Black Independence Day, otherwise known as Juneteenth, has arrived. We’ve compiled a few facts that you may not have known about the celebration of the emancipation of the last slaves in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, but it took nearly three more years before full emancipation […]
Brian Encinia was indicted in January on a perjury charge after a grand jury found he lied about a confrontation with Bland. The Texas state trooper who remained on payroll after he was indicted in the arrest of Sandra Bland — a Black woman who died in a jail cell three days after she was […]
Geneva Reed-Veal appeared on NewsOne Now to discuss the perjury charge filed against State Trooper Brian Encinia. On Thursday, Sandra Bland’s mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, appeared…
According to Fox 28, a hoverboard two-wheel scooter exploded and caught fire in the middle of a crowded mall in Texas Monday — prompting an evacuation. This happened just days after Christmas, when many shoppers at the mall saw the fiery incident. The shocked shoppers pulled out their cellphones to record video as a Deerbrook Mall security […]
Bland’s family continue to press for answers, despite in their opinion, a lack of all the evidences presented in regards to her arrest and eventual…
Children with Chickenpox (Photo credit: KTVT) According to Fox 28, a Texas mother said she’s being targeted because of her view on vaccinations. Amanda Witt, of Dallas suburb Plano, said Child Protective Services came to a friend’s home, because of a complaint she hosted a ‘Chickenpox party.’ Witt described the party as a ‘play date’ to […]
No official word if the fries will be tested in other states or possibly added to the menu permanently. AMARILLO, Texas — McDonald’s is frying…
A woman claiming to have been in the Waller County, Texas jail at the same time as Sandra Bland is speaking out about what she…
The story of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old who was found dead in a Texas jail cell earlier this month, was given more context on Tuesday…
06/23/15 – Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley, Director of Planned Parenthood Maryland, about the new law forcing abortion clinics to close…
A Texas woman accused of being part of an initial fight that prompted a harshly criticized police response at a McKinney, Texas, pool party last…
Eric Casebolt, The McKinney Texas police officer that was suspended after grabbing a 15-year-old Black teenager by her braids and wrestling her to the ground and pointing a gun at other teens at a pool party has resigned. Casebolt was one of twelve police officers that responded to a call from a local community pool describing a “disturbance […]
