What Ever Happened to the “Everybody Hates Chris” Cast? See Where the Stars of the 2005 Sitcom Are Today

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Everybody Hates Chrisis a semi-autobiographical comedy inspired by Chris Rock's teenage years growing up in 1980s Brooklyn.

The show, which aired in 2005, followed young Chris, played by Tyler James Williams, as he navigated school, family chaos and the everyday struggles of being a kid with big dreams. At home, he dealt with his ultra-strict, no-nonsense parents – Terry Crews as the frugal, hardworking Julius and Tichina Arnold as the sharp-tongued, fiercely protective Rochelle.

With Rock's unmistakable voice narrating every awkward win and painful loss, the series balanced humor with real-life lessons. Now, let's take a look at where the cast ofEverybody Hates Chrisended up after the show wrapped in 2009.

Chris Rock as the Narrator

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Chris Rockserved as the beloved narrator ofEverybody Hates Chris– providing the adult perspective on the childhood experiences shown on screen. His voice and perspective are central to what made the show resonate so strongly.

One of the most influential comedians of his generation, Rock is known for films likeGrown Ups,Dr. Dolittle, theMadagascarfranchise, and more recent dramatic work, includingRustinandFargo. He has also remained a major force in stand-up comedy with multiple high-profile Netflix specials.

Beyond acting, Rock continues to write, direct and produce projects that often blend comedy with social commentary.

The 60-year-old actor was married toMalaak Compton-Rockfor two decades before their divorce in 2016. They share two daughters:Lola and Zahra.

Tyler James Williams as Chris

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Tyler James Williamsstarred asyoung Chris, anchoring the series with his sharp comedic timing and relatable performance.

After the show, he successfully transitioned into adult roles, appearing in projects likeDear White People,DetroitandGoosebumps 2. In recent years, he's gained widespread acclaim for playing Gregory Eddie onAbbott Elementary, a role that introduced him to a whole new generation of fans andwon him a Golden Globe.

The 33-year-old has been open about stepping away from acting at times to focus on health after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 2015. Last year,he spoke to PEOPLEexclusively about being hospitalized and undergoing multiple surgeries.

Although Williams tends to keep his private life largely out of the spotlight, in February 2025,he revealed to PEOPLEthat dating has changed now that he's in his 30s.

He noted that he's searching for somebody whose "decisions they made and the life they built for themselves" he most aligns with, rather than just physical appearance.

"I think everybody should be proud of the person they're with and proud to be with the person they're with," he added.

Terry Crews as Julius Rock

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Terry Crewsplayed Julius Rock, the hardworking, hilariously frugal father whose discipline and devotion became a defining part of the show.

SinceEverybody Hates Chris, Crews has built a massive television presence, most notably as Terry Jeffords onBrooklyn Nine-Nineand as the longtime host ofAmerica's Got Talent. He has also appeared in numerous films, such asThe ExpendablesandWhite Chicks, often blending comedy with a bit of action.

Around 2010, he also joined Old Spice's iconic "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" campaign, beginning a decade-long collaboration with the brand.

Crews has been married toRebecca King-Crewssince 1989, and they havefive children.

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Outside of entertainment, the 57-year-old is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health and personal accountability.

Tichina Arnold as Rochelle Rock

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Tichina Arnoldportrayed Rochelle Rock, the sharp-tongued, fiercely protective mother who delivered some of the show's most memorable lines.

Before and afterEverybody Hates Chris, Arnold was already a sitcom staple thanks to her role asPamela onMartin. In 2024, she reprised her role as Rochelle in the animated revivalEverybody Still Hates Chris, returning to the character that made her a standout fan favorite.

She has starred on the CBS sitcomThe Neighborhoodsince 2018, even directing several episodes.

Arnold was married to boxer Lamon Brewster from 1991 to 1995 and later to basketball coachRico Hinesfrom 2012 to 2016. She is the mother of one daughter, Alijah Kai Haggins, whom she shares with music producer Carvin Haggins.

The 56-year-old remains active in advocacy work, particularly raising awareness for lupus after seeing how the disease affected her younger sister. She has also grown a large social media presence, with over 4 million followers on Instagram.

Tequan Richmond as Drew Rock

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Tequan Richmond played Drew Rock, Chris' confident and effortlessly cool younger brother.

