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LSU freshman allegedly violated by cops calls 2020 election ‘a distraction’
While the world celebrated a foreseeable change for the United States with the projected results of the 2020 presidential election, one LSU football freshman continued to live an ongoing nightmare.…
Read MoreNBA Youngboy arrested in Louisiana
NBA Youngboy may be facing an indefinite leave of absence from the rap game and his lavish lifestyle. He has been arrested in his Louisiana hometown on several felony drug…
Read MoreBlack man blasts White school board member for defending Robert E. Lee (Video)
A heated discussion at the East Baton Rouge Parish school board in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, went viral over the weekend. Members of the board were debating the possible renaming of…
Read MoreDr. Rani Whitfield explains why coronavirus is overwhelming Blacks in Louisiana
Rani G. Whitfield, MD shared some insight into how COVID-19 has impacted the Black community of Baton Rouge and the state of Louisiana. He also took the time to debunk…
Read MoreTenant late on rent murdered Baton Rouge’s Sadie Roberts-Joseph, police say
Authorities say a sex offender and former felon, who was late on his rent, murdered local icon Sadie Roberts-Joseph and then stuffed her body into the trunk of a car…
Read MoreCoroner releases Baton Rouge icon Sadie Roberts-Joseph’s cause of death
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the beloved community activist who founded the African-American History Museum in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, was murdered by suffocation, according to the local coroner’s office. According to Buzzfeed News,…
Read MoreFounder of Baton Rouge’s African American museum found dead in trunk of car
Sadie Roberts-Joseph (Photo: Facebook/C. Denise Marcelle, state representative) A Black woman who founded the African American Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was found dead in the trunk of a car…
Read MoreLouisiana woman stabbed after snatching wig and setting it on fire
A woman was arrested in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after a fight that involved her snatching a wig off of a woman and the chaos that followed. According to police,…
Read MoreAlton Sterling shooting: Killer cop fired (graphic bodycam video)
Two Baton Rouge Police Department officers, Howie Lake II and Blane Salamoni, answered a 911 call to 2112 North Foster Drive where an anonymous caller reported that a man…
Read MoreLouisiana cop kills child with car and police charge mom 5 months later
Back in October 2017, tragedy struck Brittany Stephens, 20, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was then that off-duty police officer Christopher Manuel, 27, crashed his Corvette, traveling at 94 MPH,…
Read More2 fans shot during Boosie’s California show at a motorcycle club
Boosie BadAzz was performing at Choppers Den, a Gardena, California motorcycle club, when a couple of fans were shot and others injured on Friday, Nov. 3. Excited about the turnout,…
Read MoreWhite Baton Rouge cops sue 5 Black Lives Matter leaders
Deputy Nicholas Tullie was shot on July 17, 2016, by Gavin Eugene Long, who shot six police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the wake of the shooting of unarmed…
Read MoreCaleb Brown stops by ‘ro’ to talk life, success, and the ideas behind his music
Caleb Brown, an up-and-coming emcee from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, just graduated high school in May, but he’s already making waves in his local music scene and has big plans for…
Read MoreJustice Department will not charge cops in shooting death of Alton Sterling
The U.S. Department of Justice is not going to charge the two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, man who was pinned…
Read MoreLegendary photographer Ruddy Roye: ‘Black folks are tired of being tired’
Brooklyn, New York-based photojournalist and activist Ruddy Roye speaks his mind on the recent shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. He also expresses his his thoughts on the senseless…
Read MoreLSU’s Chris Tyson discusses Alton Sterling, economic issues in Black community
Law professor Chris Tyson of Louisiana State University shares his thoughts on the memorial service recently held for Alton Sterling and discusses the financial issues that continue to plague Baton Rouge and the…
Read MoreMainstream media perpetuating myth of mass violent Black protest
The recent police shootings and non-violent protests of Black and White activists has placed America in a precarious position. The morning of July 7, 2016, rolling out published the article…
Read More3 Baton Rouge police officers killed, 4 wounded in Sunday morning shooting
Violence erupted on the streets of Baton Rouge after a gunman opened fire on police officers. According to reports by WBRZ, the shooting occurred after a man with his face…
Read MoreReporting live: Alton Sterling memorial service
Family, friends and supporters gather to pay their final respects to Alton Sterling. The funeral is being held at the A. F. Clark Center at Southern University. …
Read More3 arrested for stealing guns in alleged plot to harm police in Baton Rouge
A burglary at a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pawnshop this past weekend has led to the arrests of three suspects in what police are calling a plot to harm officers. On Saturday,…
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