Maybe being married to Bey is starting to rub off, because it looks like Jay Z is starting to get in formation with his latest mogul move. Variety reports that Jay is not only being brought on to produce the long-gestating Richard Pryor bio pic — starring Mike Epps and directed by Lee Daniels (“Empire”) […]
UPDATE: CNN is reporting that Police officer Betty Shelby, who shot and killed the unarmed Terence Crutcher, was charged with felony manslaughter. Tulsa County Attorney General Steve Kurnzweiler said “We reviewed the facts of the allegations, it is our responsibility to determine if the filing of a criminal charge is justified under the law.” According to […]
UPDATE: A third night of protest was far more subdued than previous nights, despite an official midnight curfew which ultimately was not enforced by police, says CNN. Reports say many protesters met the National Guard with handshakes and hugs even as many still fumed over the highly-conflicted police shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott. Charlotte […]
Race in America is tough to understand, let alone explain in any short amount of time. And with the recent shooting deaths of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, it ain’t getting any easier. So we take our hat off to NewsOne Now guest Angela Peoples who, in just over a minute, breaks down our […]
Here we go. Last night in Columbus, Ohio, Tyree King was fatally shot by police who thought his BB gun was real, reports NBC News. This comes just before we learned that Sandra Bland’s family reached a $1.9 million settlement that resulted in sweeping changes to the criminal justice system and we are just devastated. […]
We take a look at 4 moments from A Different World that are still very relevant today.
It was another tough weekend for Black America when protests over the death of Sylville Smith, an Milwaukee man shot dead by police, turned violent leaving two people hurt and lots of property damage, according to CNN. The shooting that killed Smith was captured on video via police body cams but that footage has yet to […]
Just yesterday, we released a study that showed overwhelmingly that African Americans are three times as likely to be afraid of the police. And today, we get another story of an unarmed, African American killed by cops. On July 28, 18-year old Paul O’Neal was gunned down by Chicago cops after a chase that ended […]
Critics of the Black Lives Matter movement have called it “divisive” and “dangerous” and as our new study shows White Americans overwhelmingly think BLM is “dividing America” and “encourages violence.” Black Americans, and clearly Roland Martin, do NOT agree. The next time you get into a discussion with someone who needs an education on exactly […]
It’s only midweek and the internet already has a new name to say when it comes to police-involved shootings and civilians: Her name, Korryn Gaines. According to The Huffington Post, the 23-year old mother was fatally shot and her 5-year old son was injured by gunfire after police went to her home to serve a warrant […]
Watching the Mothers of the Movement at the Democratic National Convention is still keeping us awake at night. But for others, namely a host of Black celebs, the threat of gun violence and police brutality has moved them to record some really personal and emotional videos. Common, La La Anthony, Ava Duvernay, Mara Brock-Akil, Ryan […]