News From A Colorful Perspective
A car trip early over the weekend before the new year ended in tragedy following the death of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes. When LaPorsha Washington ventured out on what should have been a normal morning outing to get coffee, her life and the lives of her other children were changed forever….
UPDATE: Dec. 23, 2018 at 8:44 EST: Ref Suspended After Forcing Wrestler to Cut Dreadlocks ORIGINAL STORY Alan Maloney, a white referee, forced Andrew Johnson, a Black high school wrestler, to cut off his dreadlocks or he would disqualify him from the match. The match was held at Buena Regional…
Beatrice Roberson, the mother of Jemel Roberson, a security guard who was shot and killed by Midloathian police after detaining a shooter at a bar, said her son “died doing what he loved,” and that the loss “hurts like crazy.” “He was a good person, he had a good heart,”…
Body cam footage released from an August 2017 shooting of an unarmed Black 19-year-old male in Milwaukee shows him complying with officer commands as he was shot several times. Jerry Smith Jr. survived gunshot wounds to the abdomen and head, but is paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. He has had multiple surgeries,…
Chinedu Valentine Okobi, 36, a Black man, father, Morehouse College graduate, uncle and brother died of cardiac arrest after San Mateo County police tackled and repeatedly used a Taser on him in Millibrae, south of San Francisco, Calif. Okobi was struggling with mental illness and had been weaving in and…
“Do not assume you are properly registered to vote,” warned Shaun King repeatedly. His wife went to vote with her registration card in her hand, and they said she couldn’t vote. King said some of the reasons that people are being turned away are nefarious. Fifteen states close registration today,…
Two four-year-old Black girls had their hands zip tied behind their backs by two elementary school teachers in Decatur, Ga. last week. The girls said the teachers threatened to throw spiders on them, too, if they didn’t behave. One of the girls has had nightmares about being tied up “like…
Thousands gathered Thursday afternoon to celebrate the life of Botham “Bo” Shem Jean in the sanctuary of Greenville Avenue Church of Christ in Richardson. But undertones of hurt, and a demand of justice for Jean, were present. Many spoke of Jean’s character and faith, and the family’s rearing of an…
Frederick Taft celebrated with 40 to 50 of his relatives during a family reunion at Pan American Park in Long Beach, Calif., not knowing that it would be the last time. Taft was shot and killed inside a restroom that afternoon. His relatives said a white man murdered him because…
The officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Antwon Rose, another unarmed Black male, was charged with criminal homicide on Wednesday, following eight protests over five days across Pittsburgh. Three hours on the job in East Pittsburgh, Penn., Michael Rosfeld shot multiple rounds into unarmed Rose while he was running away…
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