Indianapolis police fatally shoot Sean Reed, 21, during Facebook Live

Breaking news is coming out of Indianapolis, Indiana where the city’s Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that a man was shot and killed by a police officer on Wednesday.

In a report from the Indianapolis Star, police shot a man after a police chase that was captured on Facebook Live.

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In the report, and an interview with Chris Bailey, the assistant chief of police in Indianapolis, the IMPD states that officers observed a man recklessly driving a grey Toyota Corolla almost striking another vehicle. Officers began following the car in unmarked vehicles which fell back after marked cars joined the pursuit during which speeds allegedly reached up to 90 miles per hour.

The chase was called off after 10 minutes due to the dangerous speeds, but an officer later saw the car parked outside a business.

An officer engaged the suspect who started running. Within moments, the officer reported shots fired.

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Much of the event was captured on Facebook Live by a young, shirtless man who has not been identified by the IMPD, but family members have identified him as 21-year-old Sean Reed.

In the video, allegedly captured by Reed on his cellphone. The young man is heard pleading for someone to “Please come get me.” He then says, “I just parked this m____f__er. I’m gone!” The camera then shakes as he runs from the police. In the video, Reed speaks directly into the camera saying that he doesn’t want to go to jail.

In the video, at least 14 shots are heard to ring out as sirens blare in the background.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police allege that shots were exchanged between both Reed and the officer, who was not identified. However, police did disclose that he too is African American. They also allege that a gun was found near Reed-the alleged driver.

The IMPD also alleges that the officer discharged his taser.

The Facebook Live video was watched by more than 4000 people who left comments like, “OMG!,” and “WTF!”

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By nightfall, over 100 people had gathered near the scene many chanting, “No justice, No peace!”

In a morbid final comment on the video, a man off-camera who has not been identified as a police officer said of Reed, “Looks like it’s going to be a closed casket, homie.”

 

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NFL’s Earl Thomas held at gunpoint by wife after caught cheating: report

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, 7-time Pro Bowl defensive back, Earl Thomas was held at gunpoint by his wife Nina Thomas in an incident on April 13.

The documents allege that in the early morning hours, police got a call about a disturbance and discovered Nina chasing the Baltimore Ravens star around a car with a knife in her hand.

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In the documents, Nina says that her husband left their home following an argument. After he left the home, she logged into his Snapchat account and discovered a video of him and another woman.

Using her investigative skills, she was able to track his location and called up two girlfriends to come and help her confront her husband, the mistress, and his brother, Seth Thomas.

And, she grabbed Earl’s 9mm Beretta pistol.

Safety Earl Thomas #29 of the Baltimore Ravens looks on after beating the Seattle Seahawks 30-16 at CenturyLink Field on October 20, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

Upon arriving at the Airbnb that Earl and Seth had rented, Nina found the two brothers in bed with women. In her own words, she stated that she put the gun to her husband’s head intending to “scare him.” She said that she “took out the magazine thinking that the gun could not fire.”

But, there was a round in the chamber.

Fortunately, Earl was able to wrestle the gun away from his wife. In true millennial fashion, the entire incident was recorded in cell phone footage.

Nina Thomas and her two friends were all arrested. Nina was booked for burglary of a residence with the intent to commit aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and family violence. She was able to bond out of jail. She was also ordered to stay 200 yards away from her husband and his alleged mistress.

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For the most part, Earl Thomas told a story that was similar to his wife’s. He also alleged that Nina hit him numerous times. In a video statement, he said, “Instead of talking about us, just keep us in your prayers.” He says that he and his wife are communicating and that he is seeing his children.

Earl and Nina Thomas were married in April of 2016.

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This Entrepreneur Is Providing New Solutions For Student Housing

One of the most difficult problems students deal with when they are in college is finding housing, whether they are living on or off-campus. For Ivy League-grad-turned-entrepreneur Derrick Milam, his experiences with student housing as an undergraduate directly influenced his desire to create a company that provides students with easier and affordable solutions.

Milam is the co-founder and COO of Vie Management, a student housing financing, acquisition, development, and management company. After graduating from Princeton University with a degree in public policy in addition to attending law and business school at Columbia University, Milam’s passion for commercial real estate is what drove him to look at business opportunities in the field after seeing his father lose the land he fought to earn.

“My experience at Princeton set the foundation for my interest in real estate development and, more importantly, my effort to serve underserved communities,” said Milam in an interview with BLACK ENTERPRISE. “My father was a sharecropper and the first to graduate college in his family. He and my mother made it possible for me to attend Princeton where I was, as a result of financial aid, fortunate to study, socialize and even compete with the best as the first of my family to attend an Ivy League institution.  I learned to set expectations for performance, the same expectations I set for my company today.”

From there, he used his background and the knowledge gained from experience in economic development. He says that his goal is for students to ultimately feel at home while they focus on their studies. “Our goal is to build intentional communities and an environment that enables students to thrive,” continued Milam. “Specifically, our firm develops communities with an emphasis on health, fitness, education, and social interaction.” His firm has since garnered investors from Asia and the Middle East, securing $120 million to use for funding.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, his company has taken steps to ensure the health and safety of students who are unable to return home from school due to closures from the viral outbreak. “COVID-19 immediately changed our business and accelerated some emerging industry trends that will greatly influence our future performance,” he said. “The first significant change is the relationship between private industry and government. [The ] government has designated housing as an essential industry in the effort to flatten the curve, so we have modified our operations to comply with these temporary strict regulations and requirements. We have embraced this change because we are empowered to create measures at the community level to further promote the health and wellness of our residents and teammates.”

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This Entrepreneur Is Providing New Solutions For Student Housing

One of the most difficult problems students deal with when they are in college is finding housing, whether they are living on or off-campus. For Ivy League-grad-turned-entrepreneur Derrick Milam, his experiences with student housing as an undergraduate directly influenced his desire to create a company that provides students with easier and affordable solutions.

Milam is the co-founder and COO of Vie Management, a student housing financing, acquisition, development, and management company. After graduating from Princeton University with a degree in public policy in addition to attending law and business school at Columbia University, Milam’s passion for commercial real estate is what drove him to look at business opportunities in the field after seeing his father lose the land he fought to earn.

“My experience at Princeton set the foundation for my interest in real estate development and, more importantly, my effort to serve underserved communities,” said Milam in an interview with BLACK ENTERPRISE. “My father was a sharecropper and the first to graduate college in his family. He and my mother made it possible for me to attend Princeton where I was, as a result of financial aid, fortunate to study, socialize and even compete with the best as the first of my family to attend an Ivy League institution.  I learned to set expectations for performance, the same expectations I set for my company today.”

From there, he used his background and the knowledge gained from experience in economic development. He says that his goal is for students to ultimately feel at home while they focus on their studies. “Our goal is to build intentional communities and an environment that enables students to thrive,” continued Milam. “Specifically, our firm develops communities with an emphasis on health, fitness, education, and social interaction.” His firm has since garnered investors from Asia and the Middle East, securing $120 million to use for funding.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, his company has taken steps to ensure the health and safety of students who are unable to return home from school due to closures from the viral outbreak. “COVID-19 immediately changed our business and accelerated some emerging industry trends that will greatly influence our future performance,” he said. “The first significant change is the relationship between private industry and government. [The ] government has designated housing as an essential industry in the effort to flatten the curve, so we have modified our operations to comply with these temporary strict regulations and requirements. We have embraced this change because we are empowered to create measures at the community level to further promote the health and wellness of our residents and teammates.”

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