Ferguson
At a Wednesday night meeting held at St. Louis City Hall, a verbal exchange between the head of the St. Louis Police Officers Association Jeff Roorda and St. Louis Alderman Terry Kennedy went from 0 to 100 when Roorda heckled Kennedy by shouting from the back of the room, screaming, “How about some order here?” Roorda then pushed and shoved his […]
When it comes to Bill O’Reilly, you don’t grab the popcorn, you grab the Advil because 99 percent of the time, you’re going to hear some bull from a man who refuses to understand anything that is not pro-White man or of archaic politics. The kicker this time is from his latest episode of The […]
A St. Louis County police department is trying to make amends after a Black man was wrongfully arrested and beaten due to mistaken identity. Joseph Swink was brutalized on his way home from an internship when cops captured him during a police chase on Thursday, KMOV reports. St. Louis County officers were pursuing a suspect named […]
A grand juror, under the name of “Grand Juror Doe” announced today that they are suing St. Louis County Attorney and Prosecutor Robert “Bob” McCulloch, for negatively “characterizing” the Darren Wilson case to the public. Back in November, it was McCulloch who had made the announcement of Wilson’s non-indictment for murdering unarmed Michael Brown in Ferguson on August […]
After the murder of 18-year-old Antonio Martin, which was eerily similar to that of Michael Brown, volatile protests stormed the Ferguson area, and now 19-year-old Joshua Williams, a peaceful Missouri activist has been arrested for allegedly trying to set a convenience store on fire during Martin unrest. MUST READ: Antonio Martin’s Girlfriend, Keanna Brown Mourns At The Scene […]
They might all be part of the thin blue line while on the clock, but Black officers worry about their own well-being when they’re off-duty. After speaking to 25 African-American male cops that work in the NYPD, Reuters reports that all but one of them had been racially profiled while not in uniform. The incidents […]
A month after a grand jury decided not to indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch admits some witnesses lied under oath. On Friday, McCulloch gave his first interview since the trial with local radio station KTRS 550, where he discussed the case. McCulloch revealed […]
On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Ferguson-Florissant School District for undermining the Black vote for school elections. As stated on ACLU’s official website, the suit is also on behalf of the NAACP’s Missouri chapter and Ferguson’s Black residents that have voiced concern that 77 percent of students are of color, […]
Bill O’Reilly welcomed Martin Luther King, III on his show for the most hateful segment in the history of his show. Always known to be a loose cannon, especially when speaking against Black people, O’Reilly seems to agree with King when he mentions the unity that needs to be more prevalent in America. But once […]
Second graders from Alma Del mar Charter School in Bedford, Massachusetts took to the streets and rallied against police for the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri at the hands of officer Darren Wilson. It was 11:30 in the morning, typically the time these kiddos have recess, but this class of 20-plus students […]
https://twitter.com/Awkward_Duck/status/545001288875134977 It must have been bad idea day at CNN. The reputable news source hosted a call and response on Twitter, asking people to use the hashtag #AskACop for their “Cops Under Fire” segment. Has anyone at CNN ever used the internet? Twitter? That hashtag was clearly setting them up for epic failure. On the […]