In Taylor’s case, authorities preferred to blame Walker, a licensed gun owner who legally had every right to protect Taylor, rather than examine the sloppiness of the warrant authorizing the search of Taylor’s home. Cameron’s version of events largely ignored the neighbors who said officers didn’t identify themselves before entering, …
Read More »Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Member Sues To Speak Out
A juror from the grand jury that decided not to return murder or manslaughter charges for any of the three police officers directly involved in Breonna Taylor’s killing is reportedly suing to have everything about their deliberation made public. In a new court filing, the unidentified juror is asking the …
Read More »Paula Patton's 'Sacrifice' Will Become Series For BET+
BET announced that legal thriller Sacrifice starring Paula Patton (Precious, Traffik) has been picked up to series. The movie launched on BET+ in December 2019 and was the first original film on the streaming service. Sacrifice takes place in Los Angeles following Daniella Hernandez (Patton), a highly sought-after entertainment lawyer, as …
Read More »GOP Sells Notorious A.C.B. Shirts One Day After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Honored in Capital
Minutes after President Trump nominated attorney Amy Coney Barrettt to the Supreme Court, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) began selling “Notorious A.C.B.” T-shirts. The phrase is a play on the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg‘s nickname Notorious RBG. Ginsburg earned the nickname later in her career after …
Read More »Jordyn Woods Speaks Out on Tristan Thompson Scandal
Model and activewear entrepreneur Jordyn Woods is speaking out after the cheating scandal last year involving NBA player Tristan Thompson that ended her friendship with Kylie Jenner. “I remember just sitting in a very dark place,” Woods, 23, recently told Natalie Manuel Lee, host of the YouTube series Now With …
Read More »How Trump’s 2016 Campaign Used Facebook to Target and Deter 3.5 Million Black Voters: Report
Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM (Getty Images) Trump’s 2016 campaign used every trick possible to steal the election. When he wasn’t using Russian interference in the actual election, his campaign targeted some 3.5 million Black voters and tried to suppress their vote. According to British news outlet Channel 4, Trump’s campaign compiled …
Read More »Chrissy Teigen Hospitalized Due To Pregnancy Complications
Chrissy Teigen recently shared that she’s been hospitalized because of heavy bleeding during her pregnancy. Billboard reports that on Sunday, September 27, she told the world, through her Instagram Stories, that she’s been in bed “for a few weeks as a result of her high risk pregnancy.” Then she explained …
Read More »The New York Town That Tried to Stop Desegregation
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth story in The Firsts, a five-part series about the children who desegregated America’s schools. It was February 23, 1966, and Frederick K. Brewington had to walk less than a mile to get to school. He and his mom had mapped the routes: He would …
Read More »Naya Rivera’s Ex And Sister Move In Together To Raise Son
Two months after the tragic drowning that took the life of Glee actor Naya Rivera, her ex-husband and sister have reportedly moved in together to raise the former couple’s young son. Actor Ryan Dorsey, 37, and Nickayla Rivera, 25, a model and the younger sister of the late Naya Rivera, …
Read More »other Dies From COVID-19 Three Weeks After Daughter
A South Carolina mother has reportedly died from complications of COVID-19 less than three weeks after her daughter also lost her life to the disease. 57-year-old Shirley Bannister was the nursing department chair at Midlands Technical College and tested positive for the coronavirus on September 7. That same day, her …
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