A 13-year-old Black boy was drowned after being pushed into a river will now be reviewed by London’s Royal Courts of Justice. Smaller courts previously declared the teen’s death an accident, but his family thinks differently. They believe race played a factor in his death and how the case was investigated. Christopher Kapessa drowned after […]
An Upstate New York man has been arrested and charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime after law enforcement officials claimed he vandalized a Black Lives Matter street mural. According to witnesses Ian Rawlinson, 43, to Albany police on Thursday, Sept. 16, for defacing the Lark Street mural. Once officers arrived, Rawlinson already […]
Andrew Young was an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was there when the civil rights icon was killed. April 4 marks 50 years since the tragedy and those who witnessed it say it is still fresh in their memories. A college student at the time, Clara Ester was at the Lorraine Motel […]