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Philly Cop Culture Must Change In Wake Of DOJ Report

Source: Philly.com THE long-awaited, 174- page report on the Philadelphia Police Department from the Department of Justice released yesterday – which concludes that the department has great deficiencies when it comes to policies and training, especially around the use of deadly force – is thorough, prescriptive . . . and somewhat depressing. We don’t necessarily […]

Butt Injections Kills Dallas Woman

Source: Naomi Martin / The Dallas Morning News Wykesha Reid went to the Deep Ellum salon for the same reason many others did: She wanted to add curves. “Everybody else got big booties,” Patricia Kelley, 70, who had raised Reid since she was a baby, said Reid told her. “So she wanted a big booty.” Reid, 34, […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Florida Cops Ousted Over Racist Texts, Violent Video

Florida Cops Fired After Racist Texts And Video Surfaced Three Fort Lauderdale Police officers were fired and another resigned after an internal affairs investigation revealed that they spent time on the job sending n-word laced text messages and sharing an unbelievably racist video defaming the president and cut with images of the KKK with one another. Black ATF Chief […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Why Is America Afraid Of School Choice

In this edition of “The Roland Martin Show,” fitness expert and nutritionist Kuti Mack discusses how to switch up your exercise routine to maximize results and high/low impact intensive training. Mack also details a series of versatile equipment that you can add to your workout routine. Roland Martin talks about school choice and plays portions of […]

Roland Martin & Former Detroit Police Chief Discuss The Racist Cops In Fort Lauderdale, FL

Roland Martin talks to Ralph Godbee, former Detroit Police Chief about the three cops in Fort Lauderdale who have been fired for sending racist texts as well as a video containing the N-word and featured Ku Klux Klan hoods. “This is crazy. We talk about bias in policing but this ain’t it. This is racism. We […]

TV One's First Quarter Ratings On Track For Historic Best For The Network Thanks To Original Movies & Series

Source: Tambay A. Obenson / Indiewire TV One today announced that the network is on track to achieve what it calls an historic first quarter ratings record this year, for both prime time and total day, thanks to strong reception of original scripted projects in, “Fear Files” and “Hear No Evil,” which pulled in a combined 3.3 […]

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Art for Amnesty Human Rights Conference: Gatekeepers of Truth

Amnesty International has a long tradition of working with artists to amplify the stories and voice of human rights defenders through film, music, art, and other media. Hear Harry Belafonte, Annie Lennox, Jesse Williams, Piper Kerman, Nusrat Durranni, Lemon Andersen, Favianna Rodriguez, Jesse Krimes, Jie-Song Zhang, Brandan Odums, Laura Poitras, and moderator Toure discuss the […]

Ritz-Carlton: CIAA Surcharge Went To Servers On Staff

Source: Jonathan mcFadden / Charlotte Observer The 15 percent gratuity the Ritz-Carlton hotel in uptown Charlotte tacked onto customer bills during the CIAA tournament last month was distributed “in full” to the servers who worked during the event, the hotel said on Wednesday. In a statement, the hotel issued a second apology for the CIAA […]

Anthony Mackie’s Jesse Owens Biopic Nears Starting Line With Relativity

Source: Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com DEADLINE.COM EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Studios is on the final lap to acquire the script for a Jesse Owens biopic that has Anthony Mackie aboard to star as the heroic American sprinter who dominated the 1936 Berlin Olympics much to the chagrin of Adolf Hitler. If the deal makes the studio will also finance the project, I’m told, […]