In the midst of protests and backlash against the Baltimore Police Department after the death of Freddie Gray, another witness video has emerged. The new video shows the police van stopped just a block from the arrest site, reports CNN. Police stopped to re-restrain Gray after he was heard screaming in pain. The original video shows Gray with […]
Stabbing At Baltimore’s Morgan State University Leaves Three Football Players Injured, One Seriously
Three Morgan State University football players were injured Tuesday afternoon in a stabbing that occurred on campus, the Baltimore Sun reports. According to Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts, the incident happened near the football field and residence halls around 2:05 p.m. One of the players was stabbed in the chest — he was rushed […]
An off-duty Baltimore officer will be placed on administrative leave after “accidentally” shooting a 14-year-old, the Baltimore Sun reports. SEE ALSO: Fox’s “Empire” Smashes 23-Year Ratings Record The unidentified officer and a partner were patrolling a vacant apartment in the city’s Randallstown section Monday evening. The officer soon noticed someone entering the apartment’s balcony, and […]
A judge has dropped all murder charges against Michael Johnson (pictured)Â in Phylicia Barnes’ case, the Baltimore Sun reports. RELATED: Arrest Made In Phylicia Barnes’ Murder Judge John Addison Howard acquitted Johnson of second-degree murder charges Tuesday, noting that prosecutors produced insufficient evidence against him. The decision comes a month after Howard declared a mistrial in […]
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]
Ferguson Lives…Young Blacks Continue to Die Where do we go from here? The news from Ferguson has transfixed the nation. Another young black man brutally and senselessly murdered by law enforcement in our country. Radio One, Inc., through its local affiliates 92Q, Magic 95.9, WOLB 1010AM and Spirit 1400AM will convene a Town Hall to address […]
Baltimore, where urban crime reigns supreme, has had a curfew in place for many years, but it has not been strictly enforced. Now city officials have rolled up their sleeves to institute one of the strictest curfews this nation has ever seen in an attempt to get the city’s youth off the streets and to […]
Radio One Baltimore WOLB 1010 AM’s Talk Host Larry Young & The Larry Young Morning Show announced on his program that Gubernatorial candidates, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Del. Heather Mizeur, and Attorney Gen. Doug Gansler have agreed to a Gubernatorial debate on WOLB. It will be broadcast live on WOLB 1010 AM and live on WOLB Baltimore from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. […]
A Marriottsville, MD gun club for African-Americans aims to combat youth violence in the city, NPR reports. SEE ALSO: Roland Martin Talks 2014 Midterm Elections The Maryland Tenth Calvary Gun Club believes that teaching teens about guns can steer them away from crime. “See, the whole shooting discipline in and of itself is behaving responsibly, […]
Fourteen more correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center have been indicted on corruption charges, shedding more light on the relationship between the infamous Black Guerrilla Family and the officers in the jail. RELATED: Tavon White: Baltimore Inmate Who Impregnated 4 Guards Pleads Guilty To Racketeering, Attempted Murder The indictments were unsealed on Thursday. Read more […]
Farryn Johnson (pictured) has filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights against the popular eatery chain, Hooters. The former waitress, who worked at the Baltimore Harborplace Hooters location, alleges in the filing that she was fired from her position because she sported blond highlights and was told her hair color violated the […]
Towanda Reaves (pictured) has been charged with second-degree murder and child abuse, after Baltimore authorities say she rubbed the drug methadone on the gums of her 17-month-old grandson to get him to fall asleep. The woman was also charged with assault, after police say she reportedly administered the same drug to her 20-month-old granddaughter as well, according […]
