Imagine calling the police for help, but instead of helping, they make the situation worse. Well, that’s what happened to a mother in Utah. 13-year-old Linden Cameron was shot by Glendale, Utah police Friday night, and he is still in the hospital after suffering injuries to both ankles, his shoulder, …
Read More »Protesters March In Downtown Durham, N.C. Against Police Brutality For Second Weekend In A Row
Durham, North Carolina is keeping the energy. For the second weekend in a row, protesters have marched through downtown standing against police brutality and prisoner mistreatment, WRAL News reports. About 70 to 80 people gathered at Durham’s Main Plaza and started their march around 8:30 pm, stopping at both the …
Read More »Northeastern University Dismisses 11 Students For Violating Coronavirus Policy Without Refunding $36K Tuition
Northeastern University has dismissed 11 first-year students for violating the university’s public health protocols regarding gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. The students were found together on Wednesday night in the Westin Hotel in Boston and were notified on Friday that they would need to vacate the hotel within 24 hours …
Read More »Illinois Woman Allegedly Ran Over Boyfriend With SUV, Says He Was “Challenging” Her To Do It
Illinois police arrested a 48-year-old woman for attempted murder after she intentionally ran over her boyfriend, who later died, People reports. Court records obtained by the Chicago Tribune and Times of Northwest Indiana reported that Raquel McCormick ran over her boyfriend, Thomas Brankin, during a heated argument on August 11, …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson’s Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Prevented Severe Illness In Small Group Of Hamsters
Johnson & Johnson is taking their shot at finding a vaccine for the raging coronavirus, and researchers for the company claim their potential vaccine prevented severe illness in a group of Syrian golden hamsters. The hamsters received a single dose of the vaccine and then were exposed to the virus …
Read More »Judge Removes Kanye West From Virginia Ballot After Discovery Of 11 Elector Oaths Obtained By ‘Improper, Fraudulent, And/Or Misleading Leads’
Kanye West’s name will not appear on the Virginia 2020 Presidential ballots after all. Richmond County Circuit Court Judge Joi Taylor disqualified the rapper and his campaign for using fraudulent means to obtain ‘Elector Oaths’ Thursday. The Virginia Board of Elections announced last week that the shoe mogul had met …
Read More »16 year old Arrested For Cyberattacks On Miami-Dade Schools
These virtual classes are already hard enough, but a 16-year-old decided to make them even harder. A Miami, Florida teenager was arrested Thursday after orchestrating a series of cyberattacks that disrupted virtual classes in the Miami-Dade school district this week, The Hill reports. Authorities for the school district, which happens …
Read More »Mother Finds Facebook Video Of Teenage Daughter’s Assault; Leads to Arrest of 7
A mother will do anything to protect her child. A Facebook video recently surfaced of a 16-year-old girl being assaulted while unconscious during a house party in Providence, Rhode Island. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But thanks to her quick thinking mother, who recorded the video with her cellphone, eight men have now been …
Read More »Portland Suspect Killed By Authorities
A man suspected of killing a right-wing activist who was part of a pro-Trump caravan in Portland, Oregon, has been shot and killed by law enforcement agents. Suspect Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was shot by officers in a federally led fugitive task force in Washington State, the U.S. Marshals service …
Read More »Arizona Resident Seeks To Ban Kanye West From State’s Ballot
Many people don’t want Kanye West to be president and have chosen to take matters into their own hands, including one Arizona resident who has requested a judge to bar the rapper from appearing on the state’s November 3 ballot. Rasean Clayton is not here for West’s presidency bid, and …
Read More »Police Unions & Law Enforcement Agencies Join To Stop A California Bill That Would Have Removed Problem Cops
The majority of states have adopted bills that can end the careers of police officers that have a troubled history. But police unions and other law enforcement organizations across California rallied up to stop it from happening in their state. According to the Associated Press, lawmakers scrambled to finish their …
Read More »Sheriff’s Deputy Claims Raptors President Masai Ujiri ‘Falsely Alleged Racial Animus And Prejudicial Bias’
A video of a confrontation between Raptor’s president Masai Ujiri and a sheriff’s deputy at the 2019 NBA championship game has resulted in a long-standing court battle. Now, the sheriff claims that Ujiri wants to make it a race issue. Alan Strickland, the Alameda County sheriff’s deputy-involved in the video, …
Read More »Three South African Police Officers Arrested For Killing 16-Year-Old Nathaniel Julius Who Had Down’s Syndrome
The story of Nathaniel Julius is sad. The 16-year-old boy, who had Down’s Syndrome, was only going outside to buy biscuits when he was shot dead in Johannesburg’s Eldorado Park suburb by three South African police officers. Julius’ family said he was shot because he was not answering the officers’ …
Read More »Sarah Huckabee Sanders Says Trump ‘Jokingly’ Said ‘Take One For The Team’ After Kim Jong Un Winked At Her
Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders opened up about the time Donald Trump joked with her to “take one for the team” after the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un winked at her. Sanders,38, is set to publish her new memoir Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the …
Read More »D.C. Police Shoot and Kill Black Man; Protestors Gather Outside D.C. POlice Station
Another Black man has been killed by a Police officer. This time the shooting occurred in Washington, D.C. Relatives have identified the victim as Deon Kay, who turned 18 years old last month and lived with his mother about a half-mile from where he was shot and killed. The incident …
Read More »Forbes Names Tyler Perry Hollywood’s Newest Billionaire
Congratulations are in order for Tyler Perry, as Forbes has named him the newest billionaire among those in Hollywood. On Tuesday, the magazine announced that the Black filmmaker has joined the elite and exclusive club after estimating his net worth at $1 billion, CBS News reported. Perry is known for …
Read More »Suspect Arrested And Charged In ‘Heinous’ Attempted Rape On Manhattan’s Subway Platform
A video circulating across the web shows a man attempting to rape a woman at an Upper East Side subway platform late Saturday morning. Jose Reyes, 31, has been identified as the suspect who approached and pushed the 25-year-old female to the platform’s ground, ABC7 New York reports. The incident …
Read More »Ryan Coogler Gives An Emotional Tribute to Chadwick Boseman, “What An Incredible Mark He’s Left For Us”
You never know what people are going through. Chadwick Boseman withheld his cancer battle from the world for four years, and the people that knew respected his wishes. It wasn’t until the passing of the marvel superhero that we knew he was actually a real-life superhero. Director Ryan Coogler released …
Read More »Coronavirus Outbreak Linked To Maine Wedding Reception, Venue Says It Made ” An Error” In Interpreting Social Distancing Rules
A wedding ceremony that took place earlier this month violated Maine’s gathering advice, and now more than 85 cases of the coronavirus have been traced back to it. According to Newsweek, the wedding ceremony caused a COVID-19 outbreak that spread across counties and reaching both a jail and a rehabilitation …
Read More »Netflix Postpones ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Preview After The Death of Chadwick Boseman
Netflix has chosen to delay a virtual preview event that was originally scheduled for Monday for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” after the loss of Chadwick Boseman on Friday. After a 4-year battle with colon cancer, Boseman,43, passed away on Friday. The marvel superhero kept his diagnosis entirely private, which added …
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