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Pop Smoke was tussling with some legal issues prior to his death. According to the New York Post, the NYPD appeared to be using these pending charges to try to get Pop to roll over Crip gang members. A source tells the Post that police first tried to get Pop Smoke to snitch when he was […]
As the United States currently leads the globe in cases and deaths due to COVID-19 forcing nationwide shutdowns of several establishments including clubs in certain states, footage has surfaced on social media that appears to show employees of the L.A. sheriff department going to a party at a bar. The video that surfaced from a progressive activist group shows […]
A man was arrested by Hartford, Connecticut police after he cut off his landlord’s head with a sword, CNN reports. Victor King called the police last Saturday claiming that his roommate, Jerry Thompson, was “waving a sword at him in a threatening and terrorizing manner.” Per the arrest warrant, King and Thompson were having an argument […]
Two on-duty NYPD officers were caught in the Bronx smoking hookah while standing next to their patrol car over the weekend, the New York Post reports. Their vehicle was stationed outside of an apartment building across from the Bronx Zoo Sunday as part of an initiative to address the growing number of shootings across the city over the last few weeks. […]
A Nevada sheriff wasn’t pleased with a local library’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement. So, he issued a thinly-veiled threat. “Due to your support of Black Lives Matter and the obvious lack of support or trust with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, please do not feel the need to call 911 for help,” Douglas County […]
Nearly 28,000 people have signed a petition demanding justice for Gloria Bambo, a 20-year-old Black woman whose body was reportedly discovered hanging in a garage. The Change.org petition states Bambo—a McKinney, Texas resident—was reported missing July 9 and was found three days later by her 19-year-old male roommate. The McKinney Police Department has since ruled the woman’s death a […]
LeBron James returned to the court Thursday night when the Lakers took on the Dallas Mavericks in their first Orlando scrimmage. Following Los Angeles‘ 104-108 loss, James conducted a postgame press conference that primarily focused on his calls for social justice. “First of all, I want to continue to shed light on justice for Breonna Taylor and […]
House leaders are calling for an investigation into the Trump administration’s troubling employment of federal law enforcement agencies against protesters in Portland and elsewhere. In a letter to the inspectors general of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security reported by Associated Press on Sunday, top U.S. House leaders said they were […]
After an investigation sparked following a video that surfaced last week of a Pennsylvania cop attempting to detain a man with his knee on his neck, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin says that there is “absolutely no evidence” to support a criminal case against the officer. On Saturday afternoon, District Attorney Jim Martin issued a press release […]
As Black Lives Matter protests continue in Portland, Oregon, officers with no identification and unmarked vehicles have reportedly been arresting protesters. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that demonstrators warned each other of federal officers in camouflage grabbing people off the street, with some driving in unmarked non-government rental cars. These same federal officers were told by Portland Mayor […]
