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A handcuffed prisoner was beaten to death by prison guards and a nurse
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a video showing 14 male prison guards and a female nurse beating a handcuffed man to death at Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, Oneida County. The deceased inmate, Robert Brooks, 43, died on December 10 after he was beaten on his chest with fists and kicked in his…
Read MoreWhite Woman who killed Black neighbor is sentenced to prison for manslaughter
Ajke “Aj” Ownes crossed the street to confront her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, who threw skates at Owen’s son playing in the grassy area near both houses. The two women shouted at each other through Lorincz’s locked door. As the argument grew more heated, Lorincz pulled out a gun and shot Owens through the door. Lorincz…
Read MoreO.J. Simpson is dead
O.J. Simpson has died
Read MoreThe killer of a Black woman neighbor was released on $150,000 bond
Susan Lorincz, who shot and killed her Black neighbor through her home’s closed door, was released after paying a $150,000 bond in Ocala, Florida. The shooting of Ajike “AJ†Owens, 46, comes after the NAACP cautioned Black people not to visit the state because it was dangerous. Owens went to Lorincz’s rental house after she…
Read MoreTina Turner died on May 24th at 83 years old
It’s hard to believe that such a dynamic performer as Tina Turner attended a one-room schoolhouse located in Brownsville, West Tennessee. The school was known as the Flagg Grove School and it was built by a great uncle. At the time, she was known as Anna Mae Bullock. She debuted as Tina Turner when she…
Read MoreGrace Ann Melzia Bumbry, a leading mezzo-sopranos, dies
Grace Ann Melzia Bumbry died May 7 was an American opera singer, considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos. She was a member of a pioneering generation of African-American opera and classical singers, beginning with Leontyne Price. She was 86 when she died in Vienna, Austria.
Read MoreVida Blue, left-hander, for the Oakland Athletics has died
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr., a left-handed pitcher for the Oakland Athletics who lead the team to three World Series titles, died on May 6 of cancer. Blue pitched from 1969 to 1986, most notably as an integral member of the dynasty that won three consecutive won three World Series Championships from 1972 to 1974. He won the…
Read MoreRalph Boston dies
Ralph Boston, who smashed men’s long record in the 1960 Rome Olypmics, died Sunday following complications dues to stoke at his home in Peachtree City, Georgia. He was 83. In the 1960 Rome Olympics, he made history by breaking the long-jump record previously set by Jesse Owens with a distance of 26 feet 7 1/2 inches.…
Read MoreHitmaker Barrett Strong has died
Barrett Strong was tinkering with Ray Charles’s song on the piano when he wrote “Money (That’s What I Want),†which sold a million copies and helped ignite the Motown fortune. Strong died at 81 on January 29, a week before his 82nd birthday. Mr. Strong was an artist and songwriter who was present for the…
Read MoreBob Marley’s grandson Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley is dead
No cause of death given Bob Marley’s grandson Joseph “Jo Mersa†Marley died on Dec. 26 in Miami. He was 31. He was born in 1991. His representative told Rolling Stone on Tuesday of his death. He died in Miami. Jo Mersa’s death was reported in a tweet by journalist Abka Fitz-Henley, and according to WZPP Radio, he was…
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