A video of a Florida school monitor shows him lifting a student in the air by his neck and then pushing him a few times. The incident took place in Kissimmee, Fla. The student allegedly used the N-word and the recently hired aide. The community is outraged over the monitor’s actions, and parents of the […]
Haitian National Police Chief Léon Charles announced on Sunday that Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a physician from Florida, may have had a hand in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last week and has been arrested, the New York Post reports. According to the Miami Herald, Sanon, who has ties to Florida for the last twenty […]
A Florida man is being held without bond in jail after he was arrested for pointing a gun at a Black family in traffic for no reason. A Black mother, father, and their two kids under the age of 12, told Volusia County deputies on June 27, a someone fitting the description of Nicholas J. […]
Torri’ell Norwood saved her best friend’s life one dat after finishing CPR training according to the Good News Network. Norwood had just completed her CPR training at Lakewood High School Athletic Lifestyle Management Academy. The 16-year-old was driving her car along with three friends as passengers when they were hit by a speeding driver. The […]
A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police officer shot a protester in the face with a rubber bullet during a Black Lives Matter protest last year, leaving her with several injuries, has been cleared of any wrongdoing. The Fort Lauderdale Police Department announced that Detective Eliezer Ramos didn’t intentionally hit LaToya Ratlieff with the rubber bullet during a May […]
It looks like karma has caught up with Lewishena Browning, aka “Shay Johnson.” As Blavity previously reported, a 14-year-old named Tyre Samspon recently lost his life at ICON Park in Orlando, Florida. Sampson, who weighed over 300 lbs., tragically slipped through his shoulder-harness while riding a 430-foot drop tower ride. He slammed into the concrete […]
When the Civil War ended, Black Americans were almost half 0f the population of Florida. Just like other southern states, most Black Americans in Florida were enslaved and none had the legal right to vote. Then the 15th Amendment in 1870 theoretically gave the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race, color or previous […]
Aho ruled that Williams filed the motion too late, and maintained that even if it was on time, she “did not find a basis to undo the original sentencing judges’ decision.” Williams took Mobley away from her mother five hours after she was born. Williams previously told the court that at the time of the […]
The safety harness and seat of the 14-year-old teen who fell to his death from an amusement park ride in Florida last week were locked at the end of the ride, according to the accident report USA TODAY reported. Tyre Sampson fell to his death while he was riding the Orlando FreeFall last Thursday at ICON […]
(BPRW) Builders Makes $40,000 Contribution to the National African-American Insurance Association of Florida (Black PR Wire) ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Builders, a commercial insurance leader rated A by A.M. Best, today announced a $40,000 contribution to the National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA) of Florida through its newly established “Built Strong” Scholarship Fund. The contribution will provide merit-based […]