVID-19’s Delta variant is dangerous, and bans on masks are dangerous too. COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation are impacting the way school districts approach reopening. While some districts have required vaccinations and mask-wearing, others are facing backlash from politicians and even some parents,…
The rap star says that even though he’s received support from his fans, some of the reactions to his videos have made him feel unsafe In a candid new interview, Lil Nas X has recently revealed that he’s hesitant when it comes to speaking about homophobia in rap “for his own safety.” This week the…
