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Ebony’s Linda Johnson Rice Joins Board Of Tesla
Walmart Ignites Controversy For Describing Wig Cap As ‘N****r Brown’ On Website
Newly Trained Somali-American Officer Kills Unarmed Woman
Embracing Natural Hair:
CurlFest Event Attracts Thousands Of Participants
Twitter users blasted Wal- mart on Monday for using a racial slur in one of its online product descriptions.
Travon Free tweeted a screenshot early Monday morning of the company’s list- ing for a wig cap made by Jagazi Naturals. The product description listed the cap’s color as “nigger-brown.”
Walmart has since removed the wig cap listing from its site, and searching for the item yields a “technical difficulties” screen.
The Arkansas-based corpora- tion also issued a statement apologizing for the offensive post.
“We are very sorry and ap-
Wig cap color description was listed as nigger brown.
palled that this third party seller listed their item with this description on our online mar- ketplace,” a Walmart spokesperson told the Daily
Dot. “It is a clear violation of our policy, and has been re- moved, and we are investigat- ing the seller to determine how this could have happened.”
Linda Johnson Rice is the owner of Johnson Publishing Com- pany.
PALO ALTO, CA —- Elon Musk appears to be heeding the call of a group of disgrun- tled investors, by bringing in two new members to electric car maker, Tesla’s board. One of them is a Black woman.
Linda Johnson Rice, who leads the Johnson Publishing Company will serve as an inde- pendent director on its board, along with James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox. The move comes after a year of crit- icism by some shareholders that Tesla’s board was too insu-
lar.
Johnson Rice’s company
JPC publishes Ebony and Jet magazines and is the parent of Fashion Fair Cosmetics. She becomes the second woman on Tesla’s board.
Tesla, Inc. (formerly named Tesla Motors) is an American automaker, energy storage company, and solar panel man- ufacturer . The company spe- cializes in electric cars, lithium-ion battery energy storage, and, through their So- larCity subsidiary, residential solar panels.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN —- Mohamed Noor has been identified as the police officer who killed an unarmed White woman after she made a 911 call to report a disturbance near her home.
Mohamed Noor is a So- mali-American Police Officer for the City of Minneapolis. Of- ficer Noor joined the Depart- ment in March 2015 and just recently completed his field training.
Australia native, Justine Damond, 40 (née Justine Ruszczyk) called 911 to report disturbing sounds coming from an alley near her home
Mohamed Noor has been identified as the officer who killed Justine Damond near her home on last Saturday night.
just before 11:30 p.m. last Sat- urday.
Officers who came on the
scene drove into the alley be- hind Damond’s home. Ac- cording to the Star Tribune, the yoga instructor and medi- tation teacher was wearing pa- jamas when she approached the driver’s side door of the of- ficer’s car and was talking to the driver. The officer in the passenger seat, Mohamed Noor, shot Damond through the driver’s side door.
Justine’s fiancé, Don Da- mond was away on a business trip at the time of the fatal shooting. The couple planned to marry next month, but Jus- tine Damond had already taken her fiancé’s last name.
Former Texas Officer That Killed Teen Leaving Party Indicted
BROOKLYN, NY --- CurlFest is the ultimate cele- bration of natural hair and this year’s event in Brooklyn on last Saturday was magical in every way.
Thousands of men and women of color showed up and showed off their locs at the an- nual day-long festival. The event, which was created by the Curly Girl Collective and first kicked off in 2014, has only grown bigger and more impactful over time. This year it attracted people from every- where ― even as far as France,
Thousands of men and women of color showed up to this year’s CurlFest event held in Brooklyn. The CurlFest cofounders took time to take a photo.
Ghana and Brazil ― who came together to display the versatil- ity of and diversity among black hairstyles.
From afros to braids to locs and everything in between, there was no shortage of hair inspo and per usual.
Former officer Roy Oliver was indicted on Monday for killing Jordan Edwards, 15.
DALLAS , TX —- The former suburban Dallas police officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, 15, on April 29 — was indicted for murder by a grand jury on Monday.
Roy Oliver, who was ter- minated from the Balch Springs Police Department, was also indicted for four counts of aggravated assault for shooting into the car where Jordan and other teens were seated.
Jordan’s family has also filed a lawsuit against Oliver for wrongful death.
On April 29, Oliver fired into a car containing Edwards and his friends, including his brother, when the car was leav-
ing a party. At first, Police Chief Jonathan Haber claimed that the vehicle was reversing toward Oliver in a menacing manner. That account was later changed to say that the car was moving forward — and away from the officer — instead.
Oliver and Officer Tyler Gross were responding to a re- port of alcohol and drugs at the party that Edwards was leav- ing. However, no alcohol or drugs were found.
According to the report, Gross yelled for the teens to stop and broke a window of the car with his gun, but the car drove off. At that point, Oliver discharged his firearm, killing Jordan.
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