George Holliday, the man who filmed the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991, has died from COVID-19, according to a friend who announced his death Monday. Nearly 30 years before the recorded death of George Floyd and an entire generation before the existence of camera phones and viral video, Holiday…
Two central California police officers were indicted for beating a Black teenager during a pursuit and arrest in December 2020, the San Joaquin County district attorney announced Friday, Sept. 17. Former Stockton Police Department officers Michael Stiles and Omar Villapudua had previously been fired in March after it was determined that the force they used…
“The Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice,” Reid acknowledged while decrying the inconsistent media coverage. On Monday’s airing of The ReidOut, host Joy Reid addressed the massive media coverage surrounding Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, the young New York woman who went missing earlier this month while on a road trip from Florida with her boyfriend. …
Source: Rainer Grosskopf / Getty The tragic story of Gabby Petito has taken the world by storm. A quick search of her name on any social media platform will result in thousands and thousands of posts on her disappearance. The news media runs updates on her story by the hour, keeping her top of mind…
The comedy world was rocked after learning actor and comedian Anthony “AJ” Johnson has passed at the age of 55. News of the death of the actor best known for his roles in “Friday” as Ezal and Blue in the “I Got the Hook Up” blew up on social media the morning of Sept. 20. …
Missouri Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel says Mark and Patricia McCloskey showed “indifference to public safety.” The Missouri couple who infamously took to the front of their house last summer to point guns at Black Lives Matter protesters may face the suspension of their law licenses. Mark and Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, stemming…
The video shared by Al Jazeera Monday shows horses coming close to trampling children and agents harassing the Haitian migrants. The world was shocked to see recent images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback with whips wrangling Haitian migrants. The imagery, all too reminiscent of American slavery, has infuriated many both stateside and in…
Wendy Williams is “doing all right” following a series of health scares, according to her brother Tommy Williams. The 57-year-old host’s social media account announced that she was “dealing with some ongoing health issues” on Sept. 9 and wouldn’t be completing any promotional work, but at the time was planning on being back in her…
Loads of Haitians are being flown back to Haiti from a makeshift migrant camp under a bridge at the southern border as U.S. Border Patrol personnel on horseback reportedly reined others with ropes and whips back from U.S. soil toward Mexico. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said they are examining photos and videos first…
Source: FG Trade / Getty Many people take their family history very seriously, especially for those of us that come from African ancestry and haven’t had much info to go on due to countless records lost during slavery days. In a history-changing turn of events, millions of Freedmen’s Bureau records from the 19th century have…
