This time, the unarmed teen guilty of nothing more than a minor drug infraction shot dead by the police was a white kid. Read story here. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
August 7th, 2015 - 3:07 pm § in Uncategorized
South Carolina cops strive for racial equality in their policing practices
August 2nd, 2015 - 8:20 pm § in Uncategorized
How St. Louis County municipalities rob poor black people
In Pagedale, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb like Ferguson, town officials raise money by slapping fines on poor black residents. Among Pagedale’s municipal ordinances, according to a local lawyer: “[Y]ou can’t have a hedge more than three feet high. You can’t have a basketbal[...]
August 2nd, 2015 - 6:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Georgia cops assume black renter is a burglar and rough him up
In another ugly incident of racial profiling, neighbors in an Atlanta suburb who saw an elderly black man moving boxes into a rental house assumed he was a burglar and called police, who threatened him with drawn guns and manhandled him. The cop who slammed his face into a brick wall was fired, not [...]
August 2nd, 2015 - 5:57 pm § in Misc.
San Jose cop threