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A fight at a bar in Conyers, Georgia late Sunday led to gunfire, and the incident – which played out over Facebook Live – was reportedly over a spilled drink.

The “Bee-TV Network” started with a little serendipitous magic; an HBCU grad’s intention to do something with her college degree and a chance opportunity to cover a local shooting. With meager resources the story unfolds and April Ross is the new business owner of a whole network, reports Black Enterprise.

Melissa Thomas Scott, a nurse in Albany, Georgia, went viral after sharing a video, explaining why she quit her job at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

LONDON (AP) — Why did Facebook air live video of the New Zealand mosque shooting for 17 minutes? Didn’t anyone alert the company while it was happening? Facebook says no. According to its deputy general counsel, Chris Sonderby, none of the 200 or so people who watched the live video flagged it to moderators. In […]

Demonstrators gathered outside Opera Atlanta for a second day of protests on Wednesday after a Facebook Live video went viral which reportedly shows a woman being sexually assaulted on the club’s dance floor. Police began investigating after receiving calls early Sunday morning about the assault broadcasting live on the social media site. Both the male suspect and the alleged […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight from New York’s La Guardia Airport to Dallas made an emergency landing at Philadelphia’s airport Tuesday with part of the covering from its left engine ripped off. Passengers walked off the plane on the tarmac at the airport. It wasn’t immediately known if anyone on board was injured. […]

The disturbing trend of violent crimes committed and recorded while on social media continues, as a man was recently shot and killed while he was live-streaming on Facebook Live. https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/968480922483019777 According to the New York Daily News, Prentis Robinson from North Carolina was murdered in broad daylight earlier this week as he was recording himself […]

On the South Side of Chicago, a 27-year-old woman was shot in the arm while on Facebook live. WGN9 News reports that while in her car the woman got into an argument with another woman in her car. When it reached a climax the second woman pulled out a gun and shot the 27-year-old in the […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Philando Castile’s permit to legally carry a gun became a point of focus in the days after he was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer, with some questioning whether Castile acted properly during the July traffic stop and others wondering whether the officer followed his training. But as […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The alarming video of a Georgia teenager livestreaming her own suicide attempt stayed up long enough on Facebook Live for sheriff’s deputies to find and save her — a repeat phenomenon that has prompted mental health experts and Facebook’s CEO to further investigate how they can use social media as a possible […]

Facebook Live went from a fun, live streaming tool to becoming video evidence for law enforcement. Unfortunately, Chicago Police know that all too well after charging a 14-year-old boy for his role in an alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live. According to NBC News, authorities said the attack involved five or six males. Police […]

A Chicago teen has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live.