Race Matters

Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet is asking for “understanding, forgiveness, patience, and prayers” for her and her son amid mounting calls for her resignation prompted by video showing her family members freely using the N-word.

Race Matters

Bitsy Brennan was fired from her job and her son, Edward Brennan, was arrested on assault charges after a video went viral showing them confronting Black man Johnny Martinez, who was doing his job and checking for parking permits in a parking garage in Nashville, Tennessee.

Police Brutality

Fired La Mesa Police Officer Matthew Dages was acquitted of lying in his police report about the violent arrest of a Black man whose brutal treatment from cops was recorded on bodycam video.

A pair of Facebook Live videos filmed by Kyanna Parsons-Perez showed the extent of what candle factory workers experienced in Mayfield, Kentucky when a tornado hit. But they also showed the heroic role the Black woman played during the extreme weather event.

Race Matters

Florida school district had sympathetic words for a pair of suspected white supremacist students, including one wearing a white hood, after a video on social media showed them using racist slurs.

Politics

A Republican-endorsed video that Rep. Jerry Nadler successfully prevented from being played during a House Judiciary Committee hearing disproportionately features Black parents pushing anti-critical race theory propaganda.

Police Brutality

Shantel Arnold said she was attacked by three local boys in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, but that her most serious injuries weren't caused until a sheriff's deputy arrived, grabbed her by her hair and repeatedly slammed her head into the pavement.

Alabama officials released surveillance footage showing Christina Nance, the Black woman found dead inside a Huntsville Police Department van, to her family, who still isn't satisfied that they know enough, or anything, really, about how she died.

Politics

Former Democratic Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones was recently grilled about his anti-white discrimination lawsuit by right-wing podcaster Stew Peters and things got so heated that Peters cut Jones' mic prompting Jones to walk off the set.

A white woman who used racist language against a Black couple at a dog park in Brooklyn has been fired from her job at Bevy.

One landlord recently found himself at a crossroads of either keeping his business afloat or having a heart for a tenant he hadn't received rent from since before the pandemic began. Surprisingly, he ended up choosing both options. 

The Del Norte Sheriff’s Office has released the video of the shooting death of Robert Anderson at the hands of Del Norte Police.