Pussy Riot released a video for their new song “I Can’t Breathe” and it’s uncomfortable, but immensely effective. The lyrics and visuals are in memory of Eric Garner‘s death, which became the catalyst against American injustice. However Pussy Riot believes Garner’s death was a part of a larger discussion of the issue that is “state terror.” “State […]
The outcry for social and racial equality–and the resulting protests across the nation–has forced Dartmouth College and create a new college course. With the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of officers in Ferguson and New York respectively, social unrest bubble up to the surface of national conversation as people took […]
Charles Blow revealed on Twitter this weekend that the concern and experiences of Black men targeted by cops and authorities are all too real. In fact, it hit home. On Saturday, Blow’s son Tahj was interrogated at gunpoint on the Yale University campus by Yale Police because he was mistaken for a burglar that was […]
Erica Garner revealed the memorial tribute for her father was burned down on Martin Luther King Jr Day. Erica’s father Eric was killed in Staten Island, Ny last July when police officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in an illegal chokehold after NYPD officers accused him of selling loose cigarettes. Erica broke the news on Twitter earlier this […]
“The New Yorker” is making a statement about racial and social equality for its upcoming cover to be released on Monday, and Martin Luther King Jr. is at the center of it all. This Martin Luther King Day the magazine decided to honor his legacy while calling attention to some of the senseless deaths that […]
In his first report as the NYPD’s Inspector General, Philip Eure narrowed in on authorities using the chokehold, which despite its 20+ years ruling in being banned/illegal, cops have resorted to during interrogations. And now, most infamously, the chokehold was used by Daniel Pantaleo who ended up killing Eric Garner on a Staten Island street. Eure’s research used 10 […]
The Garner family is mourning the death of their loved one Eric Garner, who was tragically killed by an illegal chokehold by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, through song titled “This Ends Today.” MUST READ: Eric Garner Grand Jury D.A. Considering To Run For Congress & We’re Like, Is He For Real? With a kind of hip-hop […]
The family of Matthew Ajibade has hired Mark O’Mara–the attorney and CNN analyst who helped George Zimmerman win a shocking acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. Ajibade’s family hired O’Mara to help them investigate the death of the 22-year-old, who died in police custody at the Chatham County Detention Center in […]
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 […]
McKenzie Cochran was the first to yell “I can’t breathe!” when he lost his life at the hands of the authorities. What is happening in our world?! Before Eric Garner, there was McKenzie Cochran, a 25-year-old Black man who screamed “I can’t breathe” six times in Northland Center Mall in Southfield, Michigan after he’d been […]
Wu-Tang Clan founding member RZA is speaking out about the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner at the hands of police. RZA, also a native of Staten Island had a frank discussion with Gawker on Garner’s killing by police officer Daniel Pantaleo, after being placed in a chokehold. According to RZA officers could’ve used […]
Erica Garner took to Twitter in frustration and shared personal information about an NYPD officer who was present when her father, Eric Garner was choked to death by officer Daniel Pantaleo in Staten Island. According to the New York Post, Garner tweeted that officer Justin D’Amico was “another officer that helped killed [sic] my dad,” and directed […]
