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For many, driving with the rideshare service Lyft has allowed a welcome stream of revenue. But one driver may rethink his choice after a video of passenger assault was caught on video. Eduardo Madiedo picked up two passengers — a man and a woman — in Queens, New York on Thursday and was asked to…

A rapper who was set to open up as the headliner for DaBaby near Boston was reportedly beaten into submission by DaBaby’s security team and was hospitalized, with his mother claiming that he was in a coma and near death, according to multiple media reports. Don Trag was scheduled to go on for a concert…

Customers at a Philadelphia Taco Bell were hungry and frustrated because orders were taking too long. But no one was more frustrated than the six crew members on duty that was overwhelmed with online orders and customers who were hurling insults. It got so out of control that a man and his girlfriend were beaten…

Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, is back in the news during Black History Month. Van Dyke is almost five months into his seven-year sentence for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald, 17. In October 2018, he was convicted of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm in McDonald’s death. Now…

Charles Toney, 25, suffered a brutal beating by police on Dec. 3, 2018, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. While he was handcuffed, an officer identified as Hamilton County detective Blake Kilpatrick beat him viciously and was later joined by another officer who also got in a few licks against the handcuffed suspect. That encounter with police went…

A brutal beating by rogue cops on a rampage to hunt and beat protesters during demonstrations in St. Louis has resulted in their indictment. A federal grand jury has indicted Dustin Boone, 35, Randy Hays, 31, Christopher Myers, 27, and a female officer, Bailey Colletta, 25, over their involvement in the beating of a Black…

Parents are constantly on guard when they have to let their children use a public restroom. For the brief moment that a child is alone, an incident can occur that will change a life forever. That is what happened to Melvin Harris on the night of Aug. 2, 2018, when a man tried to enter…

It has been said that a pastor and his wife should work together to overcome obstacles. In the case of a Toledo couple and their daughter that apparently also includes taking part in a robbery and assault. Anthony Morris, pastor of St. Paul’s AME Zion Church and his wife Zelda Morris shocked church members gathered…

The end of a great night resulted in a brutal beating the next morning for DaShawn Horne, 26, a single dad of a 16-month-old child, in Auburn, Washington. Horne had just left the apartment of a woman he met the previous night at a nightclub and was on his way to a Lyft. According to…

In Detroit, being totally innocent of a crime and getting beaten by a cop is OK, according to its police chief. Last week, a Detroit man identified as David Bivins and his girlfriend were shopping at a local Meijer department store when they were detained by a loss prevention member. The couple had brought in bags…

The city of Atlanta Police Department has announced their decision to suspend a cop after a video emerged of him brutally assaulting a suspect. Not much is known at this time about the reason for the arrest but it was plain to see that the officer was unnecessarily abusive when handling the suspect. The video…

Arrests have been made in the beating of a White high school student who supported the Blue Lives Matter movement. Last month, Sylacauga High School student Brian Ogle, 17, suffered serious head injuries in an attack that was motivated, police say, by his social media postings on behalf of police officers. He responded to critics of…

A young teen in Brooklyn, New York, was the target of a vicious beating that occurred last Friday. According to police, Ta’Jae Warner, age 17, was walking her 11-year-old brother to school when she was confronted by a group of teens. The group, which included one boy, made a remark to her, then began to beat…

Katt Williams has been in the news all week because of his erratic behavior. From hitting a store clerk to brandishing a gun, it seems we are once again witnessing a slow train wreck. View Williams’ response to the Philly club fight. Credit: Music4Free / YouTube

Last week, Katt Williams was arrested for assaulting a store clerk near Atlanta. A day later, he was accused of pulling a gun on a group of women in Atlanta. Now footage shows him getting a beatdown at a Philadelphia club during a Beanie Sigel concert.

The trial of Torey Branch on charges of burglary, abortion, and criminal trespass has started in New York this week. Branch is accused in a fiendish plot using Google and a beating to cause his pregnant girlfriend to miscarry. Prosecutors maintain that Branch was upset because Mia Jones, 34, was pregnant and would not have…

A man brutally beat his girlfriend after catching her with another man. According to the Daily Express in Trinidad, Ricardo Jerome, 37, approached his girlfriend while she was talking to a man at Nella’s Sports bar in Arouca, Trinidad. In a video that was captured by the bar’s surveillance camera, Jerome can be seen slamming…

The violence over chicken and ribs is real and seems to be in the news once again. A fight over the last piece of chicken has often turned violent sometimes resulting in death. But this violence is not only limited to chicken. Many have heard or uttered the words “Who ate my ribs?” in their…

It was just a year ago that former “Love & Hip Hop NY” star Tahiry Jose was shockingly attacked by a man named Carlos Fiasco during a fashion show at New York Fashion Week. Since then, news of the drama has long died down. But now Jose’s assault drama is back in the headlines as…

A predominately Black neighborhood in Winona, Minnesota has had to deal with a Confederate flag waving pickup truck driver for awhile. The driver known in the neighborhood as Ryan frequently drives at high speed on the streets and has been confronted in the past. Within the past month, angry residents pulled the Confederate flag from…