Fort Lauderdale police reported that the white man who attacked the clerk was visibly drunk, and they gave him a “courtesy ride” to a friend’s house. Body camera footage recently released by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department shows officers pushing a hotel employee who called them for help after a customer attacked him. According to…
OPINION: The Lakers legend wasn’t tearing down the current Laker and future hall of famer. There are plenty of others who unfairly do so, but that’s not what happened here. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The 24-hour news cycle is an unrelenting…
Tanya Robertson told Click2Houston that she hasn’t been able to sleep since the incident, adding, “I haven’t been to work.” A Houston woman is getting support from Houston rapper Trae Tha Truth after being robbed at gunpoint as she walked to her home last month. Video footage shows Tanya Robertson walking to her front door…
Source: ANDREA RENAULT / Getty “We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there, we were signing people up.” – Christian Smalls Chris Smalls, the fired Amazon worker who is quickly becoming the corporation’s worst nightmare, is currently on the winning side of a union battle most thought…
Houston’s hometown hero Trae Tha Truth is at it again after the rapper, who has a history of helping those in his community, successfully tracked down a woman after seeing a troubling video of her being robbed at gunpoint. According to CW 39 Houston news station, a woman, identified by Houston police as Tonya Robertson…
Smiley Martin was arrested while hospitalized with serious injuries from the gunfire A second suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection to the mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people in California’s capital, and police said he is the brother of the first suspect. Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested while hospitalized with serious injuries from…
The Cinco Ranch community was the latest to be bombarded; Aryan Freedom Network’s web address was printed on the flyers. Another neighborhood in Houston has been hit with flyers promoting white supremacy. According to The Houston Chronicle, residents of the Cinco Ranch community in Katy, Texas, found the flyers in their neighborhood early Monday. One resident,…
Abrams now says she’s worth $3.17 million—compared with a net worth of $109,000 when she first ran four years ago When Democrat Stacey Abrams first ran for Georgia governor in 2018, her lackluster personal finances and a hefty bill from the IRS gave Republicans fodder to question how she could manage a state budget when she struggled…
After spending the last decade and a half sharing her story and the efforts of other African-Americans in World War II, Betty Reid Soskin has hung up her hat as the nation’s oldest park ranger at age 100. Soskin, who celebrated her 100th birthday in September, is a prominent national figure. She was once named…
Newly released police bodycam footage from last fall shows a Tulsa police officer taunting an African-American senior citizen who reportedly was suffering through a mental health crisis. The female cop can be seen telling her colleagues “this is going to be fun” before the violent engagement. Now the woman who was arrested has secured a…