After the series ended, Richmond shifted toward more dramatic material, including a critically noted performance in the filmBlue Caprice. He has also appeared in guest roles across several television dramas and crime series likeBoomerang.

Like several of his castmates, Richmond keeps much of his personal life private but is active on social media.

Imani Hakim as Tonya Rock

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Imani Hakim brought a spunky energy to the role of Tonya Rock, the youngest sibling who often stole scenes with her sharp comebacks.

Following the show, Hakim starred as Olympic gymnastGabby DouglasinThe Gabby Douglas Storyand appeared in films such asBurning SandsandChocolate City. She has also worked in television, including appearances onMythic Quest.

Hakim shares snippets of her lifeon social media, revealing in February 2025 that she welcomed son Kazuo-Marley Hakim Lee with producer Chris Naoki Lee.

Vincent Martella as Greg Wuliger

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Vincent Martellaplayed Greg Wuliger, Chris' loyal, awkward best friend and one of the show's most beloved supporting characters.

Outside ofEverybody Hates Chris, Martella is especially known for voicing Phineas Flynn onPhineas and Ferb, a role that became a major part of his career. He has also appeared in various live-action television series and continued voice-over work.

The 33-year-old keeps his personal life largely private, but hasgrown a large social media followingby sharing insight into his work and the entertainment business.

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Gabrielle Union Says She and Kirsten Dunst Are Still 'Growing Up Together': 'Motherhood Brought Us Together' (Exclusive)

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• Gabrielle Union says that she and her Bring It On costar Kirsten Dunst are "growing up together"

• The actress, 53, spoke about their connection while speaking exclusively with PEOPLE

• Union also shared how parenthood has helped bring them together in adulthood

Gabrielle Unionsays that she and herBring It OncostarKirsten Dunstare still "growing up together" over 25 years after working together on the iconic movie.

Union, 53, recently caught up with PEOPLE exclusively during a PEOPLE 10 in 10 interview. During the conversation, the actress revealed that she and Dunst, 43, still keep in touch, and added that parenthood has helped bring them closer.

"Luckily, our kids are around the same age and they have friends in common, so motherhood has sort of brought us together in a different way," she explained.

Union is mom to daughter Kaavia Union Wade, 7, and is stepmom to husbandDwyane Wade'sthree older children, Zaire Wade, 23, Zaya Wade, 18, and Xavier Wade, 12. Dunst, meanwhile, shares sons Ennis Howard Plemons, 7, and James Robert Plemons, 4, with her husband, actorJesse Plemons.

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Union went on to say that she has seen her former costar evolve over the more than two decades they've known one another.

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"When we shotBring It On,[Kirsten] was an actual child, and now she's a mom. And it's funny because we were talking about some of her mom's decisions and how she was raised, and what you took and what you left behind," she continued.

"It's like we're growing up together," she added.

The 2000 film, directed byPeyton Reedand written by Jessica Bendinger, follows high-achieving cheer captain Torrance Shipman (Dunst), who has recently taken over the championship-winning cheer squad at her Southern California high school. However, she soon must navigate an uncomfortable truth: the team's iconic routines were stolen from an underfunded squad called the Clovers, led by Isis (Union).

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Union and Dunst attended a25th anniversary screeningfor the now-iconic cheerleading comedy in September 2025 in Los Angeles. They were additionally joined by former castmates Jesse Bradford and Lindsay Sloane.

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Union is currently busy with a number of upcoming projects, and is also an investor and partner for the hot flash treatmentLynkUET.

While speaking about the endeavor with PEOPLE, Union said that she feels strongly about shining a light on menopause and destigmatizing it for other women.

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"[Menopause] challenges you to look at life differently and not as an ending, but as a beginning," she said.

"Initially, I felt shame. I felt my value as a woman was diminishing. I felt isolated. And over time, now, I feel empowered, and I'm gonna talk about it, and I'm not gonna lose a thing," she added.

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Why Taylor Swift Doesn’t Have Any 2026 Grammy Nominations for 'The Life of a Showgirl' Tonight

THE RUNDOWN

• Taylor Swift doesn't have any nominations at tonight's 2026 Grammys.

• Her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, wasn't eligible as it was released after the August 31 deadline.

• ELLE understands Swift won't be at tonight's show; the Grammys' executive producer also shut down rumors of her making an appearance earlier this week.

