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Los Angeles — Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beating, which was coincidentally caught on tape by a voyeuristic bystander, George Holliday. Unbeknown to Holliday that night, the nine minutes of taping would change the criminal justice system forever. With new technological advancements and the Internet, anyone with a cellphone now can […]
California — The streets of one Northern California city closed three firehouses, lost nearly half of its police force, has been overtaken by crime and drugs, and filed for bankruptcy in 2008. RELATED: 25 reasons we love “Love Jones” Vallejo, a city 25 miles north of San Francisco, is a prime example of the economic […]
NEW YORK – Angel Alvarez was found not guilty of gun charges stemming from an incident in which he was shot 23 times by police according to reports. RELATED: 25 reasons we love “Love Jones” The NYDNews reports: Witnesses said Alvarez was brawling with Luis Soto, 22, over a gun when two shots rang out […]
ATLANTA – Three middle school students were suspended or expelled from Chapel Hill Middle School for writing that their teacher was a rapist, a pedophile and was bi-polar. Also read: TOP 9 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 1990s The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
ATLANTA- Rodney King talked to CNN’s Don Lemon about his infamous moment of police brutality, and if he is willing to forgive the police officers who brutally beat him. RELATED: Top 9 Black reality TV personalities The interview will air this Friday at 8 p.m. on CNN and will be live tweeted by both CNN […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio would be dramatically reduced and strikes would be banned under a bill narrowly passed by the state Senate on Wednesday. RELATED: Top 5 MLK speeches The GOP-backed measure that would restrict the collective bargaining rights of roughly 350,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers and other […]
New York — Pop Star Beyonce says she donated money she earned for performing at a concert for Libyan leader Muhammad Gaddafi to a Haiti relief fund. RELATED: Top 9 all white sitcoms loved by Black people She performed with Usher at the concert for $1 million dollars. The revelation caused controversy as many African-American […]
Interactive One CEO Alfred Liggins was recently featured in Hewlett Packard’s online video series titled “Every Passion Has A Story.” *Alfred Liggins bio* The series which also features Mia Buhler, Fern Mallis, and Niamh Shields, spotlights thought leaders from across the globe sharing their inspirational success stories. Liggins, who is also the Chairman of TV […]
Seattle — KOMO 4 News reporter Shomari Stone found himself in the news and not reporting it this past week when he saved a white supremacist’s life from a brutal beating. While Stone was recording his segment, a fight between several men broke out. A Black man was repeatedly punching the white man in the […]
New York –State Sen. Eric Adams took his war on guns to an upstate gun shot in New York called Guns Inc. RELATED: Hip-Hop Mines Afro-Beat Adams and a New York paper entered the gun shop undercover and bought clips that were illegal to sell in NY state pass 1994. Adams purchased two 30-round magazines […]