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The head of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) has been accused of stealing more than $10 million in charitable contributions. As reported by the New York Post, Black Lives Matter Grassroots, a nonprofit group that represents local BLM chapters nationwide, has filed a lawsuit against BLMGNF leader Shalomyah Bowers, claiming he “siphoned” more than $10 million […]
Sydney Sweeney is facing heat after posting pictures on social media that were interpreted as political statements. In celebration of her mother’s birthday, the Euphoria star took to Instagram on Saturday to share photos from her mother’s birthday party. The picture that landed Sweeney in hot water features an unidentified man wearing a shirt supporting “Blue Lives Matter,” […]
Nearly 70 years after the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, MGM has released the official trailer for its forthcoming biopic about Emmett’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley’s fight for justice after her son’s killing. In August 1955, Till was accused of making improper advances toward a white woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, while at a market in […]
The family of Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was killed by police last month, has asked the United States Justice Department to investigate his death. Lawyers for the family announced the request during a press conference Wednesday, on what would’ve marked Walker’s 26th birthday. Attorney Bobby DiCello told reporters his clients are questioning the integrity of the probe, […]
Dozens of protestors took the streets Thursday demanding justice for Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio police. According to WKYC, the deadly incident took place around a little after midnight Monday, when Akron officers attempted to stop a vehicle for equipment issues and a traffic violation. The police department claims a pursuit […]
Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell shared video of a white woman harassing him at a gym in Las Vegas on Tuesday. “This girl’s insane, bro,” Powell begins the video, before informing viewers that the woman was at the gym earlier and was bothering him before she left. The woman returned and said, according to Powell, that “we’re not […]
Five students from Georgia and their mothers have filed a lawsuit against Coosa High School and the Floyd County School district for alleged racial discrimination. CNN reports that the five students, all of whom are Black, have accused the Rome, Georgia school and its district of violating their First Amendment and equal protection rights. “The Plaintiffs, […]
A federal judge has accepted a plea deal from Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. According to the Associated Press, 46-year-old Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights during a May 25, 2020, arrest. Chauvin and three other officers had restrained the unarmed Floyd after he was suspected […]
A Michigan man has been hit with federal hate crime charges after he allegedly harassed Black Lives Matter supporters with racist messages and nooses. According the United States Department of Justice, 61-year-old Kenneth Pilon began terrorizing his community members in June 2020, just weeks after the police killing of George Floyd. Investigators say Pilon had called nine Michigan […]
Less than a month after President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, making lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in U.S. history, Till’s family are calling for a renewed investigating in the 1955 killing of the Black teen. ABC News reports Emmett Till’s relatives are seeking prosecution against the white woman who set off the […]
