Source: Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty Last week, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper broke with traditional notions of decorum and called out the state’s lieutenant governor for “dangerous” rhetoric about owning an AR-15. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is Black, made the remarks in response to calls for gun control at the NRA Leadership Forum…
Challenge coins are tokens that people in organizations such as law enforcement collect to commemorate events or membership. A challenge coin inscribed with the Maryland State Police logo along with graphic imagery and offensive language has some troopers concerned because they see it as a potential response to allegations of racial discrimination within the agency….
Keyshia Cole appears to be letting go of things that no longer serve her. The 40-year-old took to Instagram on May 31 to share an inspirational post discussing why loyalty should have an expiration date. Keyshia Cole’s motivational video derails after fans bring up how much the singer resembles K. Michelle. @keyshiacole/Instagram In the upload,…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty States may use maps that a federal court has found unlawful in the upcoming midterm elections. You read that right: The U.S. Supreme Court recently barred federal courts from requiring states to fix their newly adopted but unlawful congressional maps before the 2022 midterm congressional elections. In Merrill v. Milligan,…
Extremists paint any effort to regulate firearms as the prelude to widespread gun seizures. The young man in the jeans and sunglasses proudly shows off his gun in the YouTube video, then instructs his 1 million subscribers how to fit extra ammo on his belt, and offers a chilling observation. “Pretty cool for active shooter…
Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty A new poll shows Black support for President Joe Biden has waned since he first took office. According to a Washington Post-Ipsos Poll, 70 percent of Black voters surveyed supported the president. The Washington Post acknowledged that Black voters remain the most solid group in supporting the president, particularly…
Survivor Zaire Goodman’s filing accuses Gendron’s parents of ignoring warning signs. An employee who survived a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket sought a court order Friday to question the 18-year-old gunman’s parents under oath in anticipation of filing a lawsuit against them. The filings in state Supreme Court ask that Payton Gendron’s parents,…
The emergency services worker was initially placed on administrative leave while Erie County investigated the alleged call. Latisha Rogers said she dialed 911 and was promptly hung up on while trapped inside the Buffalo supermarket as 10 Black shoppers were fatally shot by a self-identifying white supremacist in May. Weeks later, the dispatcher who allegedly…
McGee died of heart failure May 24 at his home in the Delta city of Greenwood. William “Bud” McGee, a Mississippi civil rights activist who worked to register Black voters in the 1960s, has died. He was 81. McGee died of heart failure May 24 at his home in the Delta city of Greenwood, the Greenwood…
A New York jury has awarded two former state troopers $3.5 million in damages in a racial discrimination lawsuit against the agency and its former top official. Noel Nelson and Seamus Lyons allege they were falsely accused of stealing marijuana and cocaine from an evidence locker in 2010. Nelson said the false allegation was retaliation…
