Brandon Mitchell called the video of Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd “the most important piece of evidence.” A juror in the trial of Minnesota vs. Derek Chauvin spoke out two weeks after the former officer’s murder conviction, saying being in the courtroom hearing details of the case was like “watching somebody die on a daily…
A Pennsylvania cop is under fire after a video clip of him allegedly racially profiling a young Black man at a local diner went viral. The law enforcement officer also appeared to show signs of being drunk at the time of the incident. The confrontation took place at G&G Restaurant in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, on Saturday,…
Brandon Mitchell | Source: Twitter / Good Morning America One of the jurors who served on Derek Chauvin‘s murder trial is speaking out one week after he helped convict the former Minneapolis cop for killing George Floyd. Brandon Mitchell, juror #52 and one of four Black jurors who served on the trial, spoke with Gayle…
Jada Pinkett Smith elated millions of her fans on Monday, April 25, when she uploaded a video of her longtime friend and “Kingdom Come” co-star Toni Braxton singing a rendition of Anita Baker’s 1986 hit “You Bring Me Joy.” In the clip, Braxton, who is wearing an all-white attire with sunglasses, is seen playing the piano as she sang lines…
The technology will focus on de-escalation techniques, critical decision-making and peer intervention training. The police department of Sacramento, California is adding virtual reality to its training to enhance cultural competency and implicit bias training. The technology will focus on de-escalation techniques, critical decision-making and peer intervention training. “When people say ‘defund the police’ because we have…
Exclusive: Congresswoman Karen Bass, who sponsored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, wants President Joe Biden to highlight the importance of police reform President Joe Biden’s first joint address to members of Congress Wednesday evening is expected to focus on policing, climate change, racial equity and his whole of government approach to stimulate the…
“My new book #WhatHappenedToYou is for anyone with a mother, father, partner, or child who may have experienced trauma,” Oprah says. A self-proclaimed book lover herself, Oprah explores her childhood trauma in What Happened To You, a new book that hit the stands on Monday. Written alongside neuroscientist Dr. Bruce Perry, What Happened To You is said…
A Louisiana mother says her son was racially profiled by a doctor who denied her son a surgical procedure on the basis of a joke Christmas sweater, reports KATC. Shelley Jack of Ville Platte, Louisiana, says she took her 17-year-old son, who had been shot, to get a follow-up treatment at Mercy Regional Medical Center….
Lawmakers there find critical race theory to be “contrary to the unity of the nation and the well-being” of the state. The Idaho legislature has passed a bill that bans the teaching of critical race theory in public and charter schools and universities in the state. The measure passed the Idaho Senate 27 to 8. …
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Ma’Khia Bryant‘s family and loved ones will come together on Friday to celebrate her short life taken too soon at the hands of police violence. Ma’Khia will be laid to rest at 1 p.m. at the The First Church of God, the same church that hosted the funerals of other…
