After reports that Cyntoia Brown would be released from prison came out thousands of people rejoiced! Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with two women who have been fighting for her for years, Ashlee Henderson and Brittney Pascal. Just before Christmas it was announced that Governor Bill Haslam granted clemency to a group of people, […]
In the US, white supremacists have infiltrated police and military to get weapons training, The Sydney-Morning Herald reports, but according to one Tennessee judge. “The Klan doesn’t exist anymore.” “I grew up in a time where people wore white robes and they shot at black people,” Judge Wayne Shelton said. “And now we see young black men wearing black hoodies shooting […]
When Cyntoia Brown was 16-years-old she was forced into sex trafficking; and she shot and killed a man who she says threatened her life. Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Ashlee Henderson and Brittney Pascal who have been working tirelessly to bring Brown home! Just yesterday Governor Bill Haslam granted clemency for 11 people […]
Charles Toney was beaten so severely he suffered a collapsed lung.
By now you’ve probably heard the story of Cyntoia Brown, but if not here’s a summary. Brown was forced into prostitution as a teenager and killed a man in self defense at 16. She was sentenced to life and the supreme court just ruled that she has to serve 51 years before she’ll be eligible […]
DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — Engineers are inspecting the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Tennessee as a precaution after a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck nearby. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake struck eastern Tennessee and could be felt in Atlanta. The light earthquake occurred Wednesday around 4:14 a.m. about 7 miles (11 kilometers) northeast of […]
Since the 1990s, Cheryl Jansen had noticed junk and tree limbs piling up at the once oasis-like Park Cemetery, just north of downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, and wondered where the money families had paid for perpetual upkeep was going. What she learned after finally taking her case to a judge shocked the conscience. Gravestones and remains […]
On today’s episode of white folks don’t know how to mind their business, a white woman in a Tennessee Target store was caught on camera harassing a group of Black women. The woman, who the internet has called “Target Teresa” was recorded telling the Black shoppers that they “don’t belong here” and accusing them of […]
An experiment shows that police racially profiled Black men who wore hoodies in a Tennessee mall.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors in Tennessee say mental health officials have concluded that the suspect in a deadly Waffle House shooting is competent to face charges in court. A spokesman for District Attorney Glenn Funk said Tuesday the case against Travis Reinking will be presented to a grand jury soon, though a date hasn’t […]
Tennessee authorities have had John Carothers in custody for months. He was charged with murder for burning a black man alive, but investigators were having trouble coming up with a motive. According to News Channel 5, deputies intercepted a letter from Carothers to a white supremacist group and found a motive, Carothers was a racist. The […]
More than 500 people reportedly fell ill at a popular ziplining facility in Tennessee. Health officials reported that E. Coli bacteria was found in the water, reports the NY Post. Tennessee’s state’s health department said at least 550 people who visited the CLIMB Works Zipline Canopy Tour in Gatlinburg tested positive for E. coli. “At […]
