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Almost nine months after he was granted parole, Louisiana officials refuse to release Sneed despite two separate court decisions ordering his release.
\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
A newly reduced prison sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who was originally convicted of third-degree murder, has prompted speculation about the legal implications it has for Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of the same charge for killing George Floyd.
HBCUs have long been a bastion of athletic talent that served as a pipeline of Black talent for professional sports. Some of the greatest players in football and basketball got their start at some of the finest Black colleges in the country. In the Pro Football Hall of Fame, names such Walter Payton, Mel Blount,…
TRINIDAD-born US rapper Nicholaus “Trinidad James” Williams owns more pairs of shoes than he can count, and from various brands. In fact, he said he doesn’t really consider himself a sneakerhead but, instead, a “sneaker god.”
But this November, he will officially move from just being a customer to a creator as he launches his very own kicks.
The US$100 sneakers are a collaboration between his fashion label, HOMMEWRK, and US athletic footwear brand Saucony, using the latter’s Jazz 81 runner as the base.
It features tumbled leather, butter suede and a semi-transparent toe box.
Williams told Newsday it all started three years ago when Saucony commented on one of his Instagram posts.
He was wearing a pair of their kicks.
“I used that as an opportunity to reach out to the company and let them know we should do business…And over 2018, 2019, I kept the relationship going ‘cause (they were) still unsure ‘cause they never did a collaboration with a person – they’ve only done collaborations with stores.”
[caption id=\"attachment_920097\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] Trinidad James’s sneakers are set to release in November.Photo courtesy James -[/caption]
But 2020 would be the year he finally got the phone call he’d been anticipating.
The representative he had been in talks with got promoted to head of collaborations at the company and was excited to implement new, creative ideas.
“He wanted to do collaborations with people and businesses that were trying to actually do things for the culture – not just people who were trying to make money or cash grams.”
Interestingly, he worked with another TT designer based in the US – Asha Paul – on the sneakers. She is the creative director of HOMMEWRK.
“When we turned back in the designs of what we wanted to do, they were blown away, they really appreciated it and they loved the story, because Saucony was one of the first brands that I ever wore when I came across to the States as an immigrant…So it’s kind of a full circle moment.”
But the online marketing campaign for these shoes had a rocky start.
On October 5, he posted a digital page from US sneaker magazine Hartcopy to social media saying the shoe will be released in November.
But there was one error. Well, two.
It said, “James looks to the hibiscus flower for inspiration – the national flower of his hometown TT.”
But TT’s national flower is the double chaconia, and TT is not a “town” but a country.
This caused a lot of backlash, particularly on Twitter. But he did not shy away from the criticism. He owned up to it, which he was highly commended for.
He posted a video admitting an error was made, adding: “I own my company and I’m very proud of my company and I’m very proud of my workers. They are amazing...But the one thing about the human experience is that you will make mistakes.
And when you make mistakes, you have to be a big man or a big woman and be able to own up to them.”
He then said the real reason the hibiscus was the inspiration behind the shoes was because his favourite drin
Red Bull, having previously organized this style of audio battling in times past, has resurfaced its high-energy Red Bull SoundClash event, which kicks off late next month and features a bevy of music's brightest stars.
Donald Trump, le 11 juillet 2021, à Dallas (Texas). LM OTERO / AP On n’est jamais si bien servi que par soi-même. Donald Trump a annoncé, mercredi 20octobre, le lancement de son propre réseau social, «Truth Social», après avoir été banni, en janvier, de Twitter, Facebook et YouTube. Les plateformes l’accusent d’avoir incité ses partisans
The post Donald Trump annonce le lancement de son propre réseau social appeared first on Haiti24.
Lawyers on both sides of the Ahmaud Arbery case aren’t the only ones grappling with the problem of finding unbiased jurors in the age of social media.
A right-wing parents group has sued a school district in suburban Boston alleging white students there are having their civil rights violated because \"a policy of segregating students by race\" that favors minorities has been adopted.
[Premium Times] Many victims of police brutality are worried that the recommendations of the #EndSARS panels awarding compensations to them are not being implemented.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua has threatened to sue activist Boniface Mwangi for defamation.
