The second day of hearings on Karmelo Anthony’s motion for a new trial took an unusual turn on August 21, when prosecutor Bill Wirskye stepped up to the witness stand despite strong objections from Anthony’s legal team. Defense attorney Russell Wilson argued that Wirskye couldn’t serve as “both advocate and witness” in the same proceedings....
A video showing the arrest of a Black man in Los Angeles has sparked concern online, particularly over the presence of a young girl who watched the encounter unfold just feet away. A passerby, on the way home from work, recorded the footage. The video does not identify the man who was arrested or explain...
A Texas judge who presided over Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial has been recused from handling the case after his post-trial interview with a local news station raised concerns about whether he could appear impartial. Anthony, now 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in...
On the positive side, Nakia Smith was not shot to death by Chicago cops for entering a police department with a loaded gun in his pocket. But on the negative side, the 51-year-old Black man who volunteers to reduce gun violence in his community ended up spending several months in jail – when all he...
A California man has the “whole internet on fire” after unleashing an expletive-laden rant at a Black neighbor. In a one-minute viral clip, the Latino man spewed the N-word no less than 21 times. At one point, he even spelled out the racial slur and mocked the woman’s piercings and tattoos. The incident unfolded on...