A recent investigation into the use of the sickle cell trait as a cause for death revealed that dozens of Black families are still waiting for justice after their loved one died in police custody. “Most people don’t know they have the sickle cell trait so if the trait were that much of an issue…
Source: MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO / Getty Additional video footage detailing the brutal death of Ronald Greene paints an even more horrifying reality of what transpired on the night of May 10, 2019 when he was beat to death by Louisiana State Troopers in an act of state-sanctioned violence during a traffic stop. On Monday Greene’s…
“I’m so damn hurt. I’m hurting so bad. I broke down not too long ago. And I needed that,” Mona Hardin, mother of Ronald Greene told NBC News. Two years after her son’s death, Mona Hardin has finally seen the bodycam footage that captures the fatal altercation between Ronald Greene and Louisiana police. The Louisiana State Police agency released…
A British Black Lives Matter activist is in critical condition after being shot in the head in South London over the weekend. However, members of her political group Taking the Initiative Party are saying that she was not the intended target. (TTIP is a British political party founded last summer by Johnson and Black businessman…
In November 2020, Beasley was photographed holding hands and taking a stroll with Pippen NBA player Malik Beasley recently took to social media to apologize to his wife, Montana Yao, for his alleged fling last year with Larsa Pippen. In late November 2020, Beasley was photographed holding hands and taking a stroll with Larsa Pippen…
Source: Bruce Bennett / Getty A former college basketball star has been arrested on suspicion of killing an elderly relative of his over the weekend in Detroit. Keith Appling, who was a four-year member of the Michigan State University men’s basketball team from 2010-2014, was taken into custody on Monday after a manhunt following what…
Lela Rochon‘s fans marveled over her daughter Asia Fuqua‘s prom look after the actress revealed on Sunday, May 23, that Fuqua’s dress was the same one Rochon wore for her film “Waiting to Exhale” 25 years ago. “Waiting to Exhale,” which starred Rochon, alongside Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, and Loretta Devine, followed the lives of…
Two decades have passed since Marlon Wayans and his uber-talented family further solidified the Wayans name in Hollywood with the release of the highly successful “Scary Movie.” The film, which was released in July 2000, launched an entire franchise spoofing classic scary movies. But after the first two film installments, the Wayans family went noticeably missing from…
Some of the victims were treated at the scene before being transported to hospitals A 14-year-old girl was fatally shot at what police have described as an “unauthorized concert” in North Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday. 13 other individuals were injured in the shooting that occurred around 10:30 p.m. on May 22 after a fight…
A Colorado high school has launched an investigation after an image showing a group of students appearing to reenact the death of George Floyd surfaced online earlier this week. The image, which first surfaced on Snapchat, shows three students reenacting the death on school grounds, while the student posing as Floyd dons black face. “Yesterday,…
