Category Archives: Ernie Allen Blog

Board Recommends Bill Cosby Be Classified As Dangerous Predator

Board Recommends Bill Cosby Be Classified As Dangerous Predator

7-25-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   A Pennsylvania board recommended Bill Cosby be classified as a sexually violent predator, which would require the former TV star to attend at least monthly sex offender counseling — in prison and out — and police to post warning flyers throughout his neighborhood whenever he is freed. It is now up…MORE

Suspect Arrested In Oakland Subway Attack On Two Sisters That Left One Dead

Suspect Arrested In Oakland Subway Attack On Two Sisters That Left One Dead

7-24-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   The wounded sister of an 18-year-old woman fatally stabbed in the neck while transferring trains said they were “blindsided by a maniac.” Lahtifa Wilson, 26, said that she, her baby sister Nia and a third sister had been returning from a family outing when they were attacked by a man. “I…MORE

Man Won’t Face Charges After Shooting Father In Florida Parking Lot

Man Won’t Face Charges After Shooting Father In Florida Parking Lot

7-23-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   The man who shot and killed Markeis McGlockton in a Circle A parking lot will not be charged because of Florida’s “stand your ground” law. This announcement sparked a protest on Sunday in the parking lot where the incident took place. According to USA Today, it all started when Markeis McGlockton’s girlfriend drove…MORE

Michelle Obama Launches New Voter Registration Initiative

Michelle Obama Launches New Voter Registration Initiative

7-20-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   The former FLOTUS, today, launches When We All Vote, a new celeb-heavy, non-partisan voter registration initiative aimed at increasing voter registration rates in all 50 states ahead of the midterms. In 2014, more than 1/5th of eligible American citizens were not registered to vote, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts research…MORE

Remains Found In Texas Likely Black Prison Labor; Memorial May Be Next

Remains Found In Texas Likely Black Prison Labor; Memorial May Be Next

7-19-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   A new museum may be built to pay homage to dozens of deceased Black prisoners who worked on plantations more than a century ago. A prisoners’ memorial was recently suggested after 94 sets of remains were discovered at an unmarked cemetery in Fort Bend County, Texas. “We’re trying to move forward…MORE

First Black-Owned Bottled Water Company To Be Sold In Walmart!

First Black-Owned Bottled Water Company To Be Sold In Walmart!

7-18-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Select Walmart stores have something special on their shelves this summer. For the first time, a 100 percent Black-owned bottled water product is being sold in three of its locations. According to Black Enterprise, Live Alkaline Water, created by Robert McCray and business partner Dr. Shayla Creer, can now be found in two Jacksonville, FL Walmarts…MORE

Trump Shocks The World With Support Of Putin, Even Conservatives Are Outraged

Trump Shocks The World With Support Of Putin, Even Conservatives Are Outraged

7-17-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   HELSINKI (AP) — In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump on Monday openly questioned his own intelligence agencies’ firm finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election to his benefit, seeming to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s insistence that Moscow’s hands were clean. The reaction…MORE

Black Woman Sues Memphis Dermatologist That Called Her ‘Aunt Jemima’

Black Woman Sues Memphis Dermatologist That Called Her ‘Aunt Jemima’

7-16-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   The black Tennessee woman who accused her doctor of calling her “Aunt Jemima” in the exam room is now suing the physician, a year after the allegations first made headlines. As previously reported, Lexi Carter went to her dermatologist Dr. James Turner last year when she said he called her a racially charged name. “I…MORE

Serena Williams Advances To 10th Wimbledon Final

Serena Williams Advances To 10th Wimbledon Final

7-13-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   LONDON (AP) — Yes, this will be Serena Williams’ 10th Wimbledon final. Yes, it’s her 30th title match at any major. And, well, sure, she’s widely regarded as not just the best of her era, but any era. Let others shrug at this latest accomplishment, as if all it signified were…MORE

Government Reopens Probe Of Emmett Till Slaying

Government Reopens Probe Of Emmett Till Slaying

7-12-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March it…MORE

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RICK ROSS AND DRAKE BEEF

RICK ROSS AND DRAKE BEEF

Rick Ross wasn’t going to sit back and let Drake talk bad about him. After Drizzy dissed Rozay in “Push Ups” on Saturday, Ross quickly dropped a track titled “Champagne Moments.” Drake attacked Ross for almost being 50 years old and getting involved in beef. Drake also said that all of Ross’ hits were because…

HALL OF FAME BALLOT RESULTS

HALL OF FAME BALLOT RESULTS

Despite the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announcing that the Fan Vote was to run through April 26th, the last day to cast your ballot was April 15th. Unless Peter Frampton and Foreigner have a huge surge, then it looks as though the Dave Matthews Band will be the fan favorite with either Frampton…

YUNG MIAMI SPEAKS OUT ABOUT DIDDY

YUNG MIAMI SPEAKS OUT ABOUT DIDDY

Yung Miami is denying claims she received a monthly allowance from Diddy and that she helped deliver him “pink cocaine” — and she has receipts to prove it. This is the first time the City Girls rapper has addressed the allegations made against herself and ex Sean “Diddy” Combs. She responded to the claims made…

LATTO GETS CALLED OUT AND DELIVERS!

LATTO GETS CALLED OUT AND DELIVERS!

Latto was big-timing on social media, and a fan called her out for it. Latto posted on X, “My fav thing about being rich is going out to eat damn near every day & ordering wtvr tf I got a taste for.” The fan replied, “Not rn Latto. Pls. It’s rent szn.” After realizing there…