Ja Morant Suspended Again For Brandishing Weapon
NBA player Ja Morant has been suspending from playing once more after displaying a gun on Instagram Live. A repeat of a similar incident that occurred in March, it is unclear when this video was initially recorded, as Morant is currently under “League review.” When the incident happened two months ago, he expressed his remorse. “I’m completely sorry for that (his ban). So my job now is, like I said, to be more responsible, more smarter and don’t cause any of that no more.”
White Nurse Goes Viral For Weaponizing Her Whiteness
In a now viral video, a white nurse was seen trying to steal a Citi bike from a Black man who had already paid for it on his account. Sarah Jane Comrie, an employee of Bellevue Hospital in New York, is seen aggressively trying to snatch the rented bike from a Black man and then begins to cry as a tactic of intimidation once her co-worker arrives on the scene. In the video, she is heard accusing the man of “hurting her unborn baby” although he never touches her throughout the duration of the clip. Social media was irate over her behavior, as it mimicked actions that have historically resulted in the unjust deaths of many Black men.
This lady tried her best to weaponize her tears, but when she realized it wasn’t going to work she switched it off and acted like nothing happened.
This should be criminal. pic.twitter.com/P1UW3gJZGf
— 🥀 Imposter_🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) May 14, 2023
PitchBlack Award Winners Announced
PitchBlack, the largest pitch competition in the country for Black, independent filmmakers and creative technologists, has announced its winners. Luchina Fisher, a GLAAD Media Award nominee for her film Mama Gloria, won the PitchBLACK Film Forum and received $150,000 for a documentary about LGBT presence in the music business. LaJuné McMillian, who created The Unseen, a project on Black figure skaters, and co-directors Kidus Hailesilassie and Ainslee Alem Robson, who created Uncharted VR, a voyage through African language and dance, won the PitchBLACK Immersive Forum and received $50,000 and $25,000, respectively, for their projects.