Taylor Swift had one of the biggest album releases of the year withThe Life of a Showgirl. Still, when Grammy nominationswere announcedin November for the 2026 ceremony, Swift wasn't anywhere on the list.

So was the artist's latest album completely snubbed? Not at all—it just isn't eligible for tonight's ceremony. Swift releasedThe Life of a Showgirlon Oct. 3, 2025. The eligibility period for the 2026 awards coversworks releasedbetween Aug. 31, 2024 to Aug. 30, 2025.The Life of a Showgirlcan still be submitted for the 2027 Grammys, though (where the period is Aug. 31, 2025 to Aug. 30, 2026).

ELLE understands Swiftwon't be at the 2026 Grammystonight. Grammys executive producer Ben Winston shut down rumors of her making a show appearance earlier this week in an interview withHits. "The only reason people think Taylor might be performing or coming is becauseHitsdecided to print it this week and put it in theirHitsList, and it was picked up globally," he said. "ButHitsjust totally made that up. And now I am getting asked about it by you, as if it's a real thing, when it was made up in your office! That really is a full-circle rumor!"

At the 2025 show, shewas a presenter, ultimately giving Beyoncé the Best Country Award. While she was nominated forThe Tortured Poets Department, shedid not winany awards.

For the moment, however, Swift has been enjoying a well-deserved break after releasing herDisney+ documentary seriesThe End of an Erain December. A source recently toldEntertainment Tonight, "Taylor's happy, grounded, and fully focused on her life with Travis [Kelce, her fiancé]. Right now, she's prioritizing everything positive and exciting happening in her life."

In December, a source toldUs Weekly, Swift "always has ideas percolating" for her music career but isn't imminently going on tour forThe Life of a Showgirl. "There have been ideas floated, but right now she is enjoying her break."

The insider added that she and Kelce have been planning their wedding together: "Taylor thinks it's cute [he's involved], and it's something they have been bonding over."

During an early October appearance on BBC Radio 1, Swiftconfirmedshe isn't feeling any "itch" to tour again. "I am going to be really honest with you," she told host Greg James. "I am so tired when I think about doing it again because I'd want to do it really well again."

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Trump border aide allegedly made offensive comments about Jewish official

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, a top aide in PresidentDonald Trump's nationwide immigration enforcement operations, is once again under fire after he allegedly made offensive comments about a Jewish official in Minnesota,the New York TimesandCBS News reported.

Unidentified sources told the outlets that Bovino allegedly made the comments on a Jan. 12 call with other federal officials to discuss recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement action in Minneapolis.

Bovino reportedly made the remarks after learning that Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, an Orthodox Jew, could not attend the call because he was observing the Sabbath, or Shabbat. The tradition requires rest from Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset. Bovino reportedly was frustrated by Rosen's absence, allegedly asking if "Orthodox criminals" take Saturdays off and using the phrase "chosen people" in a belittling way.

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on Jan. 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region.

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US Border Patrol Chief Bovino under fire after Minneapolis deaths

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at LargeGregory Bovinospeaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on Jan. 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region.

Bovino's alleged statements come as the federal official has faced increasing pressure and criticism from many Americans and lawmakers, most recently for immigration action in Minneapolis that has turned deadly.

Five days before the call, ICE agentJonathan Rossfatally shot 37-year-old mother of threeRenee Nicole Good. A little over two weeks later, federal agents shot and killed ICU nurseAlex Pretti. An internal investigation found that two border officers fired their guns during the incident.

The Trump administration's immigration action in Minneapolishas drawn criticismthat has grown steadily stronger as tensions and clashes increased between federal officials and protestors.

Demonstrationshave spread across the United States, withlarge protests recently taking placeon Saturday, Jan. 31. Federal officials say the thousands of immigration officers deployed to the Midwestern state are a critical part of the Trump administration's deportation crackdown.

Multiple publications reported last week thatBovino was set to leave Minneapolisfollowing the fatal shootings of Good and Pretti. The White House announced thatborder czar Tom Homanwas beingsent to the stateas the Trump administration's new point person for immigration enforcement operations.

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However, Bovino's permanent future remains unclear. Reuters reported that Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to his former job as a chief patrol agent along California's El Centro sector of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Still, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlindenied reportsthat Bovino was being removed from his assignment, saying in a previous statement to USA TODAY: "Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties."

