The Staten Island Prosecutor who was unable to secure a indictment in the Eric Garner grand jury is considering a new line of work. Daniel Donovan is mulling over the opportunity to run for congress, according to The New York Observer. Donovan stated today he was “very seriously considering” throwing his hat in the ring to […]
Funnyman Dave Chappelle is speaking out about his encounter with the police. During his stand-up routine on Dec. 12 in New Orleans, Chappelle revealed to the audience he was choked by the police when he was filming a movie in the city years ago. While Chappelle’s act was not recorded, Jarvis DeBerry from The Times-Picayune, was in […]
Students at over 70 medical schools across the country are coming together to hold nationwide “die-ins” on Wednesday to protest grand jury decisions not indict the police officers involved in the deaths of Staten Island resident Eric Garner and Ferguson, Mo’s Michael Brown. According to reports, the “white coat die-ins” at med schools in, Boston, […]
After a Staten Island jury deciding not to indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner, a discussion surrounding whites arrested has taken center stage on Twitter. Using the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite, many users of the social media site talked about their brushes with the law and how the incidents were vastly opposite […]
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is demanding that all 35,000 of his cops be retrained following the incident that killed Eric Garner. Although the New York Daily News reports that an autopsy done on Eric’s body has turned up “inconclusive” results about the cause of his death, Bill told reporters at a press conference that he expects the victim’s […]
