Tag Archives: South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina deputies will not face any charges for the death of Jamal Sutherland, a mentally ill black man that was tased six times or more in Al Cannon Detention Center. 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson announced on Monday that she couldn’t prove criminal intent, although she conceded the …

A South Carolina dog owner has been charged after his animals mauled a 7-year-old boy to death.  On June 13, seven-year-old Shamar Jackson and his brother were out in their neighborhood looking for their Chihuahua. According to PEOPLE, that’s when a group of dogs approached the siblings.  “They couldn’t get …

When their doorbell rang in the middle of the night, a couple in South Carolina anxious about their missing dog was surprised. They were even more taken aback when they discovered that their beloved dog had not only come home but had also figured out how to operate the electrical …

A South Carolina prosecutor has died two days after his grandson and daughter-in-law were found dead on his family’s land located in Colleton County. According to ABC News, Randolph Murdaugh III’s death was announced by his law firm Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick on Thursday. The firm did not …

South Carolina is one step closer to getting its first Black woman governor, with Democrat Mia McLeod joining the race. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mia McLeod (@miaforsc)   McLeod officially announced her entrance into South Carolina’s 2022 gubernatorial race, calling the job “a tremendous responsibility,” …

Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said a woman hoarding gasoline in her car caught on fire after crashing. On Thursday, a deputy attempted to stop Jessica Gale Patterson in a 2007 Pontiac G6 with a stolen license plate. During the attempted stop, the car crashed and burst into flames, NBC News …

On Wednesday, the South Carolina House voted to add a firing squad option to the state’s execution methods due to the current lack of lethal injection drugs. The measure is also meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the country. …

A court ruled that a South Carolina man with an intellectual disability will be paid $546,000 in damages after a restaurant owner enslaved him for 5 years. Bobby Paul Edwards, the owner of the J&J Cafeteria in Conway, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to one count of forced labor in 2019 …

A missing South Carolina teenager was found dead Thursday in a wooded area in Lexington County. Sanaa Amenhotep, 15, was reported missing on April 5 by her mother after leaving with a young man and two male acquaintances. Officials believe that at some point, the situation became a kidnapping, according …

And to say there isn’t racism in America… A Lancaster County, South Carolina fire chief has resigned from his position after posting a troubling message on Facebook to the police, “Stop responding to these Black neighborhoods.” According to Newsweek, former fire chief Francis “Butch” Ghent felt it would be better …

A white man was arrested in connection with a racially motivated incident at a South Carolina grocery store. 27-year-old John Walter Miles was arrested after refusing to leave a store when the store’s clerk wouldn’t sell him alcohol. Miles was reportedly shopping with his girlfriend shortly after 10:00 pm on …

Chick-Fil-A is selling 16-ounce bottles of Chick-Fil-A sauce and Polynesian Sauce at grocery stores across the nation. The bottles of sauce are available at Walmart, Publix, HEB, Winn-Dixie, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The money …

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill on Thursday that prohibits an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected during an ultrasound with very few exceptions, calling it a “happy day.” “This is a great day. It’s a happy day,” the politician said during a packed event at the …

Earlier today the South Carolina House passed a bill banning nearly all abortions, in an effort to follow the lead of other states with similar measures that would go into effect if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. According to Associated Press, the Senate …

On Friday, York County police confirmed. Two men are in custody in connection to the death of South Carolina rapper 18veno. The 19-year-old rapper was inside of a home.  Piedmont Medical Center pronounced 18Veno dead shortly after.   20-year-old Khalil Lahenra Robinson is facing voluntary manslaughter charges. The Winnsboro, South …

According to HuffPost, one of the lawyers on the second impeachment trial team of Donald Trump previously used racial stereotypes to kick Black people off a jury, claiming that one of them “shucked and jived” in court. Greg Harris is one of four lawyers in South Carolina who make up …

A 36-year-old mother of 10 died from COVID-19 just a week after undergoing an emergency C-section to deliver her youngest child. Ashley Bennett, from South Carolina, died on January 8, according to People. Bennett leaves behind 10 children, ranging in age from newborn to 18-years-old and her husband, Darryl.  According to a …

On Monday, the Supreme Court stalled a death row prisoner’s execution because corrections officials couldn’t obtain the drugs to kill him. Richard Bernard Moore was spared from death after killing a convenience store clerk in 1999. Moore has exhausted all of his appeals. It takes three drugs to execute a …

A South Carolina mother will spend 40 years in prison after she skipped the trial where she was convicted of homicide by child abuse for throwing her two newborn babies away in trash bags. On Thursday, Alyssa Dayvault turned herself in the day after her trial, where she was sentenced …

In Columbia, SC a man has been charged with the rape and murder of a woman who was killed over 40 years ago after DNA evidence linked him to the case. Thursday, 65-year-old Charles Ugvine Coleman was arrested and jailed in Fairfield County for the death of Elizabeth Ann Howell …