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NBA and NFL stars paying for Atatiana Jefferson’s funeral
Stars from the NBA and NFL have stepped up to pay the entire cost of the funeral of Atatiana Jefferson, the Fort Worth, Texas, woman who was killed in her home by police during a wellness check. Former Dallas Mavericks NBA star Harrison Barnes is going to pay for 90 percent of the funeral costs,…
Read MoreBotham Jean Foundation gives to Atatiana Jefferson’s family
Not only are the families of Botham Jean and Atatiana Jefferson connected by proximity because of a short drive down Interstate 30 between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, but they are also conjoined by the avoidable, senseless killings of their loved ones by White police officers. The Jean family, based in Dallas, reached across the…
Read MoreAtatiana Jefferson pointed gun at window before she was shot, police say
The arrest warrant for former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean includes a statement that Atatiana Jefferson pulled out her gun and pointed it at the window before she was shot to death. Jefferson’s 8-year-old nephew, who she was watching at the time of the incident, is quoted by police as saying his aunt “heard…
Read MoreFort Worth cop identified who shot Black woman inside her home
The Fort Worth, Texas, cop who killed 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her own home while she was playing video games with her nephew has been identified. During a press conference that was attended by the likes of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning News, interim Police Chief Ed Kraus said the officer’s name…
Read MoreCelebrities react to White cop fatally shooting Black woman in her own home
The father of Atatiana Jefferson does not want a hug. And he’s in no mood to give any, either. Marquis Jefferson is too busy grieving after his daughter was shot and killed by a White police officer in her own home early Saturday morning while playing video games with her nephew. “I don’t want no…
Read MoreWhite cop shoots, kills Atatiana Jefferson inside her own home (bodycam video)
Less than two weeks after former Dallas cop Amber Guyger was convicted for shooting and killing her Black neighbor inside his home, another White cop in neighboring Fort Worth, Texas, shot and killed a Black woman inside her house. The White police officer was responding to a non-emergency welfare check of a residence at approximately…
Read MoreGunfire erupts when parents argue during youth football game
A seemingly harmless argument between parents at a high school football game in Fort Worth, Texas, turned violent when gunfire erupted and injured two people. According to the Fort-Worth Star-Telegram, parents were embroiled in an argument about a call on Saturday near Eastern Hills Elementary School. Sometime during the dispute, the son of one of…
Read MoreWhite mall security guard brutalizes Black pregnant woman (video)
A violent incident at a Texas mall has many people questioning the use of force by a mall cop. A video was posted to Facebook that shows a mall security guard, violently trying to arrest a woman who is very pregnant in the company of another small child and a male companion. According to a Facebook…
Read MoreArmed protesters detained for protecting Black mom abused by police
Many were outraged this past December over the treatment of a Black mother at the hands of a Fort Worth, Texas, police officer. Jacqueline Craig, 46, says a nearby White neighbor assaulted her son for dropping a piece of paper in front of his house. When the 7-year-old boy talked back, the man allegedly put…
Read MoreTexas father carves pentagram in son’s back in honor of 12/12/12
Brent Troy Bartel, 39, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for carving a pentagram into his six-year-old son’s back in honor of the “holy day” – 12/12/12 – a once-in-a-century event. His bond is $500,000. Bartel told authorities in Fort Worth, Tex., “I shed some innocent blood. I inscribed a pentagram…
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