Tony Collins was removed as Greensboro zoning commissioner after declining multiple times to acknowledge Carrie Rosario’s doctorate A zoning commissioner in Greensboro, North Carolina has been voted out of his position after refusing to acknowledge a Black woman by her appropriate title during a public meeting Monday. Tony Collins, the now-former commissioner, refused to refer…
Source: Jason Armond / Getty Moments after Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts in the murder of George Floyd, a collective exhale of relief went out across the nation. “We can breathe again,” Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd said, a poignant echo of Floyd’s final pleas for air as he lay dying on a Minneapolis…
Source: Pool / Getty The ex-cop who killed Walter Scott in 2015 will continue his prison sentence undisturbed. Michael Slager, a former North Charleston police officer, asked a U.S. District Court judge to overturn his 2017 sentence on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. CNN reported that U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel found the…
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper also calls on the state to investigate law enforcement’s handling of the case Many people are demanding answers in the aftermath of the police killing death of Andrew Brown Jr. in North Carolina Wednesday. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has took a step to help answer requests for transparency, calling for body…
It’s the latest conservative state to ban transgender girls from playing on female sports teams Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday signed legislation restricting transgender students from participating in K-12 sports, making Alabama the latest conservative state to ban transgender girls from playing on female sports teams. Ivey’s office announced in an email that she…
The widow of Lindani Myeni says requests for information have been ignored The family of an unarmed Black man shot and killed by Honolulu police filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday alleging officers were motivated by racial discrimination. Lindani Myeni, 29, walked into a Honolulu home, sat down and took off his shoes last week,…
Source: Erik McGregor / Getty In the middle of a global health pandemic, George Floyd‘s killing forced a conversation around policing and law enforcement credibility. In the middle of uprisings and protests across the country, the media peeled back the layers of the lack of honesty in initial reports and statements. After Derek Chauvin’s conviction,…
The situation remains unclear, but hours of police footage and bystander videos detail one of the latest deadly police shootings in America A chaotic 911 call. A convulsive 11 seconds of violence ending in the death of an Ohio teen. A historic verdict being broadcast in the police cruiser. A routine day in a quiet…
The shortage of anti-retroviral drugs comes amid a dispute between the U.S. aid agency and Kenyan government Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs donated by the United States amid a dispute between the U.S. aid agency and the Kenyan government. The delayed release of…
“To be able to use my platform to create more diversity and more inclusiveness is my aim and goal,” Bishop T.D. Jakes tells theGrio Bishop T.D. Jakes is known for his prolific ministry and his megachurch, but he continues to find new mediums to spread the gospel. The bishop, who leads The Potter’s House Church in…
