News From A Colorful Perspective
(Pictured is Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr.) Thirteen Philadelphia police officers are going to be fired in the wake of the Plain View Project’s (PVP) June release of over 5,000 offensive and violent Facebook posts from cops across the country. The online database was born out of a 2016 discovery…
The hashtag #RacistPresident trended Monday morning in the wake of President Trump tweeting that the four freshman Democratic Congresswomen of color should “go back” to where they came from. All but one were born in the U.S. Often called “the squad,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Rashida Tlaib…
Victoria Sutton, a white woman, filed a housing discrimination lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday. The suit accused Patricia and Allen McCoy, a white Georgia couple, of evicting the woman because she invited Black guests to the home she was renting. The lawsuit claimed the landlords, Patricia and Allen McCoy,…
The #JusticeForElijah hashtag trended on Twitter this week after 17-year-old Elijah Al-Amin was fatally stabbed by 27-year-old Michael Paul Adams for listening to rap music Adams found “threatening.” Al-Amin was at a gas station Thursday morning when Adams approached the teen from behind and stabbed him with a pocket knife….
Wesley Michel, a Black software engineer, waited for a disabled friend outside of her apartment building in San Francisco on July 4. As he waited, a white man identified as YouTube executive, Christopher Cukor was caught on video accusing Wesley Michel of trespassing. The intrusive Cukor’s son was with him…
Level Up singer Ciara faced harsh criticism from her Christian fans regarding her decision to perform at WorldPride, an event that promotes LGBTQ pride, relevant issues, and cultural activities on an international scale. This year’s festivities took place for the first time in the United States in New York City this…
Hannah Payne, a white, 22-year-old Georgia woman, is facing new felony charges in the cold-blooded murder of 62-year-old Kenneth Herring, who was Black, in Clayton County, Georgia. A grand jury added new charges to her existing indictment on June 20. Payne is now being charged with felony murder, malice murder,…
The Dallas Police arrested a 22-year-old man, Ruben Alvarado, for the murder of Chynal Lindsey, a transgender woman who was found dead in a lake on the first day of Pride Month. Lindsey was found two weeks after yet another transgender woman was discovered dead in the city of Dallas. In…
Ryan Twyman, a 24-year-old father of three, was shot dead in the parking lot of an apartment complex at San Pedro and 132nd streets on the evening of June 6 in Los Angeles. Police officers approached a car Twyman was inside just before firing shots. Twyman was pronounced dead at…
The Richardsons decided that they wanted to spend Memorial Day weekend outdoors, picnicking, even thinking of renting a cabin. They did an Internet search finding a Kampgrounds of America location by Oktibbeha County Lake in Mississippi and headed there on Sunday with their dog. The Richardsons said they were told…
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