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…
“Let’s just acknowledge that we are not in a utopian business where everything is how we all want it to be. There’s still prejudice we’re working through,” Franklin says. As a governor at large for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, DeVon Franklin has been at the forefront of the organization’s efforts to…
One of two people suspected of killing young Jaslyn Adams in Homan Square was shot multiple times after a highway chase. One of two people suspected of shooting and killing seven-year-old Jaslyn Adams in a McDonald’s drive-thru was shot by Chicago Police after a highway car chase. The unidentified man was shot by officers on…
Waters has her say about Republican tactics in Congress in a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece she wrote, titled “I’m Not New to This.” Congresswoman Maxine Waters has penned an editorial in which she maintains that critics are targeting her in a “blatant distortion of the truth.” Waters attended a peaceful rally Saturday in Brooklyn…
A 36-year-old man is facing numerous hate crimes and assaults charges after reportedly attempting to run over Black children in his pickup truck after a playground fight after a Massachusetts school. Shane Belleville of Holbrook is charged with assault and battery and four counts each of assault with a dangerous weapon, a civil rights violation…
Dave Chappelle revealed that he was so moved by Stevie Wonder’s recent reasoning for wanting to relocate to Ghana that it’s made him consider making the move as well. The 47-year-old comedian shared that these thoughts developed after he heard the “Superstition” singer say that part of his motivation for the transcontinental move was due…
