Mo Barnes, Author at Rolling Out

The mother of Cleveland, Ohio, convicted serial killer, Michael Madison, is dead and her grandson has been charged with the crime. Jalen Plummer, 18, was charged on Monday, June 24, 2019, with aggravated murder of his grandmother and felonious assault against his sister, brother, and cousin. According to FOX 8 News, it was a bloody…

The use of force against an unarmed Black man by transit cops in Washington, D.C., has resulted in an internal investigation. A video was posted to Facebook that shows Metro Transit Police Department officers using a Taser on an unarmed Black man who was asking questions. According to the MTPD, officers were responding to a…

The city of Shreveport, Louisiana is in shock after the senseless killing of a postal worker making his morning deliveries. Antonio Williams, 52, was shot in the chest on Saturday, June 22, by a man identified as Michael Gentry. Police have stated that there was no indication that the two men had any dispute before…

Chicago prosecutors have detailed the charges against a man who pretended to be a cop and shot a woman he thought was shoplifting. Louis Hicks Jr., 33, appeared in court on Friday as prosecutors detailed a deadly encounter that led to the death of Sircie Varnado, 46, a disabled mother of five. According to WGN-TV,…

An Illinois man is furious and claiming that he was a victim of racial profiling for being Black while hospitalized. Shaquille Dukes,24, was arrested by a Freeport, Illinois police officer, while he was a patient at FHN Memorial Hospital. Dukes was hooked up to an IV and pump and stepped outside the hospital doors. That…

The rise in the dominance of social media platforms like Facebook has impacted the lives of those both the great and small. On a regular basis, people have been made famous, infamous, and in some cases, jobless after posts were exposed to the public eye and widespread scrutiny. Now at least 72 Philadelphia cops have…

Drug dealers who keep attack dogs make up some of the most well-known stereotypes in popular culture. But police in Alabama were faced with a most unusual situation after a raid on a suspected drug den uncovered what is being called an attack squirrel hooked on meth. It all occurred in Limestone County, Alabama when…

There is a serious problem when it comes to police dealing with people of color in the community. The disconnect between presumed innocence and use of force seems to be evident with frequent reports of a citizen being brutalized. The latest incident to hit the news comes from the city of Monroe, Georgia, and a…

The woman at the heart of a prostitution scandal that rocked Fort Valley State University has been sentenced for her role. Alecia J. Johnson, 49, had been identified as the ringleader of a prostitution scheme that involved prominent men in Fort Valley, Georgia, and students. Johnson was the only woman indicted, along with six men,…

A New York man who has been dubbed the “Sperminator” is back in the news. Ari Nagel, 43, a CUNY mathematics professor, has fathered multiple children across the country. He posts his services online and now he is about to be a father again. This time, the expectant mother is Kaienja Garrick, 18, who is…

The family of a Chicago area woman want answers after a relative was killed at a local Walgreens Pharmacy. According to police, Sircie Varnado, 46, who is described as disabled, was shopping at the store on her way home to see family. That is when a store employee suspected Varnado of shoplifting and decided to…

A video has emerged of a frightening encounter between a Black couple with children and officers with the Phoenix, Arizona, police department. It all started after Dravon Ames, 22, his pregnant fiancée Iesha Harper, and their two small children left a Family Dollar. Unbeknownst to the couple, their four-year-old child had taken a doll, valued…

Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has joined the ranks of celebrities with mugshots. The 51-year-old actor turned himself in voluntarily to the NYPD Special Victims Unit on Thursday, June 13. Gooding was booked into custody for forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor which carries a one-year maximum prison sentence. The actor has been accused…

An officer-involved shooting claimed the life of a Black man in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The man has been identified as Brandon Webber, 20, and the Black community is outraged over his death as rioting erupted. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, members of the U.S. Marshall Fugitive Squad were tasked…

It is a sad fact in America that Black children are criminalized at an alarming rate. But what happened to Sadiq Kelly, 10, borders on the ridiculous. Sadiq’s mother had given the special-needs student a stack of prop money purchased on Amazon.com to help him learn to count. But when a Chevy Chase, Maryland, school…

Domestic violence plagues America whether a person is a celebrity or a regular citizen. In many cases, the violence in a relationship is perpetrated by a man. However, there are many instances where the woman is the aggressor. Such is the case of Katie Lee Pitchford, 21, of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida who launched a…

Once again law enforcement has been caught on tape allegedly brutalizing Black citizens, this time in Columbus, Ohio. A video was shared on social media that shows a group of Black residents being terrorized, and in at least one instance, assaulted by a well-known Black cop. According to the Columbus Police Department, officers were responding…

The shooting of baseball legend David Ortiz shocked fans and former teammates of the Red Sox slugger. Ortiz was shot at the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, June 9, 2019. Now more details are emerging regarding the motivation behind the attack as police have a suspect in…

When Fabricio Jimenez, 20, was pulled over by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida on June 9, 2019, he had an interesting tale for the cops. It was 4:30 a.m. when cops initiated a traffic stop and the cops determined he was riding dirty. It was not just the eight ounces of marijuana and 13…

Across the country, incidents of road rage are becoming an all-too-familiar sight on social media. The results of confronting aggression behind the wheel have led to shootings, injuries and death. For one White couple who decided to use a racial slur when confronting a Latino family, it resulted in an epic butt kicking. According to…