News From A Colorful Perspective
Anthony Edwards, a Black prospective homebuyer, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Cincinnati and three officers from the Cincinnati Police Department on July 15 after he and Black realtor, Jerry Isham, were held at gunpoint and allegedly detained for no reason in November 2018, according to a…
Rumors circulated about Yasmine James’ firing after she defended herself against Daniel Willis Taylor at the St. Petersburg McDonald’s on New Year’s Eve, and people on social media were enraged, and talking boycotts. McDonald’s, who is responsible for the inaction by management that night, instead placed her on paid leave,…
For the new year, somebody got a #WhileBlack lesson. A white male customer at McDonald’s in St. Petersburg, Fla., violently grabbed and pulled a Black female employee over the counter, and met her fist. A video has gone viral with more than 1 million views and counting of this woman…
At a Walmart in West Monroe, La., two white men, Dylan Reynolds, 22, and Michael Walters, 24, followed a Black female shopper to her car. When she was approached, she quickly threw her groceries in her car, as the men shouted racial slurs, including the n-word. As she drove away,…
Three Black women were shopping at a Target store in Nashville, Tenn., when an angry woman verbally harassed them, saying the women “Don’t belong here” and that they are “perfect for the court system.” Lena Jones, one of the women involved in the incident, said in a Facebook post that…
Jemel Roberson, age 26, was working as a security guard at Manny’s Blue Room bar in Robbins, Ill., when a drunken patron who he had been asked to leave earlier, returned with a gun. The patron shot four people. Roberson, who was armed at the time, returned fire, grabbed one…
Winning in a district with affluent white voters as the majority, Lucy McBath was advised initially during her campaign not to talk about the details of her 17-year-old son’s murder. Instead, she not only mentioned Jordan Davis’ story, she also called attention to the reality of other Black teens like…
Susan Westwood’s racist rant landed her simple assault and criminal threats charges and a warrant after leaving the scene where she harassed the Garris sisters outside their Charlotte, N.C., apartment complex, threatening them with concealed weapons. The fake 911 call she made saying that the sisters were trying to break…
Zahiem Salahuddin, a 13-year-old 8th grade student, was playing with his friends on the basketball court in Grays Ferry, Pa., this past summer. Salahuddin had a plastic toy gun that shot an orange plastic ball. A white boy was hit with the plastic ball. It was unclear which child shot…
Hilary Brooke Mueller, a white woman, decided that she was the police, security and a private investigator, on top of being racist. Mueller blocked D’Arreion Toles of St. Louis, a Black man, from entering his own apartment building, Elder Shirt Lofts, and proceeded to harass him and follow him to…
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