A Black judge in Wayne County, Michigan gave a second chance to Edward Martell in 2005 when he was arrested for selling drugs. Now 16 years later Judge Bruce Morrow has sworn in Martell as a lawyer. When the pair first met, Marshall, 27, was repeat offender pleading guilty to manufacturing and selling crack cocaine. Judge Morrow […]
An Atlanta restaurant is under fire after denying entry to former NBA player Dominique Wilkins, which he says was because of his race. “In my many years in the world, I’ve eaten at some of the greatest restaurants in the world, but never have I felt prejudice or been turned away because of the color […]
For the first time since being diagnosed with HIV in 2007, Pose star Billy Porter is opening up about his battle with the disease. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Porter said 2007 was the worst year of his life. “I was on the precipice of obscurity for about a decade or so, but 2007 was the […]
Dallas, Texas attorney Lee Merritt has announced he will run for Texas Attorney General in 2022. Merritt will run against current sitting AG Ken Paxton. Merritt was compelled to run for office after the recent death of Marvin Scott III according to Texas Public Radio. Scott died while in police custody in Collin County jail […]
A Louisiana state trooper joked in a group text about brutalized a Black man after a high-speed chase in May 2020 according to court documents. 30-year-old Trooper Jacob Brown was charged in the beating of 29-year-old Antonio Harris. On March 10 Brown resigned from his position. Brown sent messages to three of his colleagues in […]
Marion Humphrey Jr., a Black man who was stopped by an Arkansas state trooper while driving a U-Haul last year is now suing the state trooper who handcuffed and detained him for over an hour in the back of a police car while officers searched his vehicle with no valid legal basis. According to 5News, […]
Herbert Alford, a Michigan man who was convicted of murder in 2016, is now suing Hertz, saying the car rental company failed to produce a receipt that would have proved he was not at the scene of the crime in 2011. Although the charges against Alford were dropped after the company produced the receipt in 2018, the […]
John Schnatter, the former Papa John’s chairman who was ousted from the pizza chain in 2018 after allegedly using a racial slur, tried to defend himself during an interview on Monday while also contradicting his own statement. Speaking with the far-right network OAN, the ex-CEO said he “has no history of racism,” but he has […]
Acclaimed actor Will Smith says he’s been called the n-word to his face at least five times in his life, but it’s never hurt his feelings because he doesn’t consider the name-callers to be intelligent people. While on a press tour for his six-part docuseries, Amend: The Fight for America, Smith went on the Pod Save America […]
Acclaimed actor Will Smith says he’s been called the n-word to his face at least five times in his life, but it’s never hurt his feelings because he doesn’t consider the name-callers to be intelligent people. While on a press tour for his six-part docuseries, Amend: The Fight for America, Smith went on the Pod Save America […]