A Black woman held at gunpoint by a Minneapolis Parks police officer after finding out she was licensed to carry a firearm. The woman is finally speaking out about what happened, after three years she interviewed with Minneapolis ABC affiliate KTSP. Jenice Hodge talked about the July 2019 event where Officer Calvin Pham aimed his […]
An Michigan 8th grader student has been removed after a video that has been taken out of the school after a video shows him threatening to kill Black people while he allegedly held a firearm. The student who attends Emerson Middle School, said “I am ready for the n——. Gonna kill them now because I […]
The Michigan teenager charged with killing four classmates and wounding seven other people at his high school this week told guidance counselors that drawings showing a gun, bullet and a bleeding gunshot victim were part of a video game design. The information came from a written statement released Saturday by the school district’s superintendent, who […]
A Georgia mother and actress was fatally shot by her neighbor who says his gun accidentally went off while he was cleaning it. 36-year-old Carlether Foley was asleep on Sept. 26 when a bullet was fired through her Duluth apartment building hitting her in the head according Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Foley had a son, Keyandre, 17, found […]
An 8-year-old girl was hit by bullets at a Pennsylvania high school football game in August was fatally shot by Sharon Hill Borough police officers, the Delaware County District Attorney’s office announced last week. District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer says that “initial ballistics analysis” concluded “near certainty” that shots fired by officers killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer briefly pressed a knee to the neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes as the New Orleans Pelicans center gasped “I can’t breathe” seconds before another officer used a Taser on him during a struggle, according to body camera video released Friday. The officers went to Hayes’ home […]
A 4-year-old from Arkansas is sending powerful messages against gun violence through his music, THV11 reports. Kash “Kashmania” Coullier from Little Rock recently released a cover version of the song Outside by MO3 & OG Bobby Billions. “We scared to come outside / Cuz they shooting every night and day / Dear God I pray […]
Elijah Hasan has decided to use his artistic talent to bring awareness to the growing gun violence taking place in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, native. Earlier this month, Hasan along with anti-gun activists, including representatives from organizations such as The No Hate Zone, the Portland Rotary Peace Builders, and Loved is Stronger, worked together […]
The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. are working to make the streets of Birmingham, Alabama a safer place. The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma in Birmingham hosted a Spring Gun Buyback event on Sunday to reduce gun violence in their city. The event was held at First Ebenezer Baptist Church Fellowship House on […]
Rep. Maxine Waters went to Twitter on Tuesday to speak out on the killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, describing the incident as “hard to believe.” “How could a trained officer make a mistake shooting an unarmed man with a gun instead of a taser? Hard to believe,” the congresswoman said, posting a side-by-side photo to […]