The Colorado Springs City Council has approved a $2.1 million settlement with a Black man who filed an excessive force lawsuit after he was severely beaten by three Colorado Springs police officers two years ago. The council approved the massive settlement by a 7-1 vote, with one council member absent. The brutal arrest on Oct….
Source: Robin Alam/ISI Photos / Getty In today’s episode of Why Did Colin Kaepernick Get Black Listed From The NFL Again? Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a commencement speech last weekend at Benedictine College, a Catholic liberal arts school in Atchison, Kansas, and, well, it was bad. Butker espoused the kind of social and…
Comedian Gary Owen says that he made some really great friends while filming and promoting the “Think Like A Man” franchise, but no one has showed up for him like fellow comedian Kevin Hart. During his interview on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, the Ohio native recalled first meeting Hart in 1998 when he…
Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty A historically Black college (HBCU) is among the universities that have been dropped from the original schedule of the 2024 presidential debates after the top pair of presumptive nominees revised the previously agreed to hold just two debates. The quick agreement between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump excludes a…
Police in Georgia charged a man with his girlfriend’s murder after he allegedly strangled her, burned her body, dumped her remains in Tennessee, and then recruited his family members to destroy evidence connected to the crime. Clayton County police arrested Michale Edwards in connection with the death of 23-year-old Briana Winston. Police gave a press…
As it pertains to her love life, Common’s ex, Tiffany Haddish, believes the “greatest is yet to come.” The comedian says she even has criteria for potential partners who think they have what it takes to make her say “she ready” to a new romance. And her list is not the superficial run-of-the-mill good looks…
Senior Airman Roger Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force / U.S. Air Force The family of a young, Black officer with the U.S. Air Force who was shot to death by a Florida police officer earlier this month is expected to reveal new evidence in the killing that happened under questionable circumstances. Senior Airman Roger…
During his May 15 appearance on Club Shay Shay, Kel Mitchell recalled his time as a former Nickelodeon child star and how a run-in with disgraced producer Dan Schneider jump-started his depression. While discussing the disrespect and mistreatment he faced during his late teenage years on the children’s network, Mitchell specifically pointed to Dan Schneider…
Source: Todd Kirkland / Getty In January, a statue of baseball legend and MLB integrator Jackie Robinson was cut off at the ankles, stolen from McAdams Park in Wichita, Kansas, loaded into a pickup truck, and was later found burned and dismantled in a garbage can. Naturally, Black people assumed some group of rabid racists…
An 18-year-old Florida mother has been charged after police say she sent pictures of her stepping on her baby’s face to her friend and the child’s father. Alicia Brea now faces one count of child abuse without great bodily harm. According to WPLG, Brea’s friend called 911 on May 9 to report Brea for sending…
