QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — Rather than batons or rubber bullets, some police departments have started using an intense beam of sound to manage protesters, but the annoying tone has drawn criticism from some who say it can cause permanent damage. SEE ALSO: Woman Arrested For Making Meth…. In A WALMART! More U.S. police and emergency-response […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Police have arrested three Florida A&M band members in the beating of a woman during hazing rituals that became so severe that her thigh was broken. SEE ALSO: Evil Corporation Changes Name AGAIN To Fool You Tallahassee police said Monday that on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 the three struck band member […]
PHILADELPHIA — Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal said he was surprised and somewhat disappointed that he did not get a new sentencing hearing in the racially charged murder case that had kept him on death row for nearly 30 years. SEE ALSO: Lowe’s Called Racist For Pulling TV Ads Abu-Jamal is a onetime radio journalist and […]
Until the day Troy Davis was executed, his nephew, Antone De’Jaun Correia visited him every other week from the day he was born. RELATED: Pa. Man Fakes Mom’s Obituary To Get Time Off Of Work This past week The Guardian published an obituary for Davis written by his nephew. The Guardian reports: What Troy did for […]
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — An Irvine couple who suspected their 15-year-old son of smoking turned to a man believed to be relied on in their church to violently discipline children, authorities said. SEE ALSO: How Saturday Night Live Has Become The Place For Celeb Damage Control The parents asked Paul Kim, 39, to discipline their […]
We hear so much about college-educated, money-making sistas being unable to get a man. It’s like black women are more likely to share a latte with First Lady Michelle Obama in the middle of Times Square than they are to catch a decent black man in their own hometown, if you let the stat monkeys […]
Businessman and activist, Russell Simmons has criticized hardware company, Lowe’s for pulling their ads from the TLC show, “American Muslim.” Lowes pulled the ads after receiving complaints about the show. “American Muslim” follows five Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan. Entertainment Weekly reports: “This can’t happen in America; [Lowe’s] needs to fix this immediately,” Simmons said, […]
A school in South Carolina is lending belts out to students who arrive to school with saggy pants. SEE ALSO: Ed Lover to NFL Players: Chill With The Celebrating!
A judge ruled that Colorado severely underfunded public school and did not provide adequate resources for poor, minority and disabled students. Judge Sheila Rappaport ruled that Colorado was in violation of the state’s constitutional pledge to provide a “thorough and uniform” education system. The Huffington Post reports: “There is not one school district that is […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America. RELATED: Most Generous Cities In America Come New Year’s Day, he’ll have a few more coins in his pocket as San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the nation to […]
