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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Monday, April 5, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin Photo: Court TV-Pool (AP) Day six of Derek Chauvin’s trial largely focused on the testimony of the chief of the Minneapolis police and …
Read More »George Floyd Passenger To Plead The Fifth
A friend who was one of George Floyd’s passengers on the day of his death, has reportedly invoked his 5th Amendment right to not testify in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. According to Law & Crime, Morries Hall, 45, has notified the court of the Chauvin …
Read More »Black Customs and Border Agents Sue Agency Over Racial Profiling And Treatment Of Black Travelers At Michigan-Canada Border
A small group of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have filed a lawsuit alleging the agency racially profiles and humiliated scores of Black travelers moving between the U.S. and Canada. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, three Black CBP officers accuse the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …
Read More »St. Louis Jail Faces 2nd Uprising in 2 Months as Those Incarcerated Demand Speedy Trials
Screenshot: CBS 17 (Other) Conditions in America’s jails and prisons weren’t exactly sterling before the pandemic broke out. In the year since, those incarcerated have dealt with lackluster efforts to mitigate the virus and have often been an afterthought when it comes to the nation’s response to the virus. With …
Read More »Ruff Ryders Motorcycle Club Honors DMX Outside Hospital
A Ruff Ryders motorcycle crew gathered outside White Plains Hospital on Sunday (April 4) to show support for DMX. The 50-year-old rapper was in the New York hospital after suffering a heart attack two days earlier. FOX5 New York reporter Lisa Evers captured the moment on video when the bikers …
Read More »Hank Aaron’s Grandson to Kelly Loeffler: ‘Shut Up About My Grandpa!’
Hank Aaron’s grandson, Raynal Aaron, told former Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler to keep his grandpa’s name out of her mouth, the Daily Kos reported. On April 2, the younger Aaron took to Twitter to shut down Loeffler from honoring the late Aaron – one of the greatest baseball players of …
Read More »Reactions to MLB Moving All-Star Game From Georgia: Some Dems Acknowledge Necessity of Action, Big Mad Republicans Blame Wokeness
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league’s objection to a new Georgia voting law.Photo: Brynn Anderson (AP) The …
Read More »9 Pieces of Advice to Help You See Relationships More Clearly
Other reader-favorite columns share this quality. People ask their question, and Lori gives them an answer, but it isn’t always an answer to the question they thought they had. In some cases, Lori helps readers see the situation from another person’s point of view; in others, she gives them the …
Read More »B.B. Dickerson, Bassist For War, Dies at 71
Legendary funk musician Morris “B.B.” Dickerson died Friday (April 2) at age 71. Billboard confirmed that the founding member of the band War passed away at a Long Beach, Calif., hospital after succumbing to an undisclosed illness that he battled for a long time. Dickerson was a bassist and vocalist …
Read More »Angry Customer Opens Fire At Memphis Burger King
0 Photo Courtesy of Memphis Police Department/ Facebook On March 30, a brazen woman climbed through a drive-thru window and opened fire at a Memphis Burger King. According to the Memphis Police Department, a Black female customer was upset about the extended wait time to receive her order. The pissy …
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