Trooper George Smyrnios is seen approaching Jack Rodeman — who he said looked “suspicious” — with his taser drawn. A Florida boy was tased by a state highway patrol trooper while walking to visit his girlfriend. The incident happened in Fort Myers on June 16, when Kristina Rodeman’s son, Jack, was approached by the trooper,…
The birth of a couple’s child is usually one of the most exciting occasions in their lives, but a Denver couple’s joy quickly turned to horror when their daughter was rushed from delivery to plastic surgery. Reazjhana Williams planned to give birth naturally, but when she arrived at Denver Health Hospital on June 15, things…
Kenya Barris is aware of the conversations surrounding ‘Brown-ish’ and his Netflix departure and is clearing the air. In May, Deadline reported that Barris was eyeing the addition of another “-ish” sitcom to his repertoire, “Brown-ish,” this time centering around a modern-day Latinx family. Eva Longoria was tied to the project as a potential collaborator,…
The Capitol Police included the elderly Rev. Jesse Jackson among the 20 people it detained and arrested for protesting against the filibuster on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The law enforcement agency at the center of the Jan. 6 insurrection also arrested the Rev. William Barber during a planned protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court…
“Regardless of our past,” Justin Timberlake tweeted of his ex-girlfriend Spears, “what’s happening to her is just not right.” In moving remote testimony at a hearing to end her 13-year conservatorship, pop star Britney Spears told a judge her father controls every aspect of her life, including her work schedule — and even preventing her…
The program was already on temporary hold due to a restraining order in a separate suit from another white farmer A loan forgiveness program for Black farmers written into President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan in March has been put on hold by a federal judge, who wrote that the program is discriminatory. The program…
Parents of melanated babies will have another option when it comes to skincare treatment for their little ones. Power couple Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade recently announced the launch of their skincare brand “Proudly.” According to Essence, the brand is set to be the first-of-its-kind sustainable baby care brand targeting Black and brown children. In…
A 9-year-old Minnesota girl spoke at a school board meeting earlier this month and expressed her frustration over the Black Lives Matter posters present at her elementary school. The student, identified only as Novalee in a video that began circulating last week, said she saw Black Lives Matter posters and displays of poet Amanda Gorman…
Sinbad has Bill Cosby to thank for helping him keep his role on the show “A Different World.” In a June 22 preview of the “Reunion Road Trip: It’s a Different World” special, Sinbad explained how Cosby saved his job. While speaking to his other cast mates from the show, the comedian said, “So I…
Derek Chauvin on Friday will learn how long a judge sentences him to prison, but corrections experts say the real moment of truth for the ex-cop convicted of murdering George Floyd by brutally kneeling on the unarmed, handcuffed Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes will likely come behind bars when his fellow inmates “kill…
