“Yesterday’s verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis,” Garland says The Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after a former officer was convicted in the killing of George Floyd there, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday. The announcement comes a day…
K. Michelle elevated the term self-love to a whole other level on April 19, after the former “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” star uploaded a video via Twitter embracing “all” of her physical features. In the clip captioned “Scars, Dents, and all. I love me,” Michelle is seen posing in front of a full-length mirror…
Mark Davis said the tweet was inspired by Philonise Floyd, who said, in part, that he and his grieving family “are able to breathe again.” On Tuesday, NFL team The Las Vegas Raiders posted and pinned a tweet with the image of the phrase “I CAN BREATHE” and the date 4-20-21, the day of the…
Former First Couple Barack and Michelle Obama said Tuesday that “true justice is about much more than a single verdict in a single trial.” Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama declared that “we cannot rest” following the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin Tuesday. In a statement signed by both he and his wife, they…
In a Facebook post Tuesday, the teen who filmed Floyd’s murder wrote “I just cried so hard. This last hour my heart was beating so fast.” The teenage girl who filmed the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 is being hailed as a hero for posting the footage that led to a global…
Music mogul Diddy may have missed the opportunity to help his friend and longtime collaborator Black Rob in his final days of struggling with failing health, but he won’t let that deter him from stepping in to help moving forward. According to Page Six, sources say Diddy has offered to assist with funeral costs to…
Demings criticized her GOP colleagues for introducing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, calling it “completely irrelevant.” Florida Rep. Val Demings and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio clashed during a Tuesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, where a bill called the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act was being considered. The legislation would seek to provide incentives…
Bryant was shot and killed by a policeman in southeast Columbus Tuesday after reports of someone trying to stab them. As Black Americans were breathing a sigh of relief at the guilty verdict in the case of the State of Minnesota versus Derek Chauvin, a new police shooting took place in Columbus, Ohio. Sixteen-year-old Ma’Khia…
Police in Florida are one step closer to arresting a carnival employee who was caught on video attacking a Black woman. Opa-locka police say the woman was exiting a ferris wheel ride at the Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market with her two young children when a heated verbal altercation with one of the ride’s operators escalated. Cellphone video…
Alfonso Ribeiro, best known for his role as Carlton in the long-running ’90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” wants fans to make sure their expectations are in check while anxiously awaiting the release of the reimagining of the series. In August 2020 it was announced that a dramatic version of the NBC series, titled…
