Nearly six months after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed on a playground by a Cleveland police officer, investigators have presented the findings of their probe into the shooting to prosecutors, who expect to convene a grand jury soon, ABC News said Wednesday. A source tells ABC News that the grand jury will decide […]
On Tuesday, Democratic senators announced they will introduce a bill that would require all states to report police shootings to the Department of Justice. The Washington Post reports: The legislation, introduced by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), would require reporting of all shootings by police officers — including non-fatal ones — which […]
Neill Franklin, retired police officer and Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to talk about the police slowdown in Baltimore. Franklin explained there is a “great void in leadership right now in Baltimore.” According to the former Baltimore police officer, there are many individuals in the law enforcement community who […]
Between police brutality and the disparaging images of African-American men in the media, it is vitally important that our young Black men see examples of success. Actor Dondre Whitfield considers the demonization of Black males one of the “biggest issues that we face in our community.” Whitfield, CouplesAcademy.org Co-Founder Hasani Pettiford, and inspirational speaker Brian Heat have joined […]
It’s evident that Caitlyn Jenner absolutely owned her Vanity Fair cover shoot, but actress and transgender activist Laverne Cox says we should focus on more than just Jenner’s glamorous new look. In a personal Tumblr post, Cox spoke on her and Jenner’s pivotal magazine covers and why transgender people of all looks — glam, sporty, casual, […]
In a crime that spilled from social media into reality, a 20-year-old New Orleans woman faces three years in prison after playing a role in arranging the shooting of her ex-boyfriend during an apparent feud on, well, Instagram, police say. The Times-Picayune reports that Earlneishka Johnson on Tuesday accepted a plea offer, admitting to a […]
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert‘s alleged sexual abuse of a male student over 30 years ago when he was a high school teacher may not have been completely unknown to fellow congressional members, according to Politico. Former congressman Mel Watt, who is now head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, acknowledged on Tuesday that years ago […]
A 24-year-old father of two is facing the death penalty for allegedly beating one of his sons to death over a potty training accident. Anthony Trakemon Powell was arrested last week alongside his sister Prosha Nicole Land in Houston, Texas, according to USA Today. On Mother’s Day, Powell picked the boys up from their mom’s home in Jasper, where […]
Police are on the lookout for a New York woman who posed as a doctor and performed a butt lift surgery resulting in the death of a 34-year-old patient, ABC 7 reports. Kelly Mayhew traveled with her mother from Maryland to Queens, New York over the weekend to get a butt lift. Mayhew, who has had five other similar operations in the […]
As family mourn the loss of Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden’s son, plans are being made for his funeral service. According to the White House, President Obama will deliver the eulogy at the funeral mass, which is slated to take place in Delaware Saturday. “Like his dad, Beau was a good, big-hearted, devoutly Catholic […]
President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that reforms a contentious government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans’ telephone records after the bill was passed by Congress, Reuters reports. The measure, passed earlier in the day by Congress, ends a phone data collection system exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden […]
TV One’s award-winning series Unsung returns with an all-new season of hit-makers and game changers starting Wednesday, June 3rd at 8 p.m. ET. This season is filled with trailblazing artists who dominated the charts, pushed the boundaries of their genre, and inspired legions of fans with their legendary sound. Viewers will be able to reflect on the lives […]
