NewsLegalNewsLegalLouisiana Judge Blames Sedatives For Her Use Of Racist SlursMichelle Odinet resigns after being caught on video saying the “n-word”ByAlexandra JanePublishedJanuary 2, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalFederal Judge Rejects Proud Boys First Amendment Motion In Capitol Riot CaseEthan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Charles Donohoe claimed "free speech" in a motion to dismiss charges…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 28, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalVanessa Bryant Seeks Justice After Deputy In A Bar Shows Pictures of Kobe Bryant's BodyThe push comes after reports of a deputy offering to show graphic pictures to a bartenderByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 23, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalIndiana Bank Accused of Discriminating Against Black Mortgage Applicants Must Provide $27 million to African American homebuyersOut of the 2,260 housing loans given out by Old National Bank during the 2019-2020 year, only 37 of them went to…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 21, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalTrump Sues New York's Black Woman Attorney GeneralApparently he forgot how he used his own Justice DepartmentByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 20, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalLouisiana Judge Takes Unpaid Leave After A Home Video Full of N-Words Surfaced, Says She Was on a “Sedative”"We have a n ***er. It's a n***er, like a roach," a female voice chimed in on the video.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 16, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalD.C. Attorney General Sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Over Jan. 6 RiotThe suit accuses over 31 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers of domestic terrorism.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 15, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalBlack California Couple Sues Appraiser For Undervaluing Their HomeFor the second appraisal, Paul and Tenisha Austin called on a white friend to act like she owned their home. The…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 8, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalEmmett Till Investigation Closes With No Charges For AccuserThe Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division closed the investigation after it was unable to prove that Carolyn…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 7, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalBlack Georgia Election Workers Suing Far-Right Conspiracy Website For Dragging Them Into Trump’s Election Fraud CircusMother and daughter, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, were targets in election fraud conspiracy theories…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 3, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalBotswana Appeals Court Upholds Landmark Decision To Decriminalize HomosexualityBefore the decision, homosexuality was punishable by up to seven years in jail.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 30, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalJury Finds White Supremacists Liable for $26 Million in Damages at Unite the Right RallyThe jury also found the organizers to be guilty of state conspiracy claims in the violent 2017 rally over a Gen.…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedNovember 24, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalKim Kardashian West, J. Cole Bring Attention to the Julius Jones Case in Oklahoma as Execution Date NearsKim Kardashian West said she is waiting to see if Oklahoma's Governor Stitt will stop Thursday's executionByNoah A. McGeePublishedNovember 17, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalMcDonald’s CEO Faces Backlash for Criticizing Parents of 2 Slain Children in ChicagoChris Kempczinski texted to Chicago’s mayor that the parents of Jaslyn Adams and Adam Toledo 'failed' them.ByOkla JonesPublishedNovember 3, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalThe Attorney Who Helped Get Bill Cosby Released From Prison Joins R. Kelly's Legal Defense TeamJennifer Bonjean said she believes federal prosecutors abused government statutes during the singer's racketeering…ByJ.L. CookPublishedOctober 31, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalMistrial Declared in Case of Kansas City Police Officers' Wrongful Arrest of Black TeenagerTyree Bell, who was 15 years old, spent three weeks in jail before police reviewed their dashcam footage and…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 22, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalBlack Female Assistant Police Chief in DC was Told to Have Abortion to Keep Her JobWhen Chanel Dickerson was an 18-year-old police cadet, she was told to have an abortion or she would be fired.ByOkla JonesPublishedOctober 22, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalThomas Jefferson Statue Leaving New York City Hall by End of YearAmerica’s third president owned more than 100 slaves at the time of his death.ByOkla JonesPublishedOctober 20, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalBlack Massachusetts Ex-Firefighter Awarded $11M in Racial Discrimination SettlementBrookline Town voted to award the settlement to Gerald Alston, who has been in a legal battle with the town since…ByOkla JonesPublishedOctober 7, 2021
NewsLegalNewsLegalSerial Killer Who Used Dating Apps to Lure Victims Gets Sentenced to 160 YearsKhalil Wheeler-Weaver was sentenced Wednesday for killing 3 women in 2016.ByOkla JonesPublishedOctober 7, 2021