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Grandmaster Jay, the leader of a Black pro-gun activist group, will spend the rest of the decade behind bars. The 59-year-old Cincinnati man—legal name John Fitzgerald Johnson—was sentenced to 86 months in prison this week for his actions during a 2020 protest in Kentucky. Johnson, who founded the Not Fucking Around Coalition, was accused of pointing an AR-15 rifle at two federally deputized officers in […]
A horse named after Breonna Taylor secured a win during 2021 Kentucky Derby Week. According to CNN, the three-year-old filly was victorious in Thursday’s Race 4 at Churchill Downs, where she and jockey Corey Lanerie defeated five other horses by a wide margin. Breonna, which was trained by Steve Margolis, is owned JS Stables, LLC.—a racing operation owned and operated by Sam […]
An officer who was involved in Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting is reportedly writing a book about the incident. According to the Courier-Journal, Louisville Metro Police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly has landed a book deal with Post Hill Press—a Tennessee-based publisher that focuses on Christian and conservative works, as well as areas of pop culture, business, and self-help. The outlet reportedly learned of the […]
Two weeks after its installation, a sculpture of Breonna Taylor in downtown Oakland was smashed on Saturday in what appears to be a targeted act of vandalism, San Francisco’s CBS affiliate reports. Sculptor Leo Carson created the bust of the late Taylor, who was murdered by Kentucky police earlier this year. The 26-year-old’s death sparked […]
In a new op-ed, Megan Thee Stallion—who recently included an inspiring message about the importance of protecting Black women in her SNL performance—further elaborates on the violence often waged against Black women and how the burdens many place on them are made even heavier during an election year. “I was recently the victim of an […]
A protester was struck by someone in a blue pickup truck during a protest on Thursday night in the Hollywood area. The protest began at the famed Hollywood Forever Cemetery, with those gathered standing united in their condemnation of the grand jury decision in the killing of Breonna Taylor. As announced earlier this week, none of […]
On Wednesday, the grand jury‘s maddening (but sadly not shocking) decision on whether or not to bring criminal charges against the Louisville Metro Police Department cops involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor was announced. None of the involved cops—Brett Hankison, John Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove—were indicted on charges directly related to Taylor’s killing. Instead, Hankison—who […]
The controversial verdict in the Breonna Taylor case has sparked a wide range of reactions from high-profile figures. On Wednesday, it was announced that the State of Kentucky would not pursue homicide charges against the three officers involved in Taylor’s fatal shooting. A grand jury decided to only indict one defendant—former Louisville officer Brett Hankison—on three felony counts […]
It has been 194 days since police fatally shot Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, while she slept in her bed. On March 13, around 1 a.m., plainclothes Louisville Metro Police Department Officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison, along with Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, used a battering ram to force open Taylor’s apartment door while executing […]
Hundreds of protestors took the Louisville streets Tuesday demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by police more than five months ago. The protest marked the conclusion of “BreonnaCon,” a four-day “community convention that aimed to raise more awareness about Taylor’s case and other issues facing Louisville. The event was put together by social […]
