Michelle Obama says she is ‘just devastated’ by the Kenosha shootings – of Jacob Blake and of protesters by teenage gunman – as she urges people to ‘keep using your bullhorns and ballots’ to bring about change Michelle Obama tweeted on Friday that she was ‘exhausted and frustrated’ by the racial tensions in America She … Read more
Footage has emerged showing the 17-year-old gunman charged with the fatal shooting of two BLM protesters in Kenosha, attending a Trump rally earlier this year – as it’s revealed the teen had bragged about his role as a vigilante in an interview taken moments before the bloodshed on Tuesday. Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with first degree … Read more
This is the Kenosha police officer accused of shooting Jacob Blake at least eight times in the back, as the father-of-six is now paralyzed from the waist down after his body was riddled with bullets, DailyMail.com can reveal. Officer Rusten Sheskey, 31, has been identified as the officer who is seen on video grabbing Blake’s shirt … Read more
Harrowing footage captured the moment a looter knocked out an elderly worker as he tried to defend his store amid the on-going Kenosha riots, as a pizza store employee was filmed elsewhere in the city pleading with rioters to stop, asking ‘Are you trying to get Trump re-elected?’ Businesses and other institutions in the Wisconsin … Read more
Jacob Blake’s mother has apologized to President Trump for missing his call after she and her husband said they are praying for police officers and denounced the violence that has rocked Kenosha since his shooting. In an interview with CNN, Blake’s mother reiterated her comments from an emotional press conference on Tuesday, where she denounced … Read more
The parents of Jacob Blake have spoken out against the ‘violence and destruction’ that has rocked Kenosha, Wisconsin in response to their son’s shooting by police, and said they’re praying for all involved, including police officers. In an emotional press conference on Tuesday, Julia Jackson and Jacob Blake Sr spoke publicly for the first time … Read more
Jacob Blake, the black man shot in the back by Wisonsin police as his three young sons watched on, is now paralyzed from the waist down after his body was riddled with bullets, his father says. Blake’s father, who is also named Jacob Blake, told the Chicago Sun-Times that his 29-year-old son now has ‘eight holes’ in … Read more
Marquise ‘Keese’ Love, 25, is on the run from police and allegedly posting to Snapchat looking for money A Black Lives Matter protester on the run from cops after being ‘positively identified’ as the man who kicked a truck driver in the face in Portland on Sunday is begging for cash. Police are searching for … Read more
The Office’s Leslie David Baker reveals racist messages he’s been sent since teasing a potential Stanley spin-off By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 19:33 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 20:24 BST, 14 August 2020 Leslie David Baker of The Office fame shared some of the racist messages he’s been receiving online. The 62-year-old actor … Read more
A prominent economist has laid out the case for reparations for the black descendants of slaves in the U.S., estimating payments of up to $12 trillion would be needed to atone for the historical injustice. Duke University professor William Darity Jr and his wife Kirsten Mullen co-authored the report for the Roosevelt Institute arguing that … Read more