The 42-year-old Black man from North Carolina, was shot to death Wednesday by one or more deputy sheriffs trying to serve arrest warrants Andrew Brown Jr.’s easy smile, which belied hardship, loss and troubles with the law, was memorable for his dimples, his relatives said. He was quick to crack a joke at the family…
The measures, which take place during Japan’s ‘golden week’ holiday period, are meant to limit travel and keep people out of public places Only three months before the postponed Olympics are set to open, Tokyo and Japan’s second largest metropolitan area of Osaka have been placed under emergency orders aimed at stemming surging cases of the coronavirus….
As North Carolina authorities face mounting pressure to release body camera footage of a law enforcement encounter that left a 42-year-old Black man dead, officials released a statement on Thursday claiming state law prohibits them from making the video public without a court order. Anthony Brown Jr. was unarmed, the family’s attorney said, when he…
The star athlete with sights on an NBA career was the victim of a fatal car accident in the Los Angeles area University of Kentucky freshman and star basketball player Terence Clarke died after a car accident on Thursday in the Los Angeles area. He was 19. Read More: Grant Hill to become USA Basketball…
Kim Foxx admitted to The Chicago Tribune she hadn’t watched the video, and her office had been given a “version of events.” Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has acknowledged that she had not watched the recording of a Chicago Police officer shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo before prosecutors described the deadly encounter in open court. …
Nicole Poole Franklin entered the pleas Wednesday in a Des Moines federal court to two counts of violating the U.S. Hate Crime Act for trying to kill the children in separate attacks because of their races A Des Moines woman has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for intentionally driving her SUV into two children…
In light of the recent announcement that her husband Dwyane Wade is now a part of the Utah Jazz ownership team, Gabrielle Union decided to do something she’s definitely good at doing: making a funny TikTok. On April 21, the video showed her and Wade enjoying a glass of wine. Union starts by saying “I…
Scott’s response will make the face of the GOP’s only Black senator theirs on where they stand with police across America. Republican Senator Tim Scott will deliver his party’s response to President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress next week. Scott, the only Black Republican senator in the United States Congress, was named on Thursday….
The mural, defaced sometime after Chauvin’s verdict announcement, was immediately fixed. But police note there aren’t cameras. A mural honoring the life of George Floyd in his native Houston, Texas was defaced with the words “n***ers lives don’t matter” over the man’s face. The colorful wall painting — located on the Houston Graffiti Building at…
Actor and comedian Eric Andre chronicled a troubling encounter with law enforcement Wednesday, as he claimed he was racially profiled while on his way to a departing flight at Atlanta’s main airport. Andre made a series of posts to Twitter recounting the incident, with the “Disenchantment” actor saying he was stopped for a random drug…
