Minnesota Freedom Fighters was formed to provide security in Minneapolis’ north side neighborhoods during unrest following the death of George Floyd As protests intensified in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright, a group of Black men joined the crowd intent on keeping the peace and preventing protests from escalating into…
“It was very important for us to help these people coming from the system and break the cycle of mass incarceration,” Kurt Evans said Two Philadelphia friends, Kurt Evans and Muhammed Abdul-Hadi opened a pizza restaurant that exclusively employs formerly incarcerated men and women in an effort to reduce the recidivism rate in their city….
The Daly City Police Department has reportedly released only a few details regarding the incident The family of Roger Allen, 44, who was killed by Daly City, CA police on April 7, gathered with dozens of community supporters on Wednesday to call for transparency in the case of Allen’s death, reported the San Francisco Examiner….
“I would be very surprised if we don’t have a resumption in some form by Friday,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday The United States will likely move to resume Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine this coming week, possibly with restrictions or broader warnings after reports of some very rare blood clot cases, the government’s top infectious diseases…
Episode nine of this season’s “Snowfall” was one of the most exhilarating episodes of this season. Spoiler Alert: Viewers had to say goodbye to one of the top antagonists of the FX series: Manboy. Melvin Gregg, who plays Manboy, dished on his character and how he can relate to him so much. He told Complex…
One thing about Kaavia James Union Wade is that even at two years old, she is “consistent.” Gabrielle Union uploaded a TikTok video to Instagram on Friday, April 16, of her daughter failing the fruit snack challenge roughly a year after doing it the first time. In the fruit snack challenge, that began to get…
Source: Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images / Getty A Colorado Republican made a joke about lynching before defending a provision counting enslaved Africans as only three-fifths of a human being. In a debate about strengthening civic education in the Centennial State. Mistaken for another Republican, Rep. Mike Lynch, before taking the floor,…
Source: CHANDAN KHANNA / Getty U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland ended a Trump-era restriction on investigations into police departments as several communities grapple with the fallout from recent killings. The recently confirmed Garland issued a memo to all U.S. attorneys and other relevant staff outlining policies to address police. “This memorandum makes clear that the…
Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty A multiracial coalition gathered in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood to demand justice for 13-year-old Adam Toledo, killed by a Chicago police officer. Block Club Chicago reported a planned Friday rally grew to thousands marching through the streets. Some people watched from nearby stoops, cheering the marchers. “No mother should have…
The bronze statue was modeled after a photograph of Joseph Vaughn walking on campus after he enrolled 56 years ago Furman University has forever memorialized an image captured in 1965 of its first Black student, Joseph Vaughn. A bronze statue, unveiled Friday, was modeled after a photograph of Vaughn walking up to the campus’ James…
