[ad_1] On 25 May, 2020, George Flyod was killed by Derek Chauvin Five years ago, on May 25, 2020, the world watched in horror as George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The incident was captured by then-17-year-old Darnella Frazier, showing Chauvin pressing his knee into […]
[ad_1] When George Floyd died under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin five years ago, the outrage was swift and widespread. Republicans and Democrats, police chiefs and civil rights activists, media houses and corporate executives all agreed: it was horrific.“It’s police brutality, obviously,” said conservative commentator Ben Shapiro at the time.Today, that consensus […]
[ad_1] A US Army Black Hawk helicopter (File) The United States Army has revealed that an army helicopter which lost contact with military air traffic controllers near the Pentagon earlier this month, was off-radar for about 20 seconds.As a result, two commercial jets, which were about to land at Washington’s Ronald Reagan airport, were forced […]
[ad_1] Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson slammed for ‘only hiring black people’ comment in viral speech Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is under fire after a viral video clip showed him defending his hiring record by highlighting the number of Black officials in his administration, prompting accusations of racial bias and political opportunism.Speaking at the Apostolic Church […]
[ad_1] Black Muslim leader Malcolm X holds up a paper for the crowd to see during a Black Muslim rally in New York City on Aug. 6, 1963. (Photo: AP) “What do you think you would do after 400 years of slavery and Jim Crow and lynching? Do you think you would respond nonviolently?” Those […]
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Family members of a Black motorist fatally shot by a deputy in southwestern Washington state during a traffic stop have settled their wrongful death lawsuit for $3.5 million. The Clark County Council agreed Wednesday to make the payment in the 2021 death of 30-year-old Jenoah Donald, The Columbian reported. Donald lived […]
[ad_1] John Ewing gives his victory speech after winning the election for Omaha mayor at the downtown Hilton in Omaha, Nebraska, US (Image: AP) John Ewing made history by becoming the first Black mayor of Omaha, a city in Nebraska State, US, defeating his counterpart, Jean Stothert, the city’s first female mayor, in the recent […]
[ad_1] Cassie Ventura, left, and Sean “Diddy” Combs Cassie Ventura broke down in court on Tuesday while recounting the violent behaviour she allegedly endured from Sean “Diddy” Combs, as reported by the New York Post. Ventura testified in Manhattan federal court during Combs’ sex-trafficking trial, describing how Combs’ eyes would suddenly “just go black” when […]
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI) “What I think people did not realize is that the Nazi time in Germany was only 12 years. What 12 years can do to society and what can happen, it doesn’t need to be 50 years or 100 years,” said Berlin-based German historian Katharina Oguntoye.The crimes, subjugation, racism, enslavement and genocide […]
[ad_1] Megyn Kelly launched into a furious tirade against the 2025 Met Gala, slamming the prestigious fashion event as a “wannabe version of its old self” and accusing organisers of pandering to Black Americans with an “incomprehensible” theme.Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, the former Fox News anchor took aim at the […]
