A new federal complaint accuses multiple Baton Rouge police officers of taking a family to a black site called the BRAVE Cave, where one cop sexually battered an 11-year-old boy and unlawfully strip-searched his mother. This lawsuit is one of several connected to the BRAVE Cave, a narcotics processing facility that served as a “torture”...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James Keeps Coming Out on Top, Scores Major Legal Victories Against Trump and the NRA
While former President Donald Trump may rack up millions of dollars in interest penalties by reportedly failing to pay more than $450 million in a judgment, New York Attorney General Letitia James has been racking up major wins in court. James, a Black woman who had been leading efforts to punish Trump for alleged crimes,...
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Police Recover Missing Art Pieces from MLK Memorial In Denver, Say Suspects Sold Items to Local Scrap Metal Business
The bronze art pieces stolen from a beloved Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Denver, Colorado, have been recovered, local police announced on Tuesday. Last week, officials were notified that pieces were missing from the “I Have A Dream” monument at Denver’s City Park. The suspects took a bronze panel — which was later found cut into...
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Black Bus Mechanic Says He’s Faced Racial Discrimination at Work, Was Recently Targeted When Someone Placed a Noose By His Station
A group of Missouri bus drivers organized a rally after one of their colleagues found a noose at his workstation. The walkout caused disruption for St. Louis Public Schools earlier this week. The district had to cancel activities and struggled to find transportation for students following the demonstration by the Missouri Central Bus Company. “As...
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Elon Musk Offers to Reimburse Black Bakery Owner After ‘Abrupt’ Order Cancellation Left Her Business ‘High and Dry;’ Here’s Why She Turned Down Tesla’s Latest Order: ‘No Way’
After a bakery owner in California says she was left reeling and her small business “left high and dry” after Tesla “abruptly” canceled a 4,000-pie order worth $16,000, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he plans to “make good” with the Black-owned bakery. Voahangy Rasetarinera, who runs The Giving Pies in San Jose, wrote a Facebook...