The new law marks a correction to a ruling that was only meant to last two years but ended up lasting 14.
The post California Black Caucus Gives Thumbs Up to Law Reforming Courtroom Sentencing first appeared on Post News Group.
Shantel Arnold said she was attacked by three local boys in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, but that her most serious injuries weren't caused until a sheriff's deputy arrived, grabbed her by her hair and repeatedly slammed her head into the pavement.
The Clansman-One Don Gang trial was this morning adjourned to October 25 in the Home Circuit Court. The trial was yesterday adjourned for today after news that defendant Jermaine Robinson tested positive for COVID-19. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes...
SAN DIEGO VOICE AND VIEWPOINT — The need for the Momnibus Act was magnified after a 2021 study released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) showed stark racial disparities between maternal deaths amongst white Californians and Black Californians. The report was done by the California Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System and looked at the death rate amongst pregnant people and infants between 2008 through 2016. What it revealed was that in California, Black women died during live births at six times the rate of white women. From 2014 to 2016, 56 Black women died per 100,000 live births, compared to 13 Asians, 11 Latinas, and fewer than 10 whites.
The post CA “Momnibus” Bill Aims to Lower Deaths Among Black Mothers first appeared on BlackPressUSA.
Who will take the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo, Garden Route, Overberg and West Coast district municipalities?
Despite praising The View when she left the show in July, Meghan McCain alleges Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar made he time on the show unbearable.
Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty Brittany Renner had something to say to folks on social media today after being called out for allegedly lusting over college boys in a recent…
The post Brittany Renner Claps Back At Alleged College Campus Lusting Claims appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held on Thursday talks with head of the Libyan National Unity Government Abdulhamid Mohammed Al-Dabaiba, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez tweeted.
The MDC Alliance claimed on Tuesday that its leader had survived an assassination attempt while campaigning in Manicaland province.
The post Regional opposition slams Chamisa attack appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
Watching your tax dollars, elected officials and legislation that affects you.
The post What You Need to Know About California’s New Sexual Assault Laws first appeared on Post News Group.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is just the latest boogeyman of white supremacists.
CRT holds that racism is systematically structured in American institutions. Thus, it is “baked in” the system. It is systemic.
CRT is not new. It is a relatively new term addressing the older concept of Systemic Racism. What CRT brought to the table was a more focused argument about the role of laws in the maintenance of systemic racism, something implicit if not explicit in sociological theories.
Continue reading Critical Race Theory – Latest Boogeyman at The New Journal and Guide.
Opinion - For the first time in over a decade, tuberculosis (TB) deaths have increased globally. This is according to the World Health Organization's Global TB Report 2021 released last week. The report found that the increase in deaths was due to "reduced access to TB diagnosis and treatment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic".
The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz Lil Durk and India Royale stepped forward to dismiss breakup rumors. The Hip Hop couple started trending on Thursday night after fans speculated that they were no longer together after they unfollowed each other on Instagram and India Royale deleted all her photos of her. Lil Durk also cleared his feed. Hours before, the rapper was alleged to have been caught by India entertaining a trans woman, and India broke up with him […]
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is suing a Houston-area school district over a dress code policy it says has led to multiple students being disciplined for having long hair. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include six boys and a nonbinary student ages 7-17 from Magnolia Independent School District. According to the lawsuit, which was […]
A white deputy in Louisiana is under investigation after a video showed the officer grabbing a Black woman by her arm and hair and repeatedly slamming her on the pavement last month. According to The Washington Post, Shantel Arnold said she was assaulted by the officer while walking home after being attacked by a group of children. The officer got out of his vehicle as Arnold was walking and used force on her because she allegedly refused to listen when he told her to stop. Bystanders captured video of the incident as the officer dragged the woman to the ground and slammed her on the pavement. Arnold's family said she was first attacked by children on that day because she is an easy target for bullies. The family said their loved one is 4'8\" and weighs about 100 pounds. She is also missing her left eye from a previous car accident. After getting away from the children, the Louisiana woman tried to walk home. Speaking to an internal affairs investigator, Arnold said that's when she...
Scarlett Johnson, a candidate for the Mequon-Thiensville School Board recall election, deleted her Twitter account after being questioned about her tweets.
