Two Iowa police officers will have to face a lawsuit alleging they wrongly handcuffed a Black man during a 2018 traffic stop, a federal appellate court ruled Tuesday, Sept. 21. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied qualified immunity for Des Moines officers Brian Minnehan and Ryan Steinkamp, reviving a lawsuit brought by DeJuan…
“The apology is his conviction,” Rodgers told reporters in Los Angeles. Faith Rodgers, one of R. Kelly’s alleged victims, has spoken out following his conviction last month in the singer’s federal sex crimes case in Brooklyn. Rodgers is not confident the embattled artist can be rehabilitated and she has rejected the idea that Kelly’s conviction…
Police call circumstances around the disappearance, death of the Illinois State University student “suspicious” and “unusual” When the body of Illinois State University student, Jelani Day, was found in the Illinois River near Peru, a far southwest Chicago suburb, police called the circumstances around his disappearance and death, “suspicious.” “To me, it’s unusual, the way…
Freeman shared his views on police work: “It is very necessary for us to have them and most of them are guys that are doing their job” Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman said he is “not in the least bit for defunding the police.” Freeman and actor Frankie Faison sat down for an interview with…
Marlon Wayans believes his son is his twin, even if that means standing alone in that belief. In an attempt to convince his son Shawn that he does indeed get his looks from his comedic father, Marlon shared photos of them both with the hopes his fans would agree. Shawn Wayans and his father Marlon…
Many who’ve read Gabrielle Union’s recently released memoir “You Got Anything Stronger” are now well aware of how good the seasoned actress is as a storyteller. Not only that but they are getting to see a comedic and more open side to her that people who aren’t friends and family don’t get to see. With…
Carmen Bolden Day has seemingly endured more unnecessary suffering, uncertainty and callous treatment than any mother who has lost her child. It was bad enough that the body of her son, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day, wasn’t found off the south bank of the Illinois River until 10 days after he was…
Latosha Clemons, deputy fire chief in Boynton Beach, Fla., aims “to redress the defamatory statement made regarding her race” in the mural’s depiction of her face. Boynton Beach, Fla.’s Deputy Fire Chief Latosha Clemons is suing the city after she was depicted on a public art mural as white. In her complaint, Clemons alleges that…
Indianapolis Colts defensive end Isaac Rochell is seen after the conclusion of the preseason NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit on Aug. 27, 2021. | Source: NurPhoto / Getty As the topic of racism’s incestuous relationship with the NFL rears its ugly head once again, the wife of an NFL player has…
Demetris Wimberley, a former San Diego Streets Division laborer, has been awarded a settlement of roughly $100,000 after filing a lawsuit against the city claiming he faced discrimination because he is Black and was retaliated against when he spoke up against unsafe work conditions. San Diego street laborers. Screengrab Sandiego.gov The City Council in his…
