NewsOne Featured Video Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, also known as Cop City, is an 85-acre police and firefighter training center in Atlanta. The facility was approved for funding in June 2023, but the massive center has sparked a polarizing debate among city officials, activists, and lawmakers. Located in […]
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Here’s Who the Internet Thinks Friend-Zoned Donald Glover
Donald Glover seems like the kind of guy who’s had a life full of interesting stories. As he and co-star Maya Erskine have made the rounds promoting their new Prime Video series, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” we’ve heard a few of those stories “It Was Intimidating” At First Says B. Michael, Cicely Tyson’s Designer & […]
Read MoreRIP Johnny Hollman: Family Suing Atlanta, Ex-Cop In Taser Death Of Black Deacon After Minor Car Accident
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Screenshot The family of a local deacon tased to death by a now-former Atlanta police officer is planning to sue the city and the disgraced ex-cop in a lawsuit demanding accountability for yet another instance of law enforcement killing of an unarmed Black driver. Johnny Hollman Sr.’s family on Thursday afternoon […]
Read MoreHow an Atlanta Mother Became a Suspect in Her Son’s Death
In 1999, the remains of a little Black boy were found in the woods surrounding a cemetery in DeKalb County, Georgia. It wasn’t until 2022 that the police were able to identify the baby John Doe and were led to their prime suspect: his mother. Dealing With Grief? “They’re In A Better Place Now” Might […]
Read MoreI Was the Highest-Paid Dancer at America’s No. 1 Strip Club
Who needs dry Jan? Celebrate the juicy second season of “Sex Before the Internet” on VICE TV with some saucy content. Premiering January 23, episodes every Tuesday. Picture Tony Soprano’s Bada Bing, with Madonna and Michael Jordan necking champagne in the VIP rooms, and you’re getting close to imagining Atlanta’s Gold Club. The story of […]
Read MoreCan Awkward Donald Glover Match Brad Pitt’s Sexy in the New ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Remake?
In today’s age of remakes and reboots, I often agree with audience sentiments about how tired we are of seeing something old redone so many years later. However, after seeing the new trailer for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” the Donald Glover co-created, upcoming Prime Video comedy series — I may actually be here for it. […]
Read MoreWhy Did Laneisha Shantrice Henderson Try To Burn Down The Birth Home Of Martin Luther King Jr.?
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty So… There are a number of things that were not on my 2023 Bingo card. Those things include Anita Baker beefing with Babyface, Ice Cube cruising through South Central L.A. with Tucker Carlson, Larry Elder giving Charlamagne Tha God his “n*gga wakeup call,” and, of course, KK-Karen […]
Read MoreAtlanta City Councilman Wants To Ban Hoodies And Ski Masks To Reduce Crime Despite Racial Profiling Fears
NewsOne Featured Video Rapper Offset on February 25, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Prince Williams / Getty A city councilman in Atlanta, Georgia, has proposed a ban on ski masks and hoodies in an effort to reduce crime in the city, but since people have been trying to criminalize the hoodie since the senseless […]
Read MoreWoman Tries to Torch MLK’s Birth Home
Birthplace of Martin Luther King in Sweet Auburn quarter in Atlanta Georgia USA Photo: Braunger/ullstein bild (Getty Images) A woman was arrested for attempting to burn down the birth home of legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta police were called to the scene on the evening of December 7 after a […]
Read More‘Cop City’: Police Chief Blames Protesters After Cops Use Tear Gas To Disperse Crowd
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty After protests Monday over the building of “Cop City,” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum blamed protesters for the police violence, stating that marchers were there to provoke officers. During the protest, more than 400 people marched toward the proposed Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center, chanting “Stop Cop […]
Read MoreAtlanta Is Looking Into Reparations, But What About Cash Payments?
Los Angeles, CaliforniaSept. 22, 2022Los Angeles long-time resident, Walter Foster, age 80, holds up a sign as the Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022.Photo: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times (Getty Images) Ten years ago, the idea of reparations […]
Read MoreThe Young Thug RICO Trial: A Timeline Of Events In The Case
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Fulton County PD / Fulton County Sheriff’s Department After a grueling nine-month process, jury selection in the trial of rapper Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, will begin this week, according to 11 Alive. Judge Ural Glanville is expected to begin seating the jury on Wednesday, Nov 1., which […]
Read MoreMiddle-Class Black Homeownership In Atlanta Is On The Decline. Here’s Why
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Brandon Bell / Getty In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000 such properties nationwide. Critics say this practice drives up home prices […]
Read MoreThe Battle Over “Cop City”
Laura: You can read The New Republic’s coverage of Cop City at newrepublic.com. Alex: After the break, we’ll examine the novel and disturbing legal strategies used against Cop City protesters. Laura: In September, the office of the attorney general for the state of Georgia announced that it was bringing RICO charges against 61 protesters of […]
Read MoreAtlanta Cop Fired For Tasing Black Deacon To Death After Minor Car Accident
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Joe Raedle / Getty An Atlanta cop was fired after a decision to tase a 62-year-old Black man during a dispute over a traffic ticket that led to his death. According to AP, after an internal investigation, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum fired Officer Kiran Kimbrough on Tuesday for his actions […]
Read MoreOp-Ed: Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Is Undermining Democracy
NewsOne Featured Video Source: CHENEY ORR / Getty For the past two years, the City of Atlanta has attempted to use $67 Million in taxpayer dollars [total project cost is $90 million] to build the largest police and firefighter training facility in the country. Set to be built on 85 acres of Indigenous Muscogee Creek […]
Read MoreFacial Recognition Lawsuits Spotlights How AI Is Weaponized Against Black People
NewsOne Featured Video Source: skynesher / Getty A lawsuit filed in Atlanta this month is drawing attention to how AI is being weaponized against Black people by law enforcement. According to NBC News, on September 8, Randal Quran Reid filed a lawsuit in federal court that alleges he was arrested using AI that identified him […]
Read More‘Scary’ Video Shows Massive Flooding In HBCU Dorm Displacing Students
NewsOne Featured Video Source: x / x The city of Atlanta was hit with storms that caused massive flooding at an HBCU on Thursday night. Students at Clark Atlanta University were shocked when they found their dorms were being submerged underwater due to flash flooding in the area. According to Fox 5 Storm team, more […]
Read MoreAtlanta Officials are Stalling Efforts to Force a Vote on “Cop City”
Atlanta activists hauled box after box into the clerk’s office on Monday — each one filled with signatures demanding a vote on “Cop City.” After months of hard work, they had finally gathered enough signatures to force a vote on the $90 million, 85-acre police training facility set to occupy the surrounding Atlanta forest. Jon […]
Read More61 Cop City Protesters in Atlanta Are Being Hit With RICO Charges
The Cop City Vote coalition, an Atlanta-based campaign leading a referendum to halt the construction of the police facility, released a statement condemning the indictment. “Today, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr, who used his platform to recruit for the January 6 insurrection, announced blatantly authoritarian RICO charges against 61 people,” the statement said. “These charges, […]
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