Tag: Violence

Martin Luther King Jr. described Birmingham as probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. The city earned the nickname Bombingham after at least 21 bombings targeted Black homes and churches in the eight years leading up to 1963. Yet none resulted in fatalities until September 15, 1963, when a bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls during Youth Day.

New video shows Brian Hickerson spitting in the direction of police during his troubled 2025 arrest at a West Hollywood bar, one year before his former girlfriend Hayden Panettiere died.

As the Tupac Shakur murder trial was underway Tuesday in Las Vegas, police reportedly converged on a Starbucks nearby after getting information about a possible shooting. The Las Vegas Metro PD responded to the Starbucks in the downtown area on Tuesday afternoon after the dispatch center received calls about the alleged shooting, according to media reports. When officers reportedly arrived at the coffee shop, they quickly learned there were no victims.

Tragic deaths of young Black men spark questions and grief across America. Families search for answers amid uncertainty and loss.

A security guard for Drakeo the Ruler who says he was working for the rapper in late 2021 alleges he saw YG with a knife during the brawl that took Drakeo's life. In a deposition from March 19, 2025, Alrick Cooper III claimed YG was front and center during the fight. Cooper says YG was one of three men carrying what appeared to be short, improvised knives.

On Saturday morning, July 11, 2026, Houston rapper Judy World, whose real name was Krystal Jordan, was fatally stabbed in southeast Houston. The 28-year-old suspect, Kayla Wynita Rodgers, was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the incident.