Malik Muhammad, a 28-year-old #BlackLivesMatter protester and disabled Army veteran, has spent over 250 days in solitary confinement, far exceeding Oregon’s 90-day limit. Muhammad, who lives with severe PTSD after serving in the military, is currently serving a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to 14 felonies in 2022, including throwing a Molotov cocktail during the […]
Business owners operating at the historic but troubled intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue—now known as George Floyd Square—are suing the city of Minneapolis for $30 million, claiming neglect and unlawful treatment. According to CBS News, the lawsuit was filed in Hennepin County last week by the owners of Unity Foods (formerly Cup Foods) […]
“I was very distraught, I'm so sorry.” These were the words of former Minnesota police officer, Kim Potter, who sobbed as she testified Friday about the moment she fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright after "accidentally" reaching for her handgun instead of her Taser. “We were struggling. We were trying to keep him from driving away. It just went chaotic,” said Potter during her trial. Potter has been charged with first and second-degree manslaughter over Wright’s death. In order to have her convicted, prosecutors must prove she acted with recklessness or culpable negligence when she defied years of training and mixed up the weapons. “I remember yelling ‘Taser! Taser! Taser!’ and nothing happened, and then he told me I shot him,” she said in tears. “I’m sorry it happened. I’m so sorry,” she added. “I didn’t want to hurt anybody.”
The Karens are back at it again! This sad sad story is becoming redundant at this point. An innocent black man was accused of stealing a white woman’s cell phone in California when in fact the cell phone was sitting right inside “Karen’s” purse. https://www.tiktok.com/t/TTPdjyse1s/ First there was Karen in New York who accused a […]
A 16-year-old baseball star left his prep school after a staff member’s racist comment
Just 24 hrs. after being found not guilty of all charges, Kyle Rittenhouse might be taking it back to court with a potential defamation case against President Biden. According to Fox News, the case would be over a tweet suggesting Rittenhouse was a White supremacist. Per Fox, Todd McMurtry, who helped former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann reach a settlement with CNN over a defamation lawsuit, said Biden could be held accountable for a September 30, 2020, social media post weeks before he was elected. "There’s no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night," Biden's tweet said.
Unfortunately, in some parts of the south racism still exists and a group of black students suffered the consequences for it. African-American students in Rome, Georgia were suspended from their high school for planning a protest after another group of students came to school waving a Confederate flag. CBS 46 Atlanta reported that the demonstration was to take place at Coosa High School, where a group of white students were filmed waving the Confederate flag and allegedly spewing racial slurs. Students say the incident took place during a homecoming spirit day earlier this month but did not result in any disciplinary action. In lieu of this situation, the students decided to take matters into their own hands.
Yara Shahidi, Trevor Jackson and Francia Raisa talk about filming "Grown-ish" Season 4 during the Black Lives Matter movement. The actors also answered some Senior Year Superlatives, including Best Hair and Best Smelling, which led to Trevor revealing he's definitely guilty of torturing his castmates' nostrils!
Fans are constantly worried about Britney Spears, with every post she uploads to Instagram causing a stir in her comments sections--but none caused a divide quite like her recent photo in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
On May 31, 2020, LaToya Ratlieff was one of several people peacefully protesting during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Fort Lauderdale Florida when she was struck in the face with a rubber bullet. The force of the bullet broke her eye socket and she needed 20 stitches to close the two-inch gash the projectile caused. The Miami Herald whose been following Ratlieff's story also concluded that Ratlieff was struck while choking on tear gas and running away from a conflict that "the police provoked." The publication added that the shot could have killed the woman who suffers migraines, sees strange flashes, and suffers from memory loss.
Jake Gardner commits suicide days after being indicted for the manslaughter James Scurlock
Randy Moss Decided To Use His Platform In The Best Way Possible During Randy Moss’ Hall of Fame induction speech, the camera caught a glimpse of the former wide receivers tie. There wasn’t a designer logo which he usually dons with his custom suits, it was a tie that read the names of a […]