As of the afternoon of Feb. 1,Bovino's X accountdescribed him as "Commander Op At Large CA" and set his location as Los Angeles, California.Bovino's Instagram account'sbiography reads "USBP Chief Patrol Agent - Commander of Operation At Large in California." Los Angeles saw protestorsclash with federal officials on Friday, Jan. 30as other protests took place across the country.

Anti-discrimination group, lawmaker condemn Bovino's alleged comments

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a post on X called Bovino's alleged comments "disgraceful" and an "antisemitic mockery" of Rosen and his faith.

"The fact that Bovino felt comfortable expressing these views on a call with multiple prosecutors speaks volumes," Greenblatt wrote. "Orthodox Jews are the most vulnerable segment of our community and need support, not slander, from DHS."

More:Border Patrol chief calls agents the 'victims' in Pretti shooting

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, also responded to Bovino's alleged comments, calling them antisemiticin an X post.

"Gregory Bovino has already proven himself unfit to serve in ANY position of power, and his antisemitic comments are further proof that he should be fired ASAP," she wrote.

USA TODAY's Fernando Cervantes Jr., James Powel, Trevor Hughes, Michael Loria, and Terry Collins contributed to this report.

Kate Perez covers national trends and breaking news for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kperez@usatodayco.com or on X @katecperez_.

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Pakistan says it has killed 145 'Indian-backed terrorists' in Balochistan after deadly attacks

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police and military forceskilled over a 100 "Indian-backed terrorists" in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people, mostly civilians.

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The raids began early Saturday at multiple locations across Balochistan, and left 18 civilians, including five women and three children, and 15 security personnel dead, authorities said.

Sarfraz Bugti, the provincial chief minister, told reporters in Quetta that troops and police officers responded swiftly, killing 145 members of "Fitna al-Hindustan," a phrase the government uses for the allegedly Indian-backed outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA. The number of militants killed over the past two days was the highest in decades, he said.

"The bodies of these 145 killed terrorists are in our custody, and some of them are Afghan nationals," he said. Bugti claimed that the "Indian-backed terrorists" wanted to take hostages but failed to make it to the city center.

He spoke alongside senior government official Hamza Shafqat, who often oversees such operations against insurgents in the province, and praised the military, police and paramilitary forces for repelling the assaults.

Militant attacks erupted on Saturday in a resource-rich region where Pakistan is seeking to attract foreign investment in mining and minerals. In September 2025, aU.S. metals company signed a $500 million investment agreementwith Pakistan, a month after the U.S. State Department designated BLA and its armed wing as a foreign terrorist organization.

Residents described scenes of panic after a suicide bombing killed several police officers on Saturday.

"(It) was a very scary day in the history of Quetta," said Khan Muhammad, a local resident. "Armed men were roaming openly on the roads before security forces arrived."

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Bugti repeatedly accused India and Afghanistan of backing the assailants and said senior leaders of the BLA, which claimed responsibility for the latest attacks in Balochistan, were operating from Afghan territory. Both Kabul and New Delhi deny the allegations.

He said on Sunday Afghanistan's Taliban had pledged under the 2020 Doha agreement not to allow Afghan soil to be used as a base for attacking other countries, but "unfortunately, the Afghan soil was still being used against Pakistan."

Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have persisted since early October when Pakistan carried out airstrikes on what it described as Pakistani Taliban hideouts inside Afghanistan, killing dozens of alleged insurgents.

Bugti said militants stormed the home of a Baloch laborer in Gwadar and killed five women and three children. He condemned the killings. He said the attackers had planned to seize hostages after storming government offices in Quetta's high-security zone but were thwarted. "We were aware of their plans, and our forces were prepared," he said.

The BLA is banned in Pakistan and has carried out numerous attacks in recent years, often targeting security forces, Chinese interests and infrastructure projects.

Authorities say the group has operated with support from the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. The TTP, a separate group, is allied with Afghanistan's Taliban, who returned to power in August 2021.

Balochistan has long faced a separatist insurgencyby ethnic Baloch groups seeking greater autonomy or independence from Pakistan's central government. The BLA regularly targets Pakistani security forces and has also attacked civilians, including Chinese nationals among the thousands working on various projects in the province.

