Reported by Liku Zelleke Earlier this month, James Robertson made national headlines when a story about how he walked 21 miles a day, five times a week, to and from his job at a factory in suburban Detroit became public. An online campaign was soon launched by a friend, Evan Leedy, 19, and he received a red 2015 Ford Taurus, as well as $350,000 from strangers who were inspired by…
A Virginia teen who shoveled snow for an elderly man doesn’t quite understand why his selfless act is getting so much attention. The 18 year old high school senior is being held up as an example to others after shoveling snow for a 76 year old man, but to the teen, he was just doing the right thing and living his life “the right way.” Tommy was riding home with…
A Mississippi lawmaker is in hot water for comments he made in the Clarion Ledger newspaper. The DeSoto County state representative now says that the comments he made about “all the blacks” in his county being on food stamps were taken out of context. State Rep. Gene Alday, R-Walls, came under fire from all directions after saying that African-Americans in his hometown of Walls were all on the welfare rolls….
After the slayings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter became a slogan for the movement against racialized police brutality in this country. Viewed from a wider political spectrum, it becomes apparent that, although the slogan is new, black lives have rarely mattered in this country, and that’s true even among our Founding Fathers. George Washington is highly regarded as America’s first president, but few historians focus on…
A Mississippi judge who hit a disabled African-American man while shouting “run, n**ger run” has been indicted for assault. Mississippi Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger, who allegedly struck 20 year old Eric Rivers, turned himself in on charges of simple assault. He was released after posting $10,000 bond. The family of Rivers, who is disabled, filed a complaint against Weisenberger last year. “The law does not discriminate, and the Grand…
A Richmond County, Ga. deputy was arrested and fired for allegedly handcuffing a boy to a basketball goal and abusing him. Former Deputy Alton Walter is accused of going to a woman’s house to discipline a misbehaving 12 year old. The boy’s mother said she hoped the deputy would talk to her son and get him back on the right track, but instead, the deputy put her son in the…
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is still calling on a member of the State Education Board to resign after he was caught running what the Nebraska Watchdog describes as a “sometimes racist” blog that called Obama a “half breed.” Pat McPherson, a member of Nebraska’s school board, ran a blog that included repeated references to President Barack Obama as a “half breed.” McPherson, however, said he didn’t write the posts and…
Two University of Tennessee football players, one former and one current, were charged with aggravated rαpe on Thursday. Both A.J. Johnson, an ex-linebacker, and current cornerback Michael Williams were indicted on charges of aggravated rαpe. On Thursday a Knox County Grand Jury charged that both men were “aided and abetted by” the other, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. Williams turned himself in but his attorney, David Eldridge, insists that his…
In a curious case, Texas police are on the hunt for a “black power” road rager. Julie Nowlin told local affiliate KVUE that she was driving with her 4 year old in the car when she crossed paths with the reckless driver. Nowlin, who’d just met friends for coffee, says the driver was “crossing on the yellow stripe, driving in the bike lane, driving really close to them, intimidating them…
Whenever racial controversy ensues, there are always at least a few black celebrities waiting in the wings to blame black people for the problems they face. Charles Barkley is probably the celebrity most well known for making harsh criticisms of the black community, but NBA legend Karl Malone recently threw his name into the category of wealthy blacks who blame blacks for not pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. Appearing…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sided with black Sara Lee workers who filed a discrimination lawsuit. Feds agreed with workers of a now closed Texas Sara Lee plant who claimed they were routinely the victims of racist taunts. If that weren’t bad enough, the black workers say they were also given the most dangerous jobs in the plant. An investigation found that managers at the Sara Lee plant routinely…
Only days after two Ohio officers were fired for sending racist text messages, Pelham Manor’s Police Chief is being punished for sending racist emails. Chief Alfred Mosiello mocked African-Americans and Latinos in the emails, but being racist won’t cost him his job. Mosiello will face only a two week suspension after joking that African-American women are lazy welfare queens and Latinos keep their cash off the books. The Journal News…
The popular “Throwback Thursday” is not just a hit on social media, but the theme is also popular at one Northern Virginia high school. One mom has no problem with the spirit day, but believes one student went too far by wearing a slave costume. A student at Loudoun County’s Heritage High School wore the slave costume, complete with gruesome stains, to class. A mother of another student says she couldn’t…
At the top of the list of actions not to take while on the run from the cops is publicizing your location. One alleged Pennsylvania criminal, however, didn’t realize that posting on social media about getting out of town would lead to his capture. When police went looking for 22-year-old Donald Harrison, they didn’t need to look far since the suspect posted a Facebook picture of himself on a Greyhound…
A German rapper has gone from hip-hop to the terror watchlist due to his ISIS connections, according to U.S. officials. The rapper, whose real name is Denis Cuspert, now goes by the name Abu Talha al-Almani and joined the terrοr group ISIS in 2012. Not only has Cuspert joined the group, but according to State Department officials, he has been seen in several videos. In one video he was reportedly…