After an initial tweet James deleted, the NBA star returned to Twitter to explain the reason why he took it down. NBA superstar LeBron James tweeted then deleted a post about the Columbus police officer who shot and killed Ma’Khia Bryant. The officer was recently identified as Nicholas Reardon. The tweet featured a photo of…
Nicholas Reardon, a military-trained marksman, is the officer who shot the 16-year-old Bryant four times. The officer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant has been identified as Nicholas Reardon, a military-trained marksman and U.S. Air National Guardsman who has been with the Columbus Police Department since 2019. Reardon has been placed on leave after…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came under fire Tuesday evening after speaking on the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin murder trial. The 81-year-old delivered a speech many online users felt was offensive and poorly worded. In what appeared to be an attempt at highlighting the outpouring of support that followed in the wake of George Floyd’s tragic…
Drug testing is a necessary aspect of the NFL, however, some players think the sports league is too aggressive with its application of the policy. Tennessee Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown recently expressed annoyance over the frequency of his screenings, claiming on Twitter that he has undergone three tests since the end of the season….
The cast from the popular VH1 reality series “Black Ink Crew: New York” made their return to the small screen during the season 9 premiere of the show after a nearly year-long break. As many viewers of the show may know, Ceaser Emanuel and his band of tattoo artists have been through a lot together…
A deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina shot and killed the unarmed Black man while serving a search warrant A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while serving a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from community members who demanded law enforcement accountability and the immediate release of body camera…
Source: Nathan Howard / Getty This relentless onslaught of racialized terror and violence is something too many Black youth know personally or through generational understanding. Many of them come from and live in communities created and targeted by violent white supremacy. For those of us in mentorship roles, our work in this moment requires showing…
She “intentionally veered her car off the roadway and partially into the yard to strike the children.” A suspected white supremacist in Greenville, North Carolina, was arrested Sunday evening after she purposely drove her vehicle into a yard where a group of Black teenagers were playing basketball, striking one of them. The Pitt County Sheriff’s…
“I am proud to know that it’s her blood running through my veins” Uzo Aduba celebrated her mother’s birthday with a heartfelt tribute on Twitter in which she also revealed that her mom died in November after a cancer battle. Sharing a sweet photo of her and her mom Nonyem together, the Nigerian-American actress wrote,…
“I will do my utmost best to live up to your faith you in me.” LeVar Burton has scored a Jeopardy! guest host spot after fans lobbied for him to be added to the pool of celebrities filling in for the late Alex Trebek. Burton fans launched a Change.org petition in November calling for the…
