by admindarius | Apr 22, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
In Kansas City, Missouri, the white homeowner accused of shooting a Black teenager who rang his doorbell by mistake pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Prosecutors say 84-year-old Andrew Lester exchanged no words...
by admindarius | Apr 22, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
In Oklahoma, a county commissioner in McCurtain County resigned Wednesday, days after a local newspaper published secretly recorded audio revealing he spoke with local law enforcement officials about lynching Black people and assassinating reporters. Mark Jennings’s...
by admindarius | Apr 22, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
In Kansas City, Missouri, a white 84-year-old homeowner was charged with two felonies Monday after he shot and critically injured a Black teenager who rang his doorbell by mistake. Police say the homeowner, Andrew Lester, did not exchange words with Ralph Yarl last...
by admindarius | Apr 22, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
In other Florida news, Governor DeSantis is escalating his attacks on Disney as part of an ongoing dispute that began when the company criticized Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. On Monday, DeSantis threatened to build a prison on state-owned land next to Disney World....
by admindarius | Apr 22, 2023 | Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. In a Democracy Now! broadcast exclusive, we turn now to a rare victory in immigration court that unfolded here in New York yesterday in a case we have...