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A man has been arrested by police in Loveland, Colorado, after he held two door-to-door salesmen at gunpoint because they looked like "Antifa members". According to a release Saturday from the Loveland Police Department, the suspect, identified as Scott Gudmundsen, 65, called police on Thursday evening to inform them that…
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A San Francisco man said a white couple called the cops on him after they questioned him over stenciling the words "Black Lives Matter" on his own wall. Per ABC7, James Juanillo identifies as a person of color, and to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, he made…
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Atlanta's police chief has resigned following the officer-involved fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks on Friday. Brooks, a 27-year-old African-American man, was shot by an Atlanta Police Department officer at a local Wendy's restaurant. The incident is currently being reviewed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Per BBC News, police chief…
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Yesterday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed in a press release that they were investigating the death of Rayshard Brooks - a 27-year-old African-American man who was shot and killed by Atlanta police at a local Wendy's restaurant on Friday evening. Today, Fox News has reported that one APD officer…
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that it is investigating the death of an African-American man who was shot and killed by Atlanta police at a local Wendy's restaurant. Per an official press release from GBI, it has confirmed that the "deceased subject" has been identified as 27-year-old Rayshard…
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As per the Star Tribune, one of the fired rookie cops who assisted in the arrest of George Floyd has managed to raise his $750,000 bail with the help of donations to a crowdfunding website. Thomas Lane, 37, was on his fourth shift with Minneapolis police when he helped senior…
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As reported by ABC News, at least eight people are said to have been shot outside of a San Antonio bar on Friday night (June 12). San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says that the victims are all in a stable condition. The gunman is still at large. Chief McManus…
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The American dictionary, Merriam-Webster, will be changing its definition of "racism" after receiving an email from a black woman, per the BBC. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University, Iowa, got in contact with Merriam-Webster to suggest that the definition should include a reference to systemic oppression. An editor…
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Former Minneapolis police official, Derek Chauvin, could stand to receive over $1 million in pension benefits during his retirement even if he is convicted of killing George Floyd, per CNN. Floyd, a black man, was arrested by Minneapolis police on Monday, May 25, for reportedly using a counterfeit $20 note…
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A New York City police lieutenant has spoken out about feeling "ashamed" of himself for taking a knee in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters. In an email obtained by the New York Post, Lieutenant Robert Cattani has also apologized to his fellow officers, telling them that his actions are…
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A woman has been fatally shot and her boyfriend wounded by a gunman who attacked the couple over the way they were talking to their dog as is was pooping. The incident took place as the couple was walking their dog in Coors Field, Denver, on Wednesday. The Denver Post…
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On June 4, cell phone footage showing Martin Gugino, 75, being shoved to the ground by Buffalo police officers went viral on social media. The video showed Gugino, from Amherst, in Erie County, approaching a line of officers wearing riot gear as they attempted to clear the square ahead of…
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American retail corporation, Walmart, is going to stop storing "multicultural" beauty products behind locked glass cases after customers protested online. This comes after a man's tweet went viral after he pointed out that hair products for black people were locked but those for white people were not. [caption id="attachment_12599597" align="aligncenter"…
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Rosemary Ketchum has won a seat on a City Council in West Virginia, making her the first openly transgender elected official in the state. The 26-year-old is one of 27 openly transgender elected officials currently serving in the United States. Ketchum was elected to the Wheeling City Council, after running…
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President of the United States Donald Trump intends to hold his first election rally in months in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the date that African Americans celebrate the end of slavery, per the BBC. The rally is set to take place on June 19, known as Juneteenth, in Tulsa - the…
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Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will not be taking place in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a health official in California has said, according to The Guardian. The festivals had already been postponed from April to October in hopes that the worst of the Covid-19 crisis would have passed…
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A top military official in the US has apologized for his tole in President Trump's walk across Lafayette Square for a photo opportunity that saw the police force back Black Lives Matter protestors. The protestors were removed from the area using tear gas and rubber bullets after taking to the…
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New Yorkers have been urged to make sex "a little" kinky by wearing facemasks in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus. This comes as part of updated guidelines from the New York City Health Department, which have been designed to help people be intimate and safe during…
