Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is facing a driving under the influence charge after a fiery vehicle crash early Tuesday in Las Vegas that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his female passenger injured, authorities said. According to police, Ruggs was driving a Chevrolet Corvette a little before 3:40 a.m. when it crashed into […]
Earlier this week federal authorities announced they are looking into the shooting death of a Black man by Georgia state trooper, who attempted to stop the driver in 2020 over a broken tail light according to FOX Atlanta 5. The family of Julian Lewis have asking federal investigators to look into the case since a […]
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy who was involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is resigning, the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Friday. The statement from Sheriff Tommy S. Wooten II provides no reason for Aaron Lewellyn’s departure. The deputy is using […]
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because the Black man struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands to show his hands and get out of the vehicle. District Attorney Andrew Womble said at […]
A Georgia judge has scheduled a trial date for the three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot while jogging last year. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley announced on Friday that the trial will take place on Oct. 18, ABC News reported. The men involved in the killing are Greg […]
A lawyer representing the family of a man fatally shot by an off-duty Pentagon security officer is now demanding prosecutors to release surveillance video of the shooting at the Takoma Overlook condos located in Takoma Park, Maryland. Attorney Malik Shabazz says in the interest of transparency, the State Attorney John McCarthy should release all images […]
Several researchers across the country have concluded that drug overdose deaths have surged among Black Americans during the pandemic. The scientists’ focus on disparity follows up on research from the CDC, which found that fatal drug overdoses among all Americans increased by 20% during the coronavirus pandemic, killing more than 83,000 people. “It wasn’t until we started […]