Braylen Kizzee, a 19-year-old college student from Fort Bend County, Texas, is still shaken and fearful following his wrongful traffic stop arrest on Dec. 3. In a recent interview with ABC 13, Kizzee, who is Black, recounted being forced to crawl on his hands and knees at gunpoint, only for four officers to later…
Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Waking to the news that President Biden had granted a historic number of clemencies in a single day–1,499–while also granting 39 people pardons wasn’t, to me, at all breathtaking. Rather, it was absolutely breathgiving. But as I read more about the decision, I was a bit stunned to read that…
A man was found dead in his North Wales home the day after he was caught on video allegedly making racist monkey gestures toward a Black soccer player during a derby match in late November, according to authorities. Police said 52-year-old Andrew Paul Hewitt — a trucker, father, and avid supporter of Chester FC — was…
(Left to Righ) Showrunner, Ben Watkins, author James Patterson and actor Aldis Hodge attend the Prime Video x Crime Com Present An Advance Screening Of “Cross” at Florence Gould Hall Theater on October 24, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Prime Video) “That wasn’t who he was,” James Patterson said…
Daniel Penny arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on December 9, 2024, in New York City. | Source: Alex Kent / Getty In the latest indication of the type of political leadership that will be guiding the nation for the next four years, the next vice president of the United States appeared to reward the…
Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx has always had a knack for turning his personal life into comedy gold, and his first Netflix special, “What Had Happened Was,” is no exception. Released on Dec. 10, the hour-long set has sparked conversations about the comedian’s miraculous recovery and touching duet with his daughter Anelise Bishop, 16, but also…
FILE – Crystal Mangum, who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape, addresses the media during a news conference in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis, File) “I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn’t and that was wrong,” said Crystal Mangum. The woman who…
An elderly man who was severely injured in a violent dispute over a parking spot has died, and the charges his alleged assailant faces might be upgraded. Family members say 80-year-old Earl Hollins was taken off life support after he slipped into a coma as a result of severe head trauma he suffered in a…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 12: President-elect Donald Trump rings the opening bell on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 12, 2024 in New York City. Trump was invited to the Exchange after being named TIME’s “Person of the Year” for the second time. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty…
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 25: Karen Hunter speaks during SiriusXM Presents The Black Female Vote Post-Hillary, Hosted By Karen Hunter at SiriusXM Studios on May 25, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for SiriusXM) “Maybe if we great migrate, we need to do it in the opposite direction,” said…
