“I’m not resisting! I’m not resisting!” Aaron Larry Bowman can be heard screaming between blows on the footage obtained by AP Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain…
Source: Chris Graythen / Getty If one were to choose a single department of law enforcement officers to serve as the perfect example of everything Black people hate about cops, the Louisiana State Police Troop F unit would at least have to be in the running. In May 2019, and less than three weeks after…
The eclectic emcee has filed court documents to legally change his name from Kanye Omari West to Ye. Kanye Omari West may soon be no more. The eclectic rapper has filed court documents to legally change his name to Ye. In Sept. 2018, West previewed the new moniker on Twitter, where he wrote, “the being formally known…
The elder-sister half of the duo Chloe x Halle shared a short clip of her first single on her 23rd birthday. Singer Chloe Bailey is all set to make her solo debut at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards in September with a performance of her first single, “Have Mercy.” The elder-sister half of the…
Sha’Carri Richardson’s first and highly anticipated performance following her controversial suspension from competition before the Tokyo Olympics went far worse than an athlete with her profile would’ve wanted. A recent offer from a hotel owner in Jamaica seemingly was meant to cheer up the young sprinter, but many on social media weren’t convinced the gesture…
Williams hasn’t competed since injuring her right leg in the first set of her first-round match at Wimbledon in late June Serena Williams added herself to the list of big-name withdrawals from the U.S. Open on Wednesday, pulling out of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament because of a torn hamstring. Williams hasn’t competed since…
Donald Trump favorite Walker and his team will now be able to start raising money to vie for the seat. Former football star Herschel Walker has filed the paperwork to run for the Senate as a Republican in the state of Georgia. Team Herschel Inc. was established on Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. Walker…
A Black Ohio family said their home value increased by $92,000 after they removed all signs that they were Black before a second appraisal was conducted. Erica and Aaron Parker knew something was wrong when an initial appraiser valued their Loveland home at more than $42,000 less than the sales price for which they’d agreed…
The legislation passes as GOPers in nearly every state propose and many are passing restrictive voting laws. The Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Tuesday. The bill would strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and make it more difficult for states to restrict voting access….
Many questions linger surrounding the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001, that claimed a total of 2,977 lives across New York City, Washington, D.C., and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks saw a total of 19 men commandeer four planes that morning and crash two into the World Trade Center towers and one into the…
