The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation will determine whether police are criminally culpable for the death of a Columbus man who was lying in a bed before being awakened and shot by an officer this week. Columbus Officer Ricky Anderson, a K-9 handler, and other officers were executing an arrest warrant for Donovan Lewis on…
Source: VIEW press / Getty Bank of America has rolled out a new trial program that will offer first-time homebuyers of color zero down payment and zero-cost mortgages that could help to close the glaring homeownership gap among Black and Hispanic communities. According to the institution, the Community Affordable Loan Solution initiative will be offered…
The second anniversary of the untimely death of beloved actor Chadwick Boseman didn’t come and go without Boseman’s “Black Panther” co-star and on-screen love interest, Lupita Nyong’o, making sure to remember his legacy and kindness in a sweet video she uploaded to various social media sites. On the anniversary date, Sunday, Aug. 28, Nyong’o made…
President Joe Biden speaks at a Safer America rally, demanding gun control, on Aug. 30, 2022. | Source: SOPA Images / Getty On Tuesday, President Joe Biden delivered a fiery speech at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. He started off well enough. He blasted “MAGA Republicans” and their “sickening” attacks on the FBI that came after…
Twenty-six suspects, all alleged members of the Drug Rich Gang, have been indicted in connection to a series of high-profile robberies carried out at the homes of celebrities across the metropolitan Atlanta area. On Monday, Aug. 29, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis announced that her office had formally brought Racketeer Influenced, and Corrupt Organizations Act…
A federal appellate court ruled Tuesday that a civil lawsuit against officers who shot a Georgia man about 59 times while executing a fugitive warrant for his arrest can be heard in a jury. Jamarion Robinson’s mother, Monteria, filed a lawsuit alleging that three officers violated her son’s Fourth Amendment rights and used excessive force…
Meagan Good’s photo dump has fans raving about her fashion model catwalk in an all-white outfit. The “Stomp the Yard” actress dropped multiple photos and videos on to Instagram where she is seen enjoying herself in Rome, Italy on a “life journey” trip with her sisters La’Myia Good and Lexus Good, along with a few…
Clifford “T.I.” Harris Jr’s son King Harris is in the news again, and it isn’t for anything positive. Harris was reportedly arrested. It wasn’t long before people flocked to social media, where many accused the young hip-hop heir of trying to be something he was not. The aspiring rapper soon appeared online where he addressed…
An airport grounds service worker lost her life in what officials are calling an “industrial accident.” In her death, the former basketball enthusiast is now at the center of a brewing negligence argument that questions if her employer did everything to guarantee her safety. On Tuesday, Aug. 30, around 10:20 p.m., while working on her…
A protester holds up the middle finger and gestures toward Columbus Police during an “International March for Black Lives” against police brutality near City Hall in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on June 27, 2020. | Source: SETH HERALD / Getty The strained relationship between police and the Black community (“I don’t know if you’ve seen the…
