Overnight, protesters blocked off several streets and a portion of I-85 near the scene of the crime, rallying for justice.
The Maryland chapter of the NAACP president Gerald Stansbury and the Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot are calling for a federal civil rights investigation into both the city and county public school systems.Together both penned and signed a letter addressed to the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division regarding Baltimore City and Baltimore County Public Schools’ failures […]
A lawyer for the Gaines family says officers involved in the shooting won't face criminal charges.
Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo, who was known as much for his music as fathering 11 children with 10 women, died in a fiery car crash early Wednesday, reports the AJC. https://twitter.com/THATSSHAWTYLO/status/778558511886336005 The rapper’s brother and a manager identified the victim as Carlos Walker, his birth name. The 40-year-old was “known for the hit “Dey Know,” and […]
Donald Trump plans to hold a town hall meeting on Black issues. A conservative Black pastor will hold the event at his church in Cleveland.
A community takes to the streets in protest after another fatal police shooting.
Authorities rushed the man to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.