In a recent phone interview for i-D Magazine with friend and past collaborator Pharrell Williams, Kanye Wes touched on his poor treatment in the media, which he compared to that of legendary pop star Michael Jackson, even mentioning blogs when speaking of companies that should not be tearing down “our …

A Manhattan lieutenant is apologizing to officers for kneeling alongside people at a #GeorgeFloyd protest last month. Performative support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement seems to be the latest trend, as Lt. Robert Cattani says “the cop in him” wanted to “kick” his “own ass” for kneeling with peaceful protestors in …

A judge is allowing The Game’s sexual assault accuser collect the rapper’s royalties to satisfy her $7.1 million settlement. Back in 2015, Priscilla Rainey sued The Game after she accused him of sexually assaulting her on the rapper’s reality dating show “She’s Got Game.” She claimed the Los Angeles native …

Two Black teens were stopped and arrested for jaywalking on a street that had no sidewalks.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black people can literally be doing nothing at all and still be harassed by police. The latest report comes from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where police officers arrested two Black teens for jaywalking on a street …

The president of a Florida Fraternal Order of Police chapter has been suspended from the sheriff’s office after he used the chapter’s Facebook page to offer jobs to police officers with excessive use of force accusations. On Tuesday, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced he had suspended Lt. Bert Gamin …

The incident report put together by the Louisville Metro Police for the murder of #BreonnaTaylor is nearly blank. Breonna Shaquille Taylor, 26, was fatally shot by three officers who entered her home using a no-knock search warrant, signed off on by District Judge Marry Shaw, as a part of a …

The New York State Senate has voted to repeal a 44-year-old law that helped protect police officers’ disciplinary records from being released to the public. A variety of social causes have taken place in the wake of global protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd and police brutality. Thousands …

Could Queen Bey be signing a $100 million deal with Disney? New reports point to yes. According to The Sun, Beyoncé is close to signing a deal with Disney worth $100 million that will reportedly include three new projects. The outlet reports that one of those deals is likely the …

People are petitioning for the Ku Klux Klan to be categorized as a terrorist organization. The Ku Klux Klan is a decades-old white supremacist hate group that has terrorized communities of color, specifically the Black community, for years. But now, people are taking initiative to put an end to the …

A Dallas man lost his eye after being shot in the face by “non-lethal” sponge rounds during a peaceful protest. Whether we march peacefully, riot, or loot, the end result is almost always the same: Police use unnecessary force. Millions have taken to the streets to protest the killing of …

Washington, D.C. has approved police reforms following protests against racism and police brutality. On Tuesday, the district council for Washington, D.C., approved several police reforms after days of protests over the killing of #GeorgeFloyd, police brutality, and the plethora of murdered Black people. The unanimous vote came after numerous videos …

An Atlanta police officer has been assigned to desk duty for body-slamming a Black female dental hygienist. A video of 24-year-old Amber Jackson being body-slammed and manhandled by an Atlanta police officer, has gone viral. The incident took place in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood on May 30, while police were paroling …

Actor-producer #MarkWahlberg is getting a reminder of his racist and hate crime-filled past after the star made a post in honor of the slain #GeorgeFloyd. It doesn’t take long for social media to bring up something from your past, especially if you’ve already been called out about the issue before. …

An investigation has been launched into the death of an Ohio State graduate student who was tear-gassed during a protest. An Ohio State University student named Sarah Grossman, 22, died shortly after being sprayed with tear gas at a Columbus rally over the death of George Floyd. Grossman was marching …

We’re going through a tough time as we fight the good fight for justice, the end of police brutality, white supremacy and racism. In the meantime, Baller Alert would like to keep you all informed, positively, mentally stimulated, and as at eace as you can be. Here are some podcasts …

The New York Police Department has launched an internal investigation after a video of an officer seemingly making a white power hand signal during a #BlackLivesMatter protest for #GeorgeFloyd emerged online. The men and women in blue who are supposed to be protecting us have been causing people the most …

A photo of a Long Beach officer standing over blood with his baton has sparked an internal investigation. Officer Jacob Delgado, 26, of the Long Beach Police Department in California, posted a series of photos that showed “disturbing” images of what took place at protests on Sunday. The officer, who …

Dwyane Wade is coming to his wife Gabrielle Union’s defense after the actress filed a discrimination lawsuit against Simon Cowell and others, six months after her exit from America’s Got Talent. The actress has filed a discrimination complaint against AGT co-host Simon Cowell, NBC, FremantleMedia and Syco Entertainment with Department of …

DonaldTrump shared a letter on Twitter that refers to peaceful protestors as “terrorists.” Aside from white supremacists, Trump is the biggest terrorist to have impacted the United States of America, a country that was built on the terrorism that is racism. But, in a new shared letter, Trump’s former lawyer …

Kamala Harris and Cory Booker gave an emotional speech in response to Republican Sen. Rand Paul single-handedly blocking a bill that would make lynching a federal crime. Is there really any reason for lynching to be legal? Was there ever a reason? No. But for some reason, on the day …