Two Haitian journalists were shot to death and set on fire while on a reporting assignment in a Port-au-Prince slum overrun by gangs. Tayson Latigue and Frantzsen Charles were killed by rival gangs after the two, along with group of journalists, among were attacked on Sunday in the Cité Soleil…
Man arrested after Black woman shot during alleged road rage incident in Oklahoma
A man in Oklahoma was reportedly arrested after he allegedly shot a Black woman during what police said was a road rage incident. According to police documents, 25-year-old Shantel Jones was allegedly shot on Aug. 19 by 22-year-old Julian Zavaleta who fled the scene where the shooting occurred in Tulsa but…
55 shot, 11 killed over Labor Day weekend in Chicago
Eleven people were killed in a string over shootings across Chicago that left at least 55 people injured on Labor Day Weekend. The shootings were reported between 5 p.m. Friday and midnight Tuesday. During a news conference Tuesday morning, Supt. David Brown of the Chicago Police Department said shootings were…
Federal charges filed against 4 officers in Breonna Taylor case
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that four former and current Louisville police officers were charged with federal crimes related to the 2020 raid that led up to Breonna Taylor’s death. Former detectives Joshua Jaynes and Brett Hankison, and current officer Kyle Meany were charged with several offenses, including…
10-year-old Black girl fatally shoots woman in dispute with her mother
A 10-year-old Black girl is in custody and her mother was arrested after the girl fatally shot a woman who was fighting with the mother during a confrontation in Florida. The incident reportedly happened over Memorial Day weekend in Orlando. The girl’s mother was reportedly in a physical altercation at…