A group of Georgia jail deputies is on desk duty after a video surfaced of them circling and beating a Black detainee. Attorneys and the family of Jarrett Hobbs are demanding answers and a federal investigation into a vicious attack. Video footage released by the man’s attorneys shows Hobbs grabbing a piece of paper and…
Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty It is almost 2023, and there are still white folks who are determined to learn the hard way that there is no context in which their use of the n-word is acceptable. MORE: Video: N-Word Spewing University Of Kentucky Karen Assaults Black Student Before Getting Arrested Meet Marcus Stokes. Stokes…
Kelly Rowland was quick to check the AMA crowd about Chris Brown after boos exuded from audience members who were in attendance at the American Music Awards following the announcement that Brown had won an award. (L) Kelly Rowland @kellyrowland/Instagram (R) Chris Brown @chrisbrownofficial/Instagram During the live award show that premiered on ABC, Rowland entered…
After a school administrative hearing, Florida A&M University has ruled it will award a master’s degree to one of its students, who was under investigation for allegedly breaking the student code of conduct when she posted images appearing nude in front of the school’s landmark. Terica Williams’s naked photo on FAMU’s school campus put her…
Source: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images / Getty On Saturday, a gunman killed five people and injured at least 25 others in Colorado Springs, Colo., marking yet another senseless shooting in America by a young male who appears to have targeted a not-so-protected community. According to NPR, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich has…
Lenny Kravitz, Lisa Bonet and their daughter Zoe Kravitz are the poster family for a healthy relationship despite divorce. Fans were able to see how much love Kravitz still has for his ex-wife in an Instagram post where he wished her a happy birthday. The 58-year-old uploaded a black and white photo that showed Bonet…
A 9-year-old Wisconsin girl was honored by her school district this week after springing into action to save a classmate’s life. Essence “Essie” Collier saw another student in her fourth-grade class choking on a Cheeto as they were eating lunch, so she stepped in and grabbed the other girl by the stomach and performed a…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Donations have been rolling into the GoFundMe campaigns for the family of the three University of Virginia (UVA) football players killed last week by a former player. Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were killed during an on-campus shooting by Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former walk-on…
Authorities in a Florida county are working to determine if a body they found in a wooded area on Wednesday, Nov. 16 belongs to a Black county worker allegedly murdered by her husband. Family members reported Mimose “Mimi” Dulcio, 39, missing on Saturday after not hearing from her for two days. Dulcio worked for the…
Source: Jultud / Getty Racial justice advocates want the Federal Trade Commission to adopt new rules holding private corporations accountable for tech abuses involving electronic monitoring, commercial data and surveillance practices. Digital policing and electronic monitoring remain largely unregulated. MediaJustice, Mijente, Just Futures Law, the Center on Race and Digital Justice and the Surveillance, Tech,…