Ahmed reported from Islamabad.

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Leftist and liberal gun groups are seeing a rush of new members

Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training.

With President Donald Trump sending armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists are considering getting armed. And while Americans tend to think of gun owners as leaning more Republican and male, already more women, gay people and people of color havetaken up armsin recent years, particularly after 2020.

Weekend classes at L.A. Progressive Shooters are sold out through March. Registrations for permit-to-carry courses at Pink Pistols Twin Cities, which serves LGBTQ people in Minneapolis and St. Paul, are up from an average of five people per class to 25 — the group recently added seven more courses to accommodate increased interest, and those are filling up, too. To paraphrase a recentmeme: The right is arguing for gun control, and the left is buying guns.

"In the past couple of days, there has been a shift," Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says. "This changed views on the left."

Alex Pretti, a beloved ICU nurse who cared for ailing veterans and an outdoorsman who was concerned about the environment, was also, likeone-third of Americans, a gun owner. He was carrying his lawfully owned weapon in a holster before federal agents disarmed him and then fatally shot him.

Jordan Levine, founder of the inclusive gun community A Better Way 2A, says his organization has seen an influx of gun groups and instructors asking to join its resource page in the last few weeks — Ready Rainbow in Chicago, Grassroots Defense in Iowa and Solidarity Defense in Sacramento are a few recent additions. "People are scared and angry and want to equalize the power imbalance that we're seeing on the news, where you've got ICE steamrolling people with no recourse," he adds.

Philip Smith, founder and president of the National African American Gun Association, says membership in his organization has grown since Trump's second term began and since Pretti was killed. "People join when they're scared," Smith says. "People join when certain people get in office, because it scares them. People join when they see these shootings across the country, and it seems like it's just madness starting to grow more and more."

Fear and politics are big motivators for gun sales. Gun purchases go up aftermass shootingsand domestic terror attacks, or when people sense that legislative gun restrictions are on the horizon, as when aDemocrat is elected president. The reverse tends to be true when a Republican is president, says Matt Lacombe, a political scientist who studies gun culture and who is the author of "Firepower: How the NRA Turned Gun Owners into a Political Force" — gun saleswent downafter Trump was first elected in 2016, and they've largely stayed down in his second term (the gun industry calls it the "Trump Slump"). But Lacombe says that national data could be obscuring smaller trends that are underway in parts of the country.

"It doesn't seem to be the case anymore that buying guns and carrying guns in response to perceived threats is a solely conservative thing," he adds.

As the Trump administration continues to wage an immigration crackdown in US cities, people are showing up to anti-ICE protests and neighborhoodwatch patrolsarmed, and some gun groups are encouraging people to become armed observers. In onevideoon X, two armed men could be seen at the back of a vigil for Pretti in Minneapolis last weekend. Speaking to independent journalist Talia Jane, one of them invoked the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara and said, "Force is not going to be stopped by a lack of force, unfortunately. And I want to see everybody else around us that's on our same side, I wanna see them get armed as well. So right now we're here primarily to keep everybody safe but also to serve as an example that everybody around us can do this too."

In anothervideocirculating on social media, an armed man can be seen standing guard outside his neighborhood in St. Paul. "This is my block," he tells the interviewer. "This is my area. I don't go into other people's neighborhoods and try to intimidate them. I protect my people."

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"This is the thing that gun owners have been talking about forever: the 'tyrannical government,'" Levine says. But the people who usually warn about the dangers of government tyranny, as he sees it, are "somehow taking the side of the tyrannical government."

The administration's assertions that Pretti was in the wrong for carrying a gun have also turned off some Trump supporters. The White House, for its part, referred to recent remarks from press secretary Karoline Leavitt. "While Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, Americans do not have a constitutional right to impede lawful immigration enforcement operations," Leavittsaidon January 26. "Any gun owner knows that when you are carrying a weapon, when you are bearing arms and you are confronted by law enforcement, you are raising the assumption of risk and the risk of force being used against you."

Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter and a self-identified libertarian who voted for Trump in the last two elections, says he's never considered Trump to be a strong defender of the Second Amendment, citing the bump stock ban during the president's first term (later struck down by the Supreme Court), as well as Trump'sremarksin 2018 that guns should be confiscated from dangerous people even if it violates due process rights. The comments about Pretti, Toure says, are just "par for the course."

