A federal grand jury has indicted a self-described gang member with a violent criminal history in a Florida prison, accusing him of mailing a ruthless threat to a senior federal judge in Jacksonville – and trying to frame one of his fellow prisoners, according to court records. In the handwritten letter, the writer graphically threatened Read More…
Kyle Rittenhouse Trail — the 17-year-old who fatally shot two people and injured a third during protests and looting in Kenosha, Wis. in August 2020 — ruled on Monday that the defense can refer to the individuals Rittenhouse shot as “rioters” and “looters” while prosecutors may not call them “victims.” The Chicago Tribune reported Circuit Read More…
Black gunshot victim dies after being run over by police car The Springfield Police Department says the crash was an “accident.” According to WHIO-TV, Cole called 911 at 11:15 p.m. local time on Sunday (June 13). The man told dispatchers he was “in the middle of the street” and “about to die” after being shot Read More…
Seven-year-old Viola Fletcher was awakened by her parents 100 years ago today and told they had to leave home. Angry, gun-toting white mobs had set out under the cover of nightfall in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to kill Black people and destroy Black America’s economic mecca. Now 107, Fletcher recalls the night that forever changed Read More…
Jazzpher Evans a Black College Student says Steven Homan a white owner of the bar known as The Barn in Quincy, Illinois, has been charged with a felony crime after allegedly committing a racially motivated attack against 19-year-old Jazzpher “Jazz” Evans on April 4. Homan, 47, was charged with aggravated battery and is accused of pushing the student, Read More…
