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 […]
A star witness in the grand jury case involving former Ferguson, Mo police officer Darren Wilson has been revealed to be a racist suffering from mental illness with a criminal past. Sandra McElroy known as “Witness 40” has been a crucial part of Wilson’s claims surrounding the altercation between himself and Michael Brown. McElroy’s accounts of the events […]
250 protestors in Oakland surrounded the city’s police headquarters today and blocked entrances as they shouted “Silence is Violence”, “Black and Breathing” and held signs that read “#Asians4BlackLives.” These acts come after this weekend’s Millions March rallies that took place in New York, Chicago and D.C. and began 7:30 in the morning. By noon, more than […]
Samaria Rice is a mother of four children and she recently lost one of them and we’ve all seen the horrific footage of it happening. 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who’s name has tragically become synonymous with police brutality and Rice’s 14-year-old daughter, who ended up handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser after her brother […]
Samuel L. Jackson is requesting celebrities to put up or shut up with violence against blacks involving racist police officers. Jackson created a video message on Facebook calling on celebs who participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge this summer to sing, We Ain’t Gonna Stop Till People are Free. Jackson posted a video message on Facebook Saturday night, after a day […]
Countless people of all races took to the streets in New York and Washington, D.C., to protest police brutality today. While they were walking under two different banners in two different cities protestors for both demonstrations had a very clear message: the American people will no longer tolerate excessive force being used against people in […]
The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice came together for the first time on Dec. 12 to sit for a joint interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The moms of the four dead unarmed black males along with attorney Benjamin Crump, expressed to Cooper if their sons were white they would still be alive. Gwen Carr the […]
Rapper Jay-Z is urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reshape New York state’s current justice system in the wake of nationwide protests of unarmed blacks being killed by white police officers who aren’t held criminally responsible. Jay-Z along with hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons spoke with Cuomo about reforms, while rapper Common joined Simmons at a […]
Do you have goosebumps yet? Black Congressional staffers staged a walkout on Thursday afternoon and gathered on the steps of the Capitol Building to show unity with the protests that are going on around the world in support of Eric Garner and Michael Brown’s devastating grand jury decisions. The above photo shoes more than 150 […]
Marist College and NBC News have released a poll that reveals a majority of White people (52 percent) believe that local police forces treat White and Black people “equally.” Pause–records screeching and all of that! According to the same researchers of this study, the percentage is the highest it’s been since conducting such studies of […]
A week after the demands of activists, the name of the officer who killed unarmed Black man, Rumain Brisbon has been released: Officer Mark Rine. This man has been on the force for seven years and since killing Brisbon, has been reassigned to nonenforcement duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation. Prosecutors will determine […]
