Black Internet Reacts To Child's Walmart Tantrum, L.A. Airplane Karen Gives Bizarre Reason For Racist Tirade, Diddy's Latest Outrageous Claim, Autistic 9-Year-Old Black Boy Gets Killed And More
A collection of The Root's most powerful news stories from the week.
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The world seemed to forget about the woman whose horrfiying interaction with the police led to a national conversation around Haitian migrants after a racist rumor brigade began. Now, we finally know how that case ended. - Kalyn Womack Read More
Just one week after we showed you a video of a teenager throwing a massive tantrum inside a Georgia cell phone store as she pleads with her mother not to disconnect her cell phone service, social media is buzzing with yet another child making an outrageous scene – this time, it’s a young girl in a Walmart. - Angela Johnson Read More
Last month, an airplane Karen was caught on camera on a United Airlines shuttle bus at Los Angeles International Airport hurling racist insults at an Indian American family. The verbal attack was directed at photographer Pervez Taufiq, who recorded the entire incident. - Candace McDuffie Read More
A Black teen girl, La’Nisha Hemingway, was wrongfully detained by North Myrtle beach police back in May. Shortly after the ordeal, Hemingway filed a civil lawsuit, and she just received a settlement amount suggesting that she got the last laugh. - Candace McDuffie Read More
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Yesterday, we told you about a viral clip of a young girl going on a path of destruction inside a Walmart store, kicking displays, throwing food items on the floor and breaking glass bottles. - Angela Johnson Read More
A new motion filed by the lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs makes some pretty lofty allegations against the government which has imprisoned him.
Combs is accusing authorities of spying on the disgraced music mogul while he’s been behind bars. Combs was arrested in Brooklyn back in September after he was indicted on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. - Candace McDuffie Read More
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Airports are inherently chaotic, and apparently they serve as the perfect breeding ground for Karens to act out. Earlier this last year, there was one being downright rude to a Spirit Airlines employee at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. - Candace McDuffie Read More
An Emmy-winning newscaster who began his career at CNN in the 1980s is taking some time away from the news desk to focus on his health.
NBC 4 Washington veteran reporter Leon Harris gave viewers a scare as he appeared to be struggling to get through a Thanksgiving Day broadcast. The 63-year-old slurred certain words and appeared to struggle to pronounce others before he was removed from the desk during a break. - Angela Johnson Read More
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New York authorities indicted a woman after connecting her to the scene of a Queens home that was set ablaze. The fire wasn’t even the worst part — it was who was stuck inside the fire. - Kalyn Womack Read More
Just two days after Thanksgiving, a California family experienced a nightmare after suffering a shocking loss from an incident that investigators have yet to solve. - Kalyn Womack Read More