The former Georgia State Patrol trooper who fatally shot a 60-year-old Black man in the head won’t be getting out of jail anytime soon. On Friday (Sept. 3), Screven County Judge F. Gates Peed denied bond for Jacob Gordon Thompson. On Aug. 7, Thompson said he attempted to pull over …
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0 image: BlackBusiness.com Thyk Skynn, a Black-owned line of fashionable bulletproof vests for men, women, and children, has seen a nearly 400 percent increase in sales over the past few weeks as Americans continue to grow concerned about their protection from police shootings and other random acts of violence. Mike …
Read More »Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) If you’re a Georgia Republican running for re-election, slamming Black Lives Matter is potent political currency. This certainly seems true for U.S. Sen. and co-owner of the WNBA team the Atlanta Dream Kelly Loeffler, who was a political nobody outside the state of Georgia until she …
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Social media sounded an alarm bell about the safety of a Georgia teen seen on Instagram Live being abused by her father and stepmother. In the unnerving video, the two attack the girl, identified as Trinity, in a garage. She gets slapped during their questioning. Trinity escapes for a brief …
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Tyler Perry was officially declared a billionaire by Forbes last week, and he’s wasting no time flexing his status. The media mogul, who is known to work hard and live large, is under construction on an epic estate in Atlanta, which reportedly will feature a horse farm and…an airport. TMZ …
Read More »Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) NY Attorney General Letitia James is forming a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died in March after Rochester police put a hood over his head, which suffocated him. The state prosecutor made the announcement on Saturday …
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Sony Music is announcing they’re releasing a six-LP vinyl set from Sade called This Far, which will feature remastered versions of all of her studio albums to date, including Diamond Life (1984), Promise (1985), Stronger Than Pride (1988), Love Deluxe (1992), Lovers Rock (2000) and Soldier Of Love (2010). Sade, …
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0 President Donald Trump President Donald Trump has decided to instruct federal agencies to stop racial sensitivity and diversity training that tackled topics like white privilege and critical race theory. The president states that such training is “divisive, anti-American propaganda” according to a memo sent to federal agencies by Russell Vought, the …
Read More »Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) It’s pretty well-known that Donald Trump is deeply obsessed with Barack Obama, probably because he is the first Black president and a person who is objectively intelligent and generally well-loved—two things that will never describe the current president. Now Trump’s former right-hand guy and clean-up …
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