Motley’s attorney Ben Crump and the Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday that Kroger be charged alongside Livingston and Allied Universal for facilitating the contract that resulted in the death of Motley. Livingston has been charged with second-degree murder. “Kroger, you can’t pass the buck saying that this is an issue for the Motley family or […]
Ricky Lamar Hawk, better known as the 23-year-old Atlanta-based rapper Silento, has been indicted for the shooting death of his cousin. On Aug. 3, a Georgia grand jury charged the “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rapper with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Billboard reported. […]
Two Georgia Coaches Charged With Murder In Teen Heatstroke Death of Student-Athlete Who Collapsed During Conditioning In Nearly 100 Degree Weather An Georgia grand jury has indicted two high school coaches in the death of a student after she collapsed at basketball practice in 2019. Elite Scholars Academy head basketball coach Larosa Walker-Asekere and assistant basketball […]
A few weeks after a white woman reportedly assaulted a Black child attempting to block him from using the community pool has been charged. The incident took place on July 6th, when Heather J. Brown was recorded an unidentified woman was filmed by a witness. The video was later posted on Brown’s TikTok. “He was […]
The family of a man who was killed by a Kroger security guard says they’re shocked about the incident. Attorney Ben Crump has been retained to represent the victim’s family. Alvin Motley passed away Saturday after an argument over loud music with 54-year-old Gregory Livingston. Livingston was working as a security guard at the Kroger […]
Two Cleveland, Ohio, women who were both arrested and charged with stealing thousands, received vastly different outcomes. Debbie Bosworth, a white former town’s clerk, was charged with embezzling nearly $250,000 from the city over two decades. For her crime, county court Judge Hollie Gallagher sentenced her to two years of probation, according to local publication Cleveland. According to […]
A South Carolina police officer who was captured on video stomping a Black man’s head while he was on the ground in late July has been fired and charged with first-degree assault and battery, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Officer David Lance Dukes, 38, was let go after an internal officials reviewed […]
A Chicago police officer who shot an unarmed man in the back as he tried to escape capture by running up an escalator in a busy subway station has been charged with felony aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct, prosecutors said Thursday. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said in a news release that Melvina Bogard, […]
A Texas woman has been charged with murder in connection to the fatal shooting of a homeless woman outside of a grocery store late last week. Harris Country Sheriff Ed Gonzalez posted on Twitter on July 26, saying 34-year-old Christine Fesus was in custody after admitting to shooting a 36-year-old Black homeless woman Deandrea Citizen […]
Byrne pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary and two counts of first-degree kidnapping. His bail has been set by Superior Court Judge Garold Johnson at $2 million, the News Tribune reported. On July 18, Tacoma officers arrived to a downtown building where Smith, a security guard, was found bleeding and […]