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The man who was photographed carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s podium during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been sentenced to prison. NBC News reports Adam Johnson of Florida was sentenced to 75 days in prison on Friday. Johnson is also required to pay a $5,000 fine. U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton said Johnson […]
In a post on his Instagram, J. Cole showered Colin Kaepernick with praise and expressed his desire to see him play for a team in the NFL in the future. The former San Francisco 49ers player, who is set to be the subject of a Spike Lee documentary, famously kneeled during the U.S. national anthem in 2016 […]
Derek Chauvin—the former Minneapolis police officer who has already been convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of George Floyd—is expected to plead guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights. A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday for Chauvin to change his not-guilty plea, as revealed by the court’s electronic filing system, which usually […]
A lawsuit filed against the city of Columbus, Ohio for excessive police force in the summer of 2020 has settled with those injured for $5.75 million, ABC News reports. The decision came on Thursday, nearly a year and a half after the suit was filed in July of 2020 when “some plaintiffs were significantly injured” in the protests, […]
Students at Arizona State University are planning a rally to demand the removal of Kyle Rittenhouse from studying at their school. Rittenhouse, the now-18-year-old who killed two people and shot another after carrying an AR-15 style rifle at a Kenosha protest in 2020, was found not guilty on all counts in his homicide trial earlier this […]
After the jury in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial returned a not-guilty verdict on all counts on Friday, President Joe Biden told reporters that “the jury system works.” “Look, I stand by what the jury has concluded,” Biden said. “The jury system works, and we have to abide by it.” In an official statement released by the White House Friday afternoon, […]
About 500 National Guard troops have been activated as the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse nears its end. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced the authorization in a statement on Friday, just days before the trial’s closing arguments are expected to take place. “We continue to be in close contact with our partners at the local level […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Disturbing bodycam footage has surfaced showing a group of Minneapolis police officers relishing in the opportunity to fire non-lethal […]
A school board meeting in North Carolina’s Buncombe County turned hostile after unruly protestors showed up to object the school’s new mask mandate. The Buncombe County Schools Board of Education passed the motion Thursday morning in a 4-2 vote, stipulating that face coverings be required for all unvaccinated staff and student in grades K-13 inside […]
The couple who pointed guns at protestors as they marched towards the mayor’s home in Missouri during the wave of racial justice demonstrations inspired by the murder of George Floyd last summer have been pardoned by the state’s governor. According to the AP News, Missouri governor Mike Parson pardoned couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey. In June, Mark […]