"Now this administration is blatantly saying it: If you are in opposition to our political aims and you are armed, we will view you as a criminal," he says, adding that this "1,000% is going to impact how I vote."

Some onlookers also drew comparisons to another gun owner killed by law enforcement in Minnesota: In 2016, Philando Castile was killed by a police officer who opened fire on him during a traffic stop after Castile informed him that he had a firearm in his vehicle. The NRA initially stayed silent on the killing — afterintense pressurefrom its Black members, it issued avague statementthat didn't mention Castile by name.

The Trump administration's rhetoric on Pretti is merely the latest example of its inconsistent stance on gun control, notes Patrick Eddington, senior fellow in homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute. This past fall, there werereportsthat the Justice Department was considering proposals to ban trans people from purchasing guns. And just last week, the Washington Postreportedthat the DOJ is planning to change the firearm purchase form to require applicants to list their biological sex at birth, raisingfurther alarmamong trans rights advocates. "When you start telling one group of people they can't have guns, who's going to be the next group?" Eddington says.

Conservatives' selective support for gun rights has historic precedent. In the late 1960s, theBlack Panther Partybegan "copwatching," observing police interactions with community members in Oakland while visibly carrying guns — a practice that bears some similarities to today's ICE watch patrols. In response, Ronald Reagan, then the governor of California, enacted the Mulford Act, which repealed a law that allowed people to carry loaded firearms in public. The NRA also supported the law at the time.

"The standards that seem to apply to gun carriers, gun owners who are Black or who are more broadly on the left seem to be different than the standards applied to gun owners on the right," Lacombe says.

In aTruth Socialpost early Friday morning, Trump called Pretti an "agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist." Gun owners across the spectrum aren't buying it.

"He's a gun guy. He's a guy who carries. He trains," Lara Smith, from the Liberal Gun Club, says. "And when I say one of us, I mean one of the gun community."

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Snoop Dogg's Daughter Cori Broadus Announces Death of Her 10-Month-Old Baby Girl: 'I Lost the Love of My Life'

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• Snoop Dogg's daughter, Cori Broadus, announced that her baby daughter has died at 10 months old

• Cori shared the tragic news in a post on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Jan. 31

• The baby, named Codi Dreaux, was born three months premature and was brought home from the NICU earlier this month

Snoop Dogg's daughter, Cori Broadus, announced that her baby daughter, Codi Dreaux, has died.

Cori, 26, shared the tragic news in a post on herInstagram Storieson Saturday, Jan. 31. The post featured a black-and-white photo of herself smiling while holding her baby. She wrote over the photo, "Monday I lost the love of my life. My Codi," along with an emoji of an angel wing.

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Cori's fiancé, Wayne Deuce, also shared a series of photos on his ownInstagram Stories.

"I been the saddest since u left me Codi Dreaux. But I know u at peace. Daddy will always love you," he wrote over an image of himself holding his daughter.

"My baby," he added.

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Cori, who is Snoop's youngest child and only daughter, shared in a February 2025Instagram postthat Codi had beenborn three monthsearly.

"The princess arrived at 6 months," she wrote in the birth announcement, which included a black-and-white photo of the baby's foot.

She added, "I've cried and cried, I've compared and compared, blaming myself that I wasn't able to give her all that she needed. But no matter what God always shows me that I'm His Child!"

"Baby girl came at 25 weeks today and she's perfect as ever!" she continued. "Thank You God for getting me this far no matter the odds that are constantly thrown against me 🙏."

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In an Instagram Stories postshared the same day, Cori revealed that she had delivered the baby via C-section after doctors told her she was developing HELLP syndrome, which stands for Hemolysis (the process of red blood cell destruction), Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets.

Codi ultimately spent 10 months in the NICU, with Cori sharing that she finally was able to bring her baby home in early January.

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"She's home. 🤍," she captioned a Jan. 6Instagram postfeaturing herself and Codi snuggling together on her bed. "Thank you for every prayer, every message, every ounce of love. God heard them all. 🕊️✨."

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Cori first announced she was pregnant with a daughter in December 2024.

"I found out Oct. 28," she said while speaking toE! News.

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"I'm a high-risk pregnancy, and doctors were very concerned for me and the baby, but God has his hands on me," she added at the time.

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