Author / Juan Ignacio
‘This Could Have Been… Different’: Armed White Man In Camouflage Vest Turned Away from Black Church, Foiling Mass Shooting Attempt Day After Jacksonville Dollar Store Attack
A man armed with a shotgun was prevented entry into a predominantly Black Pennsylvania church, possibly thwarting a racially motivated mass shooting. The 38-year-old white male, Jeffrey Harris, had failed to gain permission to enter the Greater Dominion Church in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Aug. […]
Pray For Jacksonville: Moving Photos Show Florida Healing From Deadly White Supremacist Violence
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty In Jacksonville, Florida, another tragic racially-motivated attack unfolded over the weekend, leaving three Black people dead and a community in mourning. The assailant is a 21-year-old white man named Ryan Palmeter. The incident from Saturday afternoon once again highlights the deep-seated issue of […]
United Airlines Agent Allegedly ‘Giggled’ After ‘Aggressively’ Pushing Quadriplegic Man Off Plane. Now the Company Must Pay His Family $30M
United Airlines is set to pay a $30 million settlement to the family of a quadriplegic man who was injured while deplaning from a flight to Monroe, Louisiana, a few years ago. The incident involved now-26-year-old Nathaniel Foster Jr., a man who was using a wheelchair, […]
Ryan Christopher Palmeter is the White Jacksonville Gunman in Racially Motivated Attack | VIDEO
*(CNN) — The White gunman, identified as 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, who killed three Black people in a racially motivated attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday legally purchased the two firearms he used in the shooting earlier this year, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters […]
‘This Is My Land. I’m a Moor’: Pennsylvania Man Fatally Shot In Eviction Showdown After Hours-Long Gunbattle with Cops Reportedly Believed He Was a Sovereign Citizen
After refusing to leave his Garfield apartment on the grounds that he was a sovereign citizen and didn’t have to abide by the rules of this nation, a Black man was killed during a confrontation with deputies. William Hardison Sr., a 63-year-old who identified nationally […]
‘You’re Not Gonna Fight Me!’: Florida Cop Yanks Black Woman Out of Her Parked Car While She Is Reportedly Waiting for Friends at Beach In Bloody Arrest Captured on Video
Video of a Black woman being pulled out of her vehicle by a sheriff’s deputy in Pompano Beach near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was released on Aug. 24. The incident happened on May 7, 2022. The video was shared by the podcast “Indisputable with Dr. Rashad […]
Florida Elementary School Under Fire for Telling Black Students They Could End Up ‘Killed’ or ‘In Jail’ If They Get Low Test Scores In Impromptu Assembly
A Florida elementary school is facing public backlash after a group of Black students were targeted for low test scores on standardized tests while their counterparts weren’t pulled out of class. Parents told First Coast News how their children, fourth and fifth graders who attend […]
Bayard Rustin’s life, legacy and impact explored in new book
TheGrio’s Jared Alexander caught up with the editor of “Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics,” Michael G. Long, and Rustin’s surviving partner Walter Naegle days before the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Sixty years ago this week, 250,000 people came together […]
Simone Biles Makes History With 8th US Gymnastics Title 10 Years After Nabbing Her First
Simone Biles took home her eighth U.S. championship title Sunday evening. The gold medalist has gone through a brief period of taking time for herself after dealing with the “twisties” but has returned more grounded than ever. “It just doesn’t feel real for some reason,” the 26-year-old said. […]
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