MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a Tennessee state senator charged with using federal grant money awarded to a health care school she operated on her wedding, a political campaign event and other personal expenses. A 12-person federal jury decided state Sen. Katrina Robinson was guilty of four of five counts of […]
A former University of Miami football player pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of killing a teammate outside a South Florida apartment complex in 2006. An attorney for Rashaun Jones, 35, entered the plea during a remote court hearing after prosecutors formally filed a second-degree murder charge against him. Jones, who was arrested last month, […]
Mississippi Father-Son Found Guilty After They Admitted to Shooting at Black Teens on ATVs, Both Men Now Face More Than 20 Years In Prison A jury has found a father-son duo guilty of several offenses, including felony malicious mischief with a hate crime enhancement. The incident in connection with a Sept. 2020 incident in which […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A noncommissioned Army officer depicted in a viral video accosting and shoving a man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been convicted of third-degree assault. A magistrate judge found Fort Jackson Army Sgt. Jonathan Pentland guilty of the misdemeanor Monday after a two-day trial, news outlets reported. He will have to choose […]
Wales will become the first UK nation to make black history lessons mandatory in schools, from 2022. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and Black Lives Matter protests, the government wants children to become “ethical and informed”. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on […]
A Missouri man plead guilty on June 17, to threatening Rep. Emanuel Cleaver along with another member of the U.S. Congress. Kenneth Hubert was arrested earlier this year and charged with two counts of threatening a U.S. government official after he threatened Cleaver Missouri Rep, and Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen. Each charge has a maximum […]
Michael McKinney, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to felony charges for firing his handgun into a car full of Black girls who were arguing with rally goers in Iowa last year. The 26-year-old also pleaded guilty to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury on Wednesday, NBC News reported. […]
Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the white defendants’ neighborhood. Travis McMichael and his father, Greg McMichael, as well as a neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, entered their pleas before a U.S. magistrate judge. […]
A high school assignment has sparked controversy among a group of Pennsylvania students and parents who say the classwork included biased questions about the Derek Chauvin trial and George Floyd. In the criminal justice class at Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, students were instructed to answer 10 questions about the trial, in which […]
An attorney representing former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger appeared in front of a panel of Texas appeals court judges this week to argue in favor of overturning her murder conviction. The former police officer didn’t appear in court on Tuesday, and ABC News reports that the panel appears skeptical of the case made by […]