Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old Black woman suspected of shoplifting, was sitting in the driver’s seat of her car in front of the store when she was confronted by two Ohio police officers ordering her out of the car – including one officer standing directly in front of her car in violation of departmental policy. Body…

Simone Biles‘ biological mother says that she hosted a watch party in her backyard in Ohio for her friends and family to join her as she cheered for the daughter she allegedly abandoned at the Paris Olympics. The 4-foot-8 athlete did not disappoint, walking away from the international competition with three gold medals and one…

Ta’Kiya Young. | Source: Church of Christ Newly announced murder charges against a former police officer in Ohio marked the second time in as many months that a white cop is being prosecuted for killing a Black woman in instances that were both preventable. Most recently, former Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb was charged…

Tyler Perry is letting the numbers clap back at movie critics who dogged him out for exploiting Black women’s pain following the unprecedented success of “Divorce in the Black.” The film starring divorcees Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict premiered on Amazon’s Prime streaming platform on July 11. And like the rest of his catalog of…

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a Nov. 2021 news conference in Houston. The former mayor was picked Tuesday as the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. (Photo: Michael Wyke/AP, file) Sylvester Turner will appear on the November ballot after securing the most support from local Democratic precinct chairs during…

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference in August 2023 in Atlanta. (Photo: John Bazemore/AP, file) When Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured the indictment a year ago Thursday, it was the fourth and most sprawling of the criminal cases against the former president. ATLANTA (AP) — A year after…

Source: Marion County Sheriff’s Office / marion county sheriff’s office The manslaughter trial for the 60-year-old woman who killed Ajike “A.J.” Owens began this week, but some activists are concerned that the all-white jury selected may lead to her acquittal. Opening statements trial of Susan Lorincz began Tuesday, as jurors listened to prosecutors paint the…

This undated image provided by the law firm of Walton+ Brown, LLP, shows Ta’Kiya Young, 21, a pregnant woman killed last August after being accused of shoplifting. (Photo: Walton+ Brown, LLP via AP) A grand jury indicted Connor Grubb on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the death of Ta’Kiya Young and…

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks after winning the primary at Nighthawks in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday. (Photo: Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) “We run the politics of joy,” Omar told supporters, echoing a Harris-Walz theme. “Because we know it is joyful to fight for your neighbors.” MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of…

A video of a white man telling off a Black man in a racist outburst in New Jersey is making the rounds on social media. The video was first posted by social user @incredibam, who recorded his encounter with a white Mini Cooper driver in the parking lot of a public park in Collingswood, New…