Black residents in Mississippi terrorized by police
Black residents in a Mississippi town filed a lawsuit detailing allegations of local police systematically ‘terrorizing’ them. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by a civil rights organization, JULIAN, claims the Lexington Police Department was involved in numerous incidents where Black residents were falsely arrested, subject to unreasonable searches, and victims of excessive use of force. […]
Cast of Lifetime’s ‘He’s Not Worth Dying For’ talk about love and jealousy
In Lifetime’s ripped from the headlines series, love devolves into tragedy in “He’s Not Worth Dying For” when two teens, a fashion guru named Isla (Rachel Boyd) and an expectant valedictorian named Grace (Hilda Martin), fall for the same guy, Jake, (Lachlan Quarmby).
Paige B. Alston shares wisdom with aspiring film directors
As part of our Star Studios series, rolling out spoke with Detroit’s Paige B. Alston, an award-nominated writer and director, about her recent feature film, “Meeting Boone.” The film follows an ex-convict who befriends a grieving woman while looking for answers about his brother’s mysterious death.
How radio DJ Shorty Mack used reality TV to escape an abusive relationship
Shorty Mack was one half of three couples featured on OWN’s hit series “Put a Ring On It,” but instead of hoping to walk down the aisle, she used it as a tool to escape an abusive relationship.
Director Nicole L. Thompson steers the Lifetime thriller, ‘Suitcase Killer’
Director Nicole L. Thompson, who earned her master’s from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, was tapped to take the helm for Lifetime’s ripped-from-the-headlines murder mystery of a dastardly wife and her amorous infatuation with her secret lover in “Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story.” The show premieres June 19, 2022.
New York AG Letitia James pledges to seek justice for Buffalo shooting victims
New York Attorney General Letitia James pledged to seek justice for the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo.
Tonia Taylor laments family members killed in ‘American Gangster: Trap Queens’
Tonia Taylor, aka Ms Tee, remains sorrowful about how the international drug game has claimed the lives of several of her family members. Ms. Tee walks rolling out through her life and how she managed to survive to tell her story through her book, Harlem Heroin(e). Her story is one in the popular series “American […]
De’Von Truvel creates ‘Play Black Wall Street’ game inspired by Tulsa massacre
Entrepreneur De’Von Truvel was inspired to create the “Play Black Wall Street” board game by the real-life businesses and events from early-1900s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Greenwood community that was dubbed “Black Wall Street” was one of the most economically successful communities in American history before the infamous massacre. Truvel designed the game to help […]
Ukrainian med student describes racist experience leaving country during war
Maud Murimwa, a Ukrainian medical student from Africa, recently told rolling out how she fled the country at the beginning of the war against Russia, and the racist encounter she experienced while fleeing.
Reporter Madison Carter hosting special on rise in suicide among young Blacks
WXIA journalist Madison Carter and her colleagues commenced a nine-month investigation into what is behind the frightening rise in suicides among young Black boys and girls. Carter will be speaking live on Tegna platforms with the parents of kids who took their lives and were featured on the three-part TV special “A Different Cry.” If […]
Rayshard Brooks’ wife feels her family has been ‘forgotten’ by community
Rayshard Brooks‘ wife Tomika Miller told rolling out she has been “disappointed” with the dwindling support she has received in the fight for justice for her husband.
‘A Different Cry’ TV special probes rise of suicide rates in young Blacks
Journalists Madison Carter and Monika Diaz probe the disturbingly upward trend in suicides among young Blacks in “A Different Cry.” The three-part investigative special will be streamed on TEGNA stations’ Fire TV and Roku apps and the Watch section of all the stations’ websites beginning Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. It will explore why Black kids […]
Tabatha Lewis, mother of AJ Stewart, says son died in race-motivated killing
Tabatha Lewis, the mother of AJ Stewart, Tongo Eisen-Martin and attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong recently spoke to rolling out about what they want to see in the case involving Brian Kjellberg, a 50-year-old White man who allegedly stabbed Stewart to death over a parking spot.
‘It’s a damn shame’: Keri Hilson reacts to Rittenhouse acquittal
As she preps for the release of her new movie, For The Love of Money, Keri Hilson stopped by yesterday, Nov. 19, to discuss some topical issues — the Rittenhouse acquittal over and above all else. Like most, she was speechless and taken back a bit, but offered this definitive reaction: “It’s a damn shame.”
DJ Pretty Boy Tank mourns Young Dolph, Bankroll Fresh; discusses hip-hop violence
DJ Pretty Boy Tank recently sat down with rolling out to mourn the deaths of rappers and his friends Young Dolph and Bankroll Fresh. He also went in depth on the issue of violence within the hip-hop community.
ACLU policy director discusses trial of men accused in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
Christopher Bruce, the policy director of the Georgia ACLU, recently sat down with rolling out to talk about the trial of the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery; Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan.
Before death, this happened: ACLU director tells lesser-known Ahmaud Arbery story
Christopher Bruce, policy director of the American Civil Liberties Union of America of Georgia, told rolling out a lesser-known story about the late Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery had a prior encounter with law enforcement officers, caught on body cameras, less than four months before he was shot and killed while going for a jog in February […]
Patrick Brewton shares the importance of honoring those killed by police
Rolling out spoke with Patrick Brewton of Youth Against Inequality at a vigil in Homewood, Illinois, on June 13, 2020, honoring people who have been killed by the police. Brewton shared the importance of commemorating the lives lost to police brutality.
Councilman Michael Bond: ‘People are outraged’ about police killing Black men
During rolling out‘s nightly breaking news, Atlanta Councilman Michael Julian Bond discussed the protests in the streets of Atlanta. Bond says people are outraged about Black men being killed by the police.
Attorney for Ahmaud Arbery’s father joins ‘rolling out’ AM show (video)