On Sunday morning, August 14, 2017, two gunmen wearing bandanas ran towards a church shooting and killing two men. In Chicago, Emmanuel Flemming and Michael Swift were killed walking up the steps of South Austin’s Friendship Baptist Church. Flemming was an usher at the church and was taking his three kids to church, who are all […]
DALLAS (AP) — Authorities said Wednesday two bounty hunters and the fugitive from Minnesota they were tracking shot each other dead in a hail of bullets that sent customers and employees fleeing for cover at a Texas car dealership. The two men had pursued Ramon Michael Hutchinson, 49, (pictured) to a Nissan dealership in Greenville, […]
Tom Joyner Morning Show co-host Sybil Wilkes talks with Lee Merritt, the attorney representing the family of Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer in Balch Springs, Texas. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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 […]
Footage from a body camera worn by Officer Sarah Stumler shows that Bruce Warrick was unarmed when she shot him.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police struggled Sunday to track down a gunman who attacked New Year’s Eve revelers at a popular Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people, most of them foreigners. Close to 70 more were wounded. The attacker, armed with a long-barreled weapon, killed a policeman and a civilian outside the Reina club […]
When are police going to stop shooting Black men on sight?
Sixty one people were shot in the Windy City this holiday weekend and of those marked by gun violence, 11 died from their wounds.
Ann Marie Anastasi pled guilty to two counts of first-degree murder.
In a very awkward news conference concerning the shooting death of the ex-NFL player and the arrest of the man who confessed to killing him, Sheriff Normand blasts his critics and drops the N-word.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Southwest Airlines employee was shot outside Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport on Tuesday and died after police closed the sprawling complex to search for his killer. Oklahoma City police identified the victim as Michael Winchester, 52, a former University of Oklahoma football player whose son James is a player […]
New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill said police were "called to help a person in crisis." Sadly, things didn't end that way.
