The United Nations is calling on the United States to stop the inequitable use of excessive force on African-American people. It’s been an eye-opening summer as the U.S. law enforcement system has come under fire for the deaths of several innocent black men across the country. Eric Garner’s passing earlier this summer got people upset, […]
I was wondering when this would happen. New York Magazine is reporting that six people detained by police during the protests are suing the Ferguson and St. Louis County police departments for $41.5 million, accusing officers of using excessive force, making false arrests and other civil rights violations. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court […]
Jon Stewart Trashing The Media’s Coverage Of Ferguson Is The Best Thing You’ll See This Week [VIDEO]
“Do you not understand that life in this country is inherently different for White people than it is Black people?” “The Daily Show” returned this week after Jon Stewart’s vacation and personally, I couldn’t wait to hear his commentary on the tragedy in Ferguson. He didn’t disappoint. Stewart dedicated nearly the entire episode to taking […]
Another day, another Black man arrested because he fit the description. Emmy-winning film and TV producer, Charles Belk was detained, handcuffed, imprisoned and given a $100,000 bail by the Beverly Hills Police because he fit the description of a robbery suspect. Belk was walking to his car after leaving a restaurant in Beverly Hills when […]
Every single person who loses their life, matters. Some of those deaths make national news. Whether it’s an overzealous neighbor who happens to be White, shooting an unarmed Black teen–George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. Or it’s a White man who reacts to a Black woman on his porch by shooting her in the face–Theodore Wafer […]
Orlando Jones may be a funnyman, but the “Bullet Bucket Challenge” he created is no laughing matter. The “Sleepy Hollow” actor launched a campaign reminiscent to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in hopes of effecting change in our world. The tragic killing of unarmed teen, Michael Brown, at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri […]
Less than four miles from where Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, another Black man has been shot and killed at the hands of an officer. Kajieme Powell, 25, was slain in St. Louis, Missouri on August 19 after police responded to a call that he had stolen snacks from a local convenience store.. […]
USA Today reported that on average there were 96 cases of a White police officer killing a Black person each year between 2006 and 2012, based on justifiable homicides reported to the FBI by local police. It’s 2014 and there still aren’t concrete stats recorded that detail the amount Black deaths at the hands of […]
Sybrina Fulton wrote Michael Brown family a heartbreaking letter, offering advice on life after their son’s tragic death. Sybrina is the mother of Trayvon Martin, another unarmed teen who was shot and killed. The only difference is that Martin was murdered by an overzealous, self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman while he walked home from […]
Missouri governor, Jay Nixon has ordered the National Guard to Ferguson, Missouri. Nixon has already declared a state of emergency in Ferguson, MO due to the reactions of Officer Darren Wilson’s name being revealed as the man responsible for fatally shooting unarmed teen, Michael Brown. “We must first have and maintain peace. This is a […]
Darren Wilson was named as the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old unarmed teen, Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Since his name has been released to the public, the six-year police veteran has been a topic of many passionate conversations, most of them in dismay of the overzealous officer. MUST READ: Police Release Name Of […]
