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#AhrealSmith: Suspect Arrested For Abducting Black Virginia Woman Whose Whereabouts Are Still Unknown, Reward Offered For Info

A Black woman in Heathsville, Virginia, went missing last week and her whereabouts are still unknown despite the fact that police have arrested a suspect in her abduction. Take a good look at her photos and tell police if you’ve seen spotted her. According to the New York Post, 50-year-old Tyrone N. Samuel has been … Read more#AhrealSmith: Suspect Arrested For Abducting Black Virginia Woman Whose Whereabouts Are Still Unknown, Reward Offered For Info

Shocking And Sad: Atlanta’s Transit System CEO Jeffrey Parker Dies By Suicide At MARTA Station

We never know the silent battles that other people are fighting. Source: SOPA Images / Getty In a tragic turn of events, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that General Manager and CEO of Atlanta’s MARTA public transportation system Jeffrey Parker died late Friday night. The transit agency confirmed that the 56-year-old committed suicide by stepping in front … Read moreShocking And Sad: Atlanta’s Transit System CEO Jeffrey Parker Dies By Suicide At MARTA Station

#JasonWalker North Carolina Cop Says He Fatally Shot Black Man After He Jumped On His Truck, Witnesses Say Something Different

A common mistake made by media outlets and law enforcement officials alike is taking a cop’s word at face value. Reporters far too often treat police reports like they’re the gospel etched on stone tablets and delivered by Moses himself, and cops will almost always believe other cops over the civilians they’re accused of victimizing—especially … Read more#JasonWalker North Carolina Cop Says He Fatally Shot Black Man After He Jumped On His Truck, Witnesses Say Something Different

Tragedy Hits Brazil, Claiming Seven Lives & Three Missing After Massive Canyon Wall Collapsed

Pleasure and fun turned into a disaster for tourist enjoying a boat ride on Furnas lake in Capitolio, Minas Gerais state. Source: Christyam de Lima / Getty At least seven people have died and three others are missing after a huge slab of rock fell from a cliff face onto tourist boats on a lake … Read moreTragedy Hits Brazil, Claiming Seven Lives & Three Missing After Massive Canyon Wall Collapsed

New Orleans DA Launches ‘Full Review’ Of Every Case Racist Judge Michelle Odinet Handled As A Prosecutor

Last week, Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet went from being an officer of the court to being a defendant in the court of public opinion because it turns out judges who get caught on film singing the n-word around like it was a new O-merica COVID variant are not viewed favorably, particularly, to melanated … Read moreNew Orleans DA Launches ‘Full Review’ Of Every Case Racist Judge Michelle Odinet Handled As A Prosecutor

Justice Ain’t Blind, It’s Racist: Black Man Freed From Georgia Prison After Serving 23 Years For A Murder He Didn’t Commit

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A Black man had more than half his life stolen from him by a racist justice system and now we’re in a position where we’re celebrating him winning his freedom after an uphill legal battle he should never have had to endure. 43-year-old Devonia Inman walked out … Read moreJustice Ain’t Blind, It’s Racist: Black Man Freed From Georgia Prison After Serving 23 Years For A Murder He Didn’t Commit

Jury Continues Deliberations In Keith Smith Murder Trial After His Daughter Testified That He Killed His Wife

Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty On December 1, 2018, Jacquelyn Smith was tragically stabbed to death in Baltimore. Her husband, Keith Smith, told the authorities that a panhandler and the man she was with were responsible for the killing, but that narrative eventually fell apart, and, in 2019, he and his daughter, Valeria Smith, were … Read moreJury Continues Deliberations In Keith Smith Murder Trial After His Daughter Testified That He Killed His Wife

‘Modern-Day Slavery’ Federal Indictment Alleges Farms In South Georgia Have Been Engaging In Slavery Operation Spread Across Several Counties

“Slavery is in the past. It’s time to move forward,” they say. Well, according to a recently unsealed federal indictment against farmers and contractors in rural Georgia accused of spending years engaging in a huge human trafficking operation that gives big sharecropping energy, the “past” is very much the present right here in the supposed … Read more‘Modern-Day Slavery’ Federal Indictment Alleges Farms In South Georgia Have Been Engaging In Slavery Operation Spread Across Several Counties

Ohio Cop Who Shot And Killed Casey Goodson Jr. Has FINALLY Been Charged With Multiple Counts Of Murder

Welp, it only took just under a year, but the former Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus, Ohio, On December 4, of last year has finally been charged with murder. Source: SOPA Images / Getty According to WBNS 10, ex-deputy Jason Meade—the 17-year police veteran who somehow wasn’t … Read moreOhio Cop Who Shot And Killed Casey Goodson Jr. Has FINALLY Been Charged With Multiple Counts Of Murder

The Takeover Is Over: Howard U Reaches Agreements With Student Protesters Officially Ending Blackburn Sit-Ins

Welp, it appears that the #BlackburnTakeover at Howard University has finally come to an end. For 34 days, students at Howard led sit-ins at the university’s Armour J. Blackburn University Center in protest of the deplorable living conditions students say they have been subjected to at the well-known HBCU. Howard University is pleased to announce we … Read moreThe Takeover Is Over: Howard U Reaches Agreements With Student Protesters Officially Ending Blackburn Sit-Ins

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