Members of Malcolm X’s family were made aware of a letter written by a deceased former police officer stating the New York Police Department and FBI were connected to Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination. Michelle Miller shares the story of Raymond Wood’s letter, which was made public by his cousin Reginald. Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz […]
An Oregon, man is now facing charges after threatening and making racist remarks toward Black people in two separate incidents and breaking a glass door of a downtown business last week. According to a statement from Springfield police spokesperson Kris Seibel, obtained by The Register-Guard, 52-year-old Michael Joseph Schlimmer, who is Asian, threatened a Black man and […]
Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed the killing of George Floyd last year, lost her uncle Leneal Lamont Frazier on Tuesday to a car crash which involved Minneapolis police and a robbery suspect. Leneal had been an innocent bystander. “I honestly can’t believe I’m making this post right now. I’m so hurt. Nothing feels real,” Frazier wrote […]
Majelic’s mother, Malikah Bennett has been charged with child abuse and first-degree murder. Bennett is being held without bond, and the mother hasn’t pleaded to her alleged crimes. Records show that the mother isn’t represented by an attorney. In August 2020, 4-year-old Majelic spoiled her clothes, which may have made her mother upset. Majelic’s 13-year-old […]
Derek Chauvin, who was convicted earlier this year on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for his involvement in George Floyd‘s death, was sentenced to over 20 years in prison on Friday. While prosecutors requested a 30-year prison sentence for the 45-year-old former Minneapolis officer, Chauvin’s defense attorney was asking for a more lenient punishment, CNN […]
A judge in Ohio has dismissed murder charges filed against the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles, ruling Tuesday that prosecutors did not present evidence to sustain a conviction in a 2018 New Year’s Eve party shooting in Cleveland that left three men dead. Moments after Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Joan Synenberg […]
Jarrell has now been charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault and two counts of reckless endangerment according to ABC 7. Jarrell’s one-month old daughter landed face down and remains in local hospital in critical condition. Her 2-year-old son is also in the hospital although his injuries endured less severe injuries. […]
The teen who filmed George Floyd’s death by police in 2020, has now been awarded a Special Citation Pulitzer Prize. Darnella Frazier was selected by the Pulitzer Prize Board met at Columbia University on June 7 and June 8 to select the 2021 winners and announced the on June 11. The Pulitzer Prize Board met […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Five weeks after ex-Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, three Washington state police officers pleaded not guilty Friday in the death of Manuel Ellis, another Black man who pleaded for breath under an officer’s knee. Tacoma police officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine appeared in orange […]
A Texas family who were out for revenge have been charged with murder after they mistakenly killed a neighbor who they mistook for the person they were looking, according to ABC 13. Joe Argueta, 19, his mother and father, 39-year-old Florinda Argueta, and 45-year-old Luis Argueta, and his uncle, 29-year-old Margarito Alcantar have been charged. […]