Authorities announced this week that “mom influencer” Kathleen Sorensen, 31, has been convicted of making a false report or a crime. Sorensen went viral in 2020 after posting a video on social media claiming a Latino couple tried to abduct her kids.
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Emmett Till Accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham Dead at 88, Nearly 70 Years After the Teens Lynching
People reports, Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White woman who accused Black teen Emmett Till of making sexual advances toward her, ultimately leading to the teen’s brutal death, has died at 88. According to the Associated Press, Bryant Donham died Tuesday while in hospice care in Westlake, La. She reportedly had cancer at the time of her death.
Oklahoma Sheriff and County Officials Caught on Recording Discussing Lynching Black People and Killing Journalists
Over the weekend, The McCurtain Gazette-News, an Oklahoma print only newspaper, released portions of an audio recording and transcription on the front page exposé where McCurtain County, Oklahoma officials, including the sheriff, could be heard discussing killing journalists, lynching black people, and hiring hitmen.
Ex-Police Officer Thomas Lane Sentenced For Aiding and Abetting in George Floyd's Murder
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Lane plead guilty in February to federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.
Policeman Assaulted at least Seven Black Women and Girls While in Uniform
The former Kansas City officer, Roger Golubski, 69, who had long been suspected of raping and terrorizing Black women while on duty, was arrested Thursday for sexually assaulting two women multiple times from 1998 to 2002.
New Podcast Episode: The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
59 years ago this week, 4 little black girls were killed and many others were injured in a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. The event would serve as the catalyst for the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965, but victim’s families and survivors would wait 40 years to see the perpetrators of this crime behind bars.
Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charge in Washington
Randy Smith of Eugene, Oregon, pled guilty Tuesday to federal hate crime charges and making false statements to the FBI in connection with a 2018 assault of a Black man in Lynwood, Washington.
Arrest Warrant For Emmett Till Accuser Found in Basement of Courthouse
A team searching for documents relating to the lynching death of Emmett Till recently found an unserved arrest warrant for his accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham in the basement of the Leflore County Courthouse in Mississippi. Now, his family members are calling for the warrant to be served 70 years later.
The murder of Jose Torres and the rise of the Chicano Squad
On May 5, 1977, Mexican-American and Vietnam War veteran Jose Campos Torres, 23, was arrested for disorderly conduct. The police took Torres to “the hole,” an area behind a warehouse near Buffalo Bayou, instead of taking him to the city jail. Torres' body was found a few days later, prompting the Houston Police Department to form an all-Latino homicide unit, the Chicano Squad.
Queer Activist Marsha P. Johnson’s Controversial Cause of Death
Known by some as “The Rosa Parks of the LGBTQ Movement,” Marsha P. Johnson was an integral piece in the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights and equality. After 30 years, the true nature of her death is unknown, leaving her and the community without justice.
Tamla Horsford: Was Her Death Really An Accident?
Tamla Horsford of Cumming, Georgia was pronounced dead on November 4, 2018 after a sleepover at a friend’s house. Her death was quickly determined to be an accident after sustaining a two-story fall from the house’s balcony after a long night of drinking and smoking. At least that’s what the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia Bureau of Investigation concluded.
U.S. Government Announces New Measures to Address Rising Rates of Hate Crimes
The Biden Administration has announced new steps they will be taking to fight and prevent hate crimes across the country. This comes less than a week after the shooting in Buffalo, New York, along with on the year anniversary of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes and Khalid Jabara-Heather Heyer NO HATE Acts.
Suspect in Dallas Salon Shooting Taken into Custody
Dallas Country police arrested Jeremy Smith on Tuesday, May 17 for the shooting at Dallas Koreatown’s own Hair World Salon, totaling three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Smith is currently being held in custody as police begin their interviews with him, asserting to provide more information to the public afterward.
10 Killed, 3 Wounded in Racially Motivated Mass Shooting in Buffalo
Ten people have died and three others wounded in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Top’s supermarket on the east side of Buffalo.
On This Day: The Death of Abraham Lincoln
On the evening of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln while watching a play at Ford’s Theatre. Despite the best efforts of soldiers who carried him to a boarding house and the surgeon general’s close watch, he would be pronounced dead the next morning at 7:22 a.m., on April 15, 1865.
Five Political Assassinations Which Shocked the World
The Ides of March is only a few days away. Although the term ‘Ides of March’ wasn’t coined until William’s Shakespeare’s play titled Julius Caesar, it has become synonymous with not only Caesar’s death, but the deaths of countless political figures. Here is a list of five political figures who had their lives cut short by assassination.
The Killing of Amadou Diallo
Amadou Diallo was only 23 years old when four members of the now-defunct New York Police Department (NYPD) Street Crimes Unit shot at him 41 times, with 19 of those shots hitting his body and killing him. What would follow would be a search for justice which would never come.
The History Behind the NAACP
The NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has become a forefront civil rights group in the past century. To understand where they are today, we must understand why they formed in the first place-The Race Riot of 1908, and what their efforts have helped achieve over the past century.
Hate Crimes in America have Surged in the Last Two Years. Here's What you Should Know About this Epidemic.
There is a lot of fear-mongering about the rising crime rate in America. It’s imperative to specify that the largest spike is due to hate crimes. While those of us who don’t hold political offices in America may feel powerless in combatting these acts of injustice—we are not. Spreading awareness on social media, at rallies, and even to individual family members and friends is a start.
Merrill Lynch Employee Fired and Arrested After Racist Smoothie Shop Tirade
Forty-eight-year old James Iannazzo has been fired from Merrill Lynch after a video of him screaming at Robek’s smoothie shop employees went viral on TikTok. Iannazzo is also facing criminal charges after screaming racial epithets and throwing a smoothie at the young employees.