De’Veon Smith was supposed to be one of the top running backs for the USFL’S Pittsburgh Maulers in 2022 season. However, Smith was released in early April and replaced him with former Michigan State and Tennessee running back Madre London Sporting News reported. A documentary about the lead-up to the start of the USFL season, […]
Ates said while he was in prison he kept his mind focused on basketball and didn’t think much of the outside world. “When I get ready to play and start playing, you can zone everything else out,” Ates told Atlanta Black Star. In 2015, Ates’ case got another chance after the “Truth and Justice” podcast […]
Six months ago Jelani Day, 25, went missing and his body was discovered in the Illinois River. Although Day’s body has been found, his family still has a lot of questions surrounding his disappearance and death. “Sometimes my chest just hurts so bad, and it’s in this spot where my heart is, and I know […]
“We know that because of the unique position Eric is in, we have some very real safety concerns about where he would be housed if he were to be taken into custody on the day of the sentencing,” Hastings argued. She added, “I think it is a reasonable request just to have a feel so […]
“Police say the suspect was recording on his phone when he told one of the store’s employees to remove Israeli flags hanging at the shop,” according to the news station. “‘Remove those Israeli flags and shut the business down or I’ll burn the building down,’ he allegedly said to the workers. No injuries were reported.” […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — The father of a 7-year-old Michigan girl whose hair was cut by a teacher without her parents’ permission has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the school district, a librarian and a teacher’s assistant. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Grand Rapids against Mount Pleasant Public Schools, MLive.com […]
A Washington, D.C. mother is still seeking answers after she says her 6-year-old daughter’s ride to school took two and half hours, NBC Washington reports. Over two weeks ago, Asha Gillus lived a parent’s worst nightmare after not being able to locate her daughter, Channing, who should have been on a direct bus route from […]
The ex-Minnesota officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright now wants to block news cameras at her upcoming manslaughter trial. Attorneys for the former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter claim in court papers that livestreaming her trial presents safety concerns for the officer. Potter says she believed pulled out her taser instead […]
The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion on several points and that the verdict should be impeached because of jury misconduct, according to a court document filed Tuesday. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was convicted last month of second-degree unintentional murder, […]
A Black man wrongfully charged by San Antonio police in connection to a domestic violence incident is seeking legal retribution for the botched 2019 investigation. According to local news station KSAT, Michael Wright, 34, was charged months after the San Antonio Police Department investigated a domestic dispute between a woman and her boyfriend, a 38-year-old […]