NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Cops Reportedly Use Banned Chokehold on Ex-Marine in Brooklyn… AND MORE Arizona Cop Illegally Enters Home & Arrests Nearly Naked Woman Obama’s Prison Visits Sheds Light On A Reason So Many Black People Can’t Vote Black Stars […]
George Clinton, principal architect of P-Funk, joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss his music career and new memoir “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin, Kinda Hard on You?” Of the book from Amazon.com: In this seminal music memoir, Father of Funk George Clinton talks four decades of hit songs, drug abuse, the […]
USA Today has reported that at least 70,000 rape kits have gone untested across the country from over 1,000 various testing agencies. Taking into account that the documented agencies only take up a portion of the 18,000 police departments in the country, the amount of the unaccounted for rape kits rose to over 100,000. The kits […]
Roland Martin and HipHollywood’s Vanessa Barnett rundown which African American actors received Emmy Award nominations and who was snubbed by the Emmy voting committee. Lee Daniels took to social media to voice his displeasure after learning that Empire was left out of the Emmy nominations. In an Instagram video post with actor Jussie Smollett, Daniels is seen […]
A staggering 5.9 million Americans can't vote because of felony convictions. Meanwhile, 2016 hopefuls tackle criminal justice reform.
Creating a narrative for a young black queer children wasn’t hard for freelance writer turned author Myles Johnson. Pulling from his own life experiences, the Atlanta based writer along with illustrator Kendrick Daye helped bring to life the story of young Jeremiah Nebula — a kid getting ready for his trip to Mars — in […]
New Orleans artist Ti-Rock Moore has come under fire for her Chicago art exhibit that depicts a mannequin as Mike Brown’s lifeless body. According to the Huffington Post, Moore, who is white, created the racially charged piece for “Confronting Truths WAKE UP!” at the Gallery Guichard. With Earth Kitt’s “Angelitos Negros” playing in the background, the piece places a […]
A couple from Brooklyn, New York believes they were victims of a hate crime after they were allegedly attacked by an off duty police officer. According to the Huffington Post, Stephanie Dorceant, 29, and her girlfriend Nandi Allman were leaving a concert in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn when Dorceant and Officer Salvator Aquino bumped into each other. […]
An Arizona woman is taking the Chandler Police Department to court after she was ambushed in her home by police and arrested minutes after getting out of the shower. According to the New York Daily News, Esmeralda Rossi was home with her daughter when Officer Doug Rose knocked on her door responding to a domestic argument […]
Even though Eric Garner’s case brought attention to cops using banned chokeholds on individuals that they arrest, there reportedly are still police officials who are continuing to use that tactic. According to a new lawsuit, cops put a former Brooklyn marine in a chokehold after accusing him of burglarizing and trespassing his own house. 29-year-old […]
This year’s Emmy nominations took Hollywood by storm with ten black actresses up for awards and two making Emmy history. Taraji P. Henson (Empire) and Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder) have been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, a nomination that has never had two black women in the […]
The FBI has stepped in to help Texas Rangers in the investigation of Sandra Bland, a woman who died in police custody of an alleged suicide
