A Florida Dunkin’ Donuts employee is now facing an aggravated manslaughter charge after he punched a man for repeatedly calling him a racial slur. The 77-year-old would later died. Corey Pujols, 27, was initially arrested on a charge of battery on a person older than 65 in connection with the May 5 incident and was […]
A Black Dunkin Donuts employee has been charged with aggravated manslaughter for fatally punching a 77-year-old white man who repeatedly used a racial slur toward him during an altercation. Corey Pujols, 27, who was working at the restaurant chain on May 4, allegedly punched the elderly man who then fell backward and hit his head […]
A Florida woman has been arrested and charged late last month after she allegedly went on a racial tirade at a fast-food restaurant over the thickness of her tomato according to Villages News. Judith Ann Black has been charged with a felony after she threw a Whopper at a Black Burger King employee on Friday, […]
Video Captures California Woman and Her Boyfriend Yelling Racial Slurs At Black Amazon Driver’s, The Woman Now Faces Hate Crime Charges Amazon delivery driver Kendall McIntosh says he was just trying to do his job, when a woman and her boyfriend chased him down hassling him while spewing racial slurs. At approx. 7:54 p.m. on […]
The town of Bennington, Vermont has agreed to pay the family of a Black former state politician $137,500 and to release a public apology in regards to her complaints that police did not conduct a sufficient investigation into racist harassment that led her to resign. On Thursday, the select board voted unanimously to approve a […]
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A video shows a woman goes on racist rant toward a Black cashier at a Manhattan bakery after she refused to put on a mask while placing an order. The person who shot the video said the incident took place on Sunday at the Davidovich Bakery stand inside Essex Market on the Lower East Side. […]
Matt Rowan says he is a Type 1 diabetic and when he blood sugar is spiking he sometimes says things he doesn’t mean. The announcer offered a “sincere apology” to everyone involved in the game and said it’s “not unusual” for him to become disoriented and say inappropriate things. “While the comments I made would […]
Award-winning actress Issa Rae took time out of her busy schedule to speak to LinkedIn about working during COVID-19 and having tough conversations about race as a Black woman. Rae and Betty Liu, chairman and CEO at D and Z Media Acquisition Corp, spoke about racism in the workplace, with the producer saying the responsibility doesn’t fall solely on the victims of social […]
The mother of a 13-year-old Texas boy is asking her son’s school to investigate incidents of harassment and abuse she says he faced at the hands of his classmates during a non-school-related event, according to CBS DFW. Summer Smith said she has been reporting incidents of bullying to Haggard Middle School, where her son SeMarion Humphrey […]