Over the weekend at a Country Music Festival in Oregon, a black teenager was assaulted after expressing his dislike for the Confederate flag. The Associated Press reports that, Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon said that the Confederate flag wavers were driving through the camping area of the Willamette Country Music Festival in Brownsville, Ore., flying […]
A woman was taken to the hospital after a verbal altercation on a Metrobus in Washington, D.C. turned violent. Emergency crews were called to a bus stop Northeast D.C. during the Tuesday evening rush hour as a fight moved from the bus onto the street, reports Fox 5. Cellphone video of the incident was posted […]
More bias incidents in cities.
Singer El DeBarge was arrested when police caught him taking a wrench to a man’s windshield, reports TMZ. According to TMZ, law enforcement said that DeBarge got into an argument Friday night in the San Fernando Valley and chased a man out of a house. The tried to get away by running to an RV […]
Actor Wood Harris is breathing a sigh of relief. Well, kinda, sorta, that is. You see, he’s not facing any criminal charges after allegedly beating his girlfriend. OK, so what’s the “kinda, sorta” thingy about, you ask? Well, the “girlfriend” is still threatening further legal action. That’s why. Here’s the backstory. The alleged incident happened back in […]
Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy has lawyered up big time amid the police investigation into a home invasion that left his former girlfriend brutally beaten, hospitalized and robbed of jewelry, reports ESPN. McCoy has hired prominent Atlanta defense attorney Don Samuel, who has represented several high-profile clients, including serving as part of the defense team for former Baltimore […]
A South Carolina woman, dubbed #PoolPatrolPaula, was recorded spewing racial slurs at and physically abusing a 15-year-old black boy at a pool. Stephanie Sebby-Strempel, 38, told the boy and his friends that they did not belong and they had to leave a public pool. According to the teen, as he and his friends left the […]
5/11/18- Another Black person has been assaulted at another Waffle House after a police officer held him in a chokehold. Chris Paul has had it with that restaurant and has suggested a name change for the restaurant like “The Breakfast Noose” or “Plantation Pancakes.” READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: GET THE HOTTEST STORIES STRAIGHT TO […]
The woman accusing Trey Songz of assault spoke out for the first time at a press conference in Los Angeles today (March 13). Andrea Buera was flanked by her attorney, Lisa Bloom, as she held back tears and shared how Trey allegedly hit her so hard she vomited from a concussion. According to reports, Trey and Andrea were at […]
Unfortunately we’ve become accustomed to seeing the name Mayweather and the words “violence towards women” in the same sentence. And when we do, we primarily think of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Well, this time it’s different because it’s Floyd Mayweather Sr. who’s the focus of this story. That’s because there’s a warrant out for his arrest […]
Pittsburgh police arrested a male employee of Milano’s Pizza shop who was caught on video assaulting a Black woman in the restaurant.
Police are on the lookout for a woman who maliciously attacked another woman in a New York subway. Happening on October 13, 2017, during the morning rush hour the two bumped into each other at the Metropolitan Avenue train station according to CBS local news in New York. According to police, the suspect repeatedly punched […]
