In relation to the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, Tory Lanez pleaded not guilty to felony assault and weapons charges, according to the Los Angeles D.A.’s office announced. Moreover, Lanez did not appear in court. In October, the Canadian singer faces a single felony count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (personal use of a firearm), carrying a loaded gun, and an unregistered firearm in a vehicle. Moreover, he also faces gun allegations of personally inflicting great bodily injury. Although he denied shooting, conviction will come with over 22 years in prison.
Patrisse Cullors is one among the three co-founders of Black Lives Matter and is also a writer for TV, who happened to sign an overall production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. Now, she sought a seat at the table with the Biden Harris administration, as Black women ensured that he won. She is optimistic that this administration will take into account the contribution of the Black community, and in a letter addressed from Black Lives Matter Global Network, the Biden-Harris team was asked for a seat at the table.
Mark Dupree, who is a Kansas-based prosecutor who was recruited to help out with Donald Trump’s controversial law enforcement task force, decided to quit the position and stated to U.S. Attorney General William Barr that he was “deeply offended by a political agenda to divide rather than build.” Moreover, he was concerned that the systemic racism will not be acknowledged by the commission. Dupree is Wyandotte County District Attorney, who is the only Black D.A. in his state.
It has been reported that Nipsey Hussle’s The Marathon Clothing Store was vandalized and several windows were busted out. Merchandise was also looted, according to reports. In a phone footage that has been shared online, it can be seen that people cleaned up broken glass from outside of the store. Since the fatal shooting of the rapper in March 2019, the store became a memorial location and tourist attraction.
Barack Obama’s memoir, A Promised Land, sold almost a million copies just on day 1. In the US and Canada, it sold 890,000 copies, which is a record for publisher Random House. This number is inclusive of fboth digital and physical copies of the book, as well as pre-orders. The number was 100,000 more than what Michelle Obama sold on day 1, with her book Becoming. A Promised Land is only the first volume of Barack’s “presidential memoirs.”
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