The Polk County Sheriff’s Office told Atlanta Black Star, “OSHA was contacted immediately,” after the incident and “it does appear to be a tragic, industrial accident.” “While he was using the bathroom in a port-a-potty after his shift, a bulldozer driven by a man by the name of Johnny Johnson, ran him over, killing him […]
A Florida Burger King worker was arrested after police said she shot at a customer last week. According to NBC Miami, the incident took place at 4727 Northwest 167th St. in Miami Gardens. Shateasha Monique Hicks, 30 was arrested and faces a charge for discharging a firearm in public. She was being held on a $1,000 […]
The museum managed by the state’s Department of Finance says it hosts nearly 100,000 people a year, many of them school children on field trips to see such things as the “relic room” where Davis’ slippers and pocket watch are preserved. Near the gift shop, a framed article describes Davis as an American patriot who […]
Tennessee Titans’ Alvin ‘Bud’ Dupree was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault after a verbal exchange with a Walgreens employee that turned into a brawl involving the linebacker’s friends according to Fox News. The incident occurred hours after the Titans’ home victory over the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 2. Around 8 p.m. that night, Dupree […]
An Illinois social worker was stabbed to death during a scheduled home visit last week. Deidre Silas conducted a home visit in Sangamon County after reports of six young children being endangered. Silas, 36, went to the home to investigate and was reportedly stabbed by 32-year-old Benjamin Reed, who is white according to CBS Chicago. […]
Did you know that political icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was a member of Delta Sigma Theta? Mandela was inducted as an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Winnie Mandela was a South African activist and politician who was known for being the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She was a member of the African […]
“When he attacked me, he swung, he almost hit me in the face,” Martinez told The Daily Beast. “He broke this bottle opener off of my keys. When I went to go pick it up, he lunged.” Bitsy would eventually call the police on Martinez after her son told him to “Get the f**k out […]
The family of a California Black construction worker wants answers after Bobby Gayle was shot multiple times. Gayle is recovering, KCRA reported, after being shot seven times this month in California’s Central Valley. The incident took place on Oct. 8 while the 45-year-old was working at a north Stockton restaurant. Bobby’s brother, Marlon Gayle, told the […]
An Arkansas woman who spent more than a month in the hospital while she battled COVID-19 owes nearly $1 million in medical bills. Shenita Russie, 42, contracted the virus while she worked as a mobile respiratory therapist in Boston in 2020. After falling gravely ill, she was hospitalized in Little Rock to be near her family […]
Never before seen case files, photographs and other records documenting the investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi are now open to the public for the first time, 57 years after their deaths. The 1964 killings of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County sparked national outrage and […]