Tag: Mississippi

Mississippi Goon Squad Cop Who Tortured Two Black Men Appeals His Sentence

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Sean Pavone / Getty “It never ends,” began Nsombi Lambright-Haynes during an exclusive discussion with NewsOne about Mississippi’s Goon Squad members, Brett McAlpin, who filed a notice of appeal this week despite having plead guilty to torturing two Black men, his attorney Aafram Sellers reported. Lambright-Haynes is the executive director of […]

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Dear Mississippi, Why Is Confederate Heritage Month Still a Thing?

But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]

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The Shocking April Holiday That Mississippi Is Still Celebrating

But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]

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The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Massive Blow to the Right to Protest

Other lawmakers, such as Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, completely threw the judicial system under the bus, blaming Trump’s woes—which also include repercussions for bank fraud, sexual abuse, election interference, hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and more—as the failures of another pillar of government. “I’m very uncomfortable with the weaponized justice system,” Vance told the outlet. […]

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Severe Weather, and Potentially Tornadoes, Headed for Gulf Coast States

Parts of Louisiana were under a tornado warning on Wednesday morning, as waves of intense weather moved east, bringing severe weather to the New Orleans area and other parts of the central Gulf Coast, the National Weather Service said. Flooding started to inundate areas in east Texas early on Wednesday, and forecasters warned that more […]

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Paul McCartney Blesses Beyoncé’s Version of Beatles Hit

From her cover of the Dolly Parton hit “Jolene” to the Tina Turner-inspired “Ya Ya,” Beyoncé fans everywhere have been dissecting every inch of her new album, Cowboy Carter, since its release. And while every member of the Beyhive knows that practically everything Ms. Carter does is for the culture, some may be surprised to […]

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The Black History Story Behind One of Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Beatles Song Covers

From her cover of the Dolly Parton hit “Jolene” to the Tina Turner-inspired “Ya Ya,” Beyoncé fans everywhere have been dissecting every inch of her new album, Cowboy Carter, since its release. And while every member of the Beyhive knows that practically everything Ms. Carter does is for the culture, some may be surprised to […]

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The Black History Story Behind One of Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Song Covers

From her cover of the Dolly Parton hit “Jolene” to the Tina Turner-inspired “Ya Ya,” Beyoncé fans everywhere have been dissecting every inch of her new album, Cowboy Carter, since its release. And while every member of the Beyhive knows that practically everything Ms. Carter does is for the culture, some may be surprised to […]

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Mississippi Cop Kills Fleeing Black Teen By Running Over Him With Police Cruiser, Ben Crump Says

NewsOne Featured Video Source: General / Radio One Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is leading calls for action after a Mississippi police officer killed a 17-year-old Black boy by driving over him in a police cruiser during an early morning chase last week. Kadarius Smith died last Thursday after an unidentified officer with the Leland […]

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