White Man Kills Black Uber Driver, Shocking Accusations Against NJ Mayor, More on White Couple Who Allegedly Stored Black Man's Remains in Fridge, Final Days of OJ and More News
A collection of The Root's best posts of the week in news
Here we go again… another old white man has been arrested for allegedly fatally shooting an unarmed, non-threatening Black person. This time, the man allegedly fired fatal shots at a Black Uber driver whom he mistook for someone trying to harm him. - Kalyn Womack Read More
The New York Police Department have made their second arrest in the gruesome discovery of the remains of a local drug dealer. Police say his remains were dismembered and stored in a fridge. - Kalyn Womack Read More
What a Milwaukee family believed was just a long, bad dream has just become reality. The random remains found in Lake Michigan are confirmed to belong to 19-year-old Sade Robinson, a Black teen who went missing over one week ago. - Kalyn Womack Read More
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The Chicago Police Department, once again, finds itself at the center of a controversial police-involved shooting: A plainclothes unit is seen on video gunning down 26-year-old Black motorist Dexter Reed Jr. in a hail of 96 bullets in 41 seconds. - Nigel Roberts Read More
Unfortunately, the world only recognizes Lo-Letha Toland-Hall as the Black Uber driver chased in a video by an armed white man. Ms. Toland-Hall, 61, died after being shot multiple times by William Brock, police said. - Kalyn Womack Read More
On the outside, Atlantic City, N.J. Mayor Marty Small and his wife, Atlantic City Public Schools Superintendent La’Quetta Small, seem to have the ideal, upstanding family. - Kalyn Womack Read More
O.J. Simpson passed away from complications related to prostate cancer last week. The former football player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, reportedly died in Las Vegas with family. - Jessica Washington Read More
In the latest random violence spree, a woman in Philadelphia is accused of stabbing three people, including a 1-year-old boy who was sitting in his stroller. - Kalyn Womack Read More
Anyone can be a superhero if they’re at just the right place and time.
Over the weekend, Asia Davis took to TikTok to tell the story of how her 4-year-old son, Nasir, was nearly injured by a fast-moving puck during a hockey game they attended. But thanks to the heroics of a stranger she did not know, her son lives to tell the tale. - Noah A. McGee Read More
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O.J. Simpson passed away from complications due to cancer last week — leaving behind adult children and an enduring and controversial legacy.
Simpson went from a star football player to one of the most hated men in America after the murder of his second wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Although Simpson was acquitted of their murder, he was later found liable for their deaths in a civil case. - Jessica Washington Read More