Tag : Coronavirus

Cop Fired After Posting It’s ‘Unfortunate’ That All Black People Weren’t Killed By Coronavirus

Janet GartnerMay 22, 2020May 22, 2020

by Janet GartnerMay 22, 2020May 22, 202012519

A police officer with the Kaplan, Louisiana Police Department was fired after an investigation for allegedly suggesting that it was “unfortunate” that all black people...

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Woman Dies After Man Claiming to Have COVID-19 Spit and Coughed On Her

BMS AdminMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020

by BMS AdminMay 18, 2020May 18, 20202 2818

The coronavirus has claimed the life of a British railway worker allegedly spat on by a man earlier this year. Now, Belly Mujinga’s family is...

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NYPD’s Social-Distancing Practices Being Likened to “Stop-and-Frisk” As Data Shows 35 of 40 Arrested Were Black

BMS AdminMay 8, 2020May 8, 2020

by BMS AdminMay 8, 2020May 8, 20203 2903

With tensions flaring in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods over police officers forcefully enforcing social-distancing rules, some prominent elected officials are charging that the NYPD...

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Police Stop Illinois state Representative Kam Buckner Because He Was Wearing A Mask After leaving Store

BMS AdminMay 6, 2020May 6, 2020

by BMS AdminMay 6, 2020May 6, 202017927

An Illinois state representative who is black said he was stopped by a police officer while leaving a store and wearing a mask and gloves....

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Police Find Dozens of Bodies In U-Haul Trucks Outside NYC Funeral Home

BMS AdminApril 30, 2020April 30, 2020

by BMS AdminApril 30, 2020April 30, 202012864

Police in New York discovered two U-Haul trucks with between 40 to 60 dead bodies stored inside at a funeral home in Brooklyn. According to...

Health News

NYC ER Doctor Documents What it’s Like to be on the Frontlines of the Coronavirus Crisis

Gloria LandmanApril 27, 2020April 27, 2020

by Gloria LandmanApril 27, 2020April 27, 202011638

A New York City emergency room doctor documented what it’s like to be on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. Kaedrea Jackson, who is a...

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Woman Dies of COVID-19 After Hospital She Worked At for 31-years Turns Her Away 4 Times

BMS AdminApril 24, 2020April 24, 2020

by BMS AdminApril 24, 2020April 24, 20202 19459

63-year-old Deborah Gatewood worked as a phlebotomist for Beaumont Health in Michigan for 31 years. So, when she developed a fever and cough last month...

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Michigan Governor Forms Task Force to Address Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus on Black Communities

BMS AdminApril 24, 2020April 24, 2020

by BMS AdminApril 24, 2020April 24, 202011742

This week the governor of Michigan signed an executive order that will form a task force to investigate the disproportionate number of Black people being...

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Rapper Fred Da Godson Passes Away From COVID-19

Gloria LandmanApril 23, 2020April 23, 2020

by Gloria LandmanApril 23, 2020April 23, 202013438

Fred Da Godson has died from COVID-19. The Bronx rapper’s associate Jaquae reportedly confirmed he passed away via an Instagram post. A couple of weeks...

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Baltimore PD Launches Investigation After Video Shows Cop Repeatedly Coughing Near Residents

Gloria LandmanApril 9, 2020April 26, 2020

by Gloria LandmanApril 9, 2020April 26, 202001819

The Baltimore Police Department has launched an internal investigation into a social media video that appears to show an officer repeatedly coughing near citizens in...

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Teen Who Tested Positive for the Coronavirus Could Face 10 Yrs Jail Time for Coughing on Cop

Gloria LandmanApril 9, 2020April 9, 2020

by Gloria LandmanApril 9, 2020April 9, 202018275

A 17-year-old girl who recorded herself coughing on a Rock Hill, SC police officer and posted it on social media, could face up to 10...

Community Current Events

Tyler Perry Paid for Groceries of all Elderly at 73 Stores Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

BMS AdminApril 9, 2020April 9, 2020

by BMS AdminApril 9, 2020April 9, 202001279

According to People.com, Tyler Perry surprised elderly shoppers across two states Wednesday morning by covering the cost of their groceries. The 50-year-old entertainment mogul, paid...

Health News Videos

Detroit Bus Driver, Who Made Video About A Coughing Passenger, Dies From Coronavirus

BMS AdminApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020

by BMS AdminApril 3, 2020April 3, 202003253

A Detroit bus driver who had expressed anger on Facebook about a coughing passenger has died from COVID-19, officials said Thursday. Jason Hargrove felt ill about...

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2 Top French Doctors Said On Live TV That Coronavirus Vaccines Should Be Tested On Poor Africans

BMS AdminApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020

by BMS AdminApril 3, 2020April 3, 20204 28205

A discussion between two top French doctors on live TV left viewers horrified when they proposed that Africa should become a giant laboratory for coronavirus...

Community Health News

Former NBA Star Stephon Marbury Is Helping To Bring 10M Masks To New York

Gloria LandmanApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020

by Gloria LandmanApril 3, 2020April 3, 202001158

For NBA veteran Stephon Marbury, the coronavirus pandemic has hit close to a couple of places he calls home. The first is New York, more...

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Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly...

BMS AdminMay 31, 2016June 22, 2018

May 31, 2016June 22, 2018174

On May 13, 1985, at approximately 5:28 p.m., two, one-pound bombs were dropped onto a house at...

SBILINSKE on Detroit Man Sues White Women Who Had Him Arrested for ‘Gardening While Black’: “These 3 white women who miss used 911 to lied and commit a racist hate behavior will reap karma for…” Sep 17, 04:35
Erica on Body Of America’s First Female Muslim Judge Was Found Floating In A River: “Also a judge. That is political intimidation. Do we know anything about what kinds of cases she was providing over?…” Sep 15, 18:08
eleanor on Woman Who Kicked 8-Yr-Old So Hard In The Stomach It Killed Her Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder: “I am an old lady, but if I got near her, I’d probably wind up in jail myself. The father…” Sep 14, 16:07
whitty on Two Shot Dead in Third Night of Wisconsin Protests Over Jacob Blake Police Shooting: “The media has you exactly where they want you. Full of HATE and BiGOTRY.” Sep 6, 20:09
Quincy on 26 Black Owned Banks And Credit Unions: “Any black owned in Orlando FL?” Sep 3, 13:30