Three Los Angeles Police Department officers who shot and killed an unarmed man on live television in 2013 will not face criminal charges, prosecutors say. The officers — Armando Corral, Leonardo Ortiz and Michael Ayala — were led on pursuit across southeast L.A. County and downtown L.A. by Brian Beaird, a 51-year-old National Guard veteran, on […]
Here’s a little positivity. A single mother of four is still reeling from being the winner of what officials are calling the largest Powerball win in North Carolina history. And Marie Holmes, 26, knows exactly what to do with the $127 million she’s taking home. Give her kids the world. “This is going to make […]
So this happened. During a segment on Cleveland’s Fox 8 discussing Sunday night’s Oscars, anchor Kristi Capel made heads turn when she used the term “jigaboo” to describe Lady Gaga’s music. Quick history lesson: Jigaboo is bad. Really bad. Like “it’s 2015 and a term used in the late 19th and early 20th century to belittle […]
One of the three Chelsea fans who prevented a black man from entering a Paris Metro train after the English club’s UEFA Champions League game against Paris Saint Germain last week has been identified as a human rights official. Richard Barklie, who was part of the group chanting “we’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like […]
On the heels of a year chock-full of political and liberation movements, the 2015 award season is proving that Hollywood has become more cognizant of the national (and many times, global) stage at their feet. In short, Hollywood has been touched by the activism bug. This is not to erase artists and performers who have long used […]
A man police believe is the suspect in a bombing that damaged the side of a building housing the Colorado National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) branch last month has been arrested. Police have not filed official charges against Thaddeus Murphy, but investigators say the 44-year-old man may have been targeting a tax-filing business […]
Fresh off a vacation to Haiti with his wife, Miami Heat star Chris Bosh was hospitalized Thursday for what doctors believe to be blood clots on his lungs. He is currently undergoing testing. According to the Miami Herald, there is a chance Bosh, who was experiencing chest pains before being hospitalized, will miss the rest […]
Glossy information cards – the production of a collaboration between an anti-violence youth group and Akron, Ohio police – were given to students this week to help them during interactions with law enforcement. The two-sided cards, dubbed the “You and the Law” cards, display a bullet-point guideline of how to stay out of trouble when […]
Defending comments he made Wednesday suggesting President Barack Obama did not love America, former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani said his criticism couldn’t be racist because the president’s mother was white. Yep. That happened. According to the New York Times, Giuliani first criticized the president at a New York fundraising event for Gov. […]
According to a USA Today report, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s breathing tube has been removed. Her condition, however, is unchanged. A source close to the situation told the publication that removing Brown from the ventilator does not necessarily mean a decision has been made to take her off of life support. Brown has been hospitalized since Jan. […]
In a comparison that is both inaccurate and sensationalized, a Republican lawmaker from South Dakota wrote on his website that Planned Parenthood, the family planning center, is worse than ISIS. Yes. The same ISIS that beheads, tortures and kills in the name of religion. Isaac Latterell, a Republican member of the state’s House of Representatives, […]
So this happened. An anonymous letter with the salutation “White Power” written at the top and bottom has prompted an investigation by Connecticut police after it was found in mailboxes at the police station. The letter, laced with racist language geared towards African-American officers, was printed on official police letterhead, according to Bridgeport police. While the […]