A New Jersey man who went on a racially charged tirade and terrorized his neighborhood must serve time in prison, WPVI-TV reports. On Friday, 47-year-old Edward Cagney Mathews was sentenced to eight years behind bars after pleading guilty to charges of bias intimidation and a drug offense. Mathews, who is white, sparked outrage in July 2021 …
A Kentucky college student who worked as a social media influencer has been fired after she was recorded attacking a black student and calling her a racial slur, WKYT-TV reports. The incident began around 1 a.m. Sunday on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, when 22-year-old Sophia Rosing stumbled into the Boyd …
Kanye West’s blatant antisemitism sprouted in Florida over the weekend as the rapper now known as Ye kept up with his message of hate. The message “Kanye is right about the Jews” appeared in several spots in Jacksonville, prompting concern from Jewish community leaders who noted it’s been but four years since Robert Gregory Bowers …
On Tuesday, a Mississippi grand jury declined to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman whose false allegations led to Emmett Till’s slaying in 1955. A Leflore County grand jury that was considering manslaughter and kidnapping charges against Donham, 88, did not find sufficient evidence. District Attorney Dewayne Richardson’s office said jurors heard more than …
Carolyn Bryant Donham — the white woman whose false assault allegations led to Emmett Till’s slaying in 1955 Mississippi — is reportedly living out her final days in Kentucky. The Daily Mail reportedly tracked down Donham, 88, who is legally blind and has cancer. Donham is allegedly receiving end-of-life hospice care at her apartment. It …
A Marine discharged in 2021 on an “other than honorable discharge” pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal firearms charges, but it was his alleged membership in a neo-Nazi group that led a judge to order him to remain behind bars. Matthew Belanger was arrested in June 10 and charged with making false statements in …
Last week, a group searching a Mississippi courthouse located an arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham — the white woman whose false assault accusations against Emmett Till led to the 14-year-old’s lynching in 1955 Mississippi. The Mississippi Free Press reported that the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation and filmmaker Keith Beauchamp made the discovery at the …
A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer is under fire on social media after bodycam footage was released by a civil rights lawyer. According to TMZ, the incident happened on March 24, when Grand Rapids PD officers pulled over a car driven by Diabate Hood. Numerous squad cars surrounded Hood’s vehicle as a Black passenger and …
Chauvin is accused of killing George Floyd, an unarmed man apprehended for a nonviolent offense
A self-proclaimed white supremacist with a prominent swastika tattoo knocked a woman unconscious at a popular Florida bar and grill Friday after sauntering through the restaurant shirtless with his shorts undone, shouting for staffers to “call Donald Trump.” Nicholas Arnold Schock, 36, was arrested and charged with battery and disturbing the peace during the incident …
California police arrested a married white couple of Friday, charging them with hate crimes and vandalism after they were caught on cell phone video in a racist confrontation with a Black couple. Torrance police said the July 22 incident appeared to have begun “as a road rage situation” but rapidly escalated. Gregory Howell is seen …
Walmart banned a Minnesota couple from all its stores Saturday when they wore Nazi flags over their faces in protest of the store’s and state’s requirement to wear a mask in public places to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Saturday was the first day the state’s policy went into effect; Walmart’s requirement for masks began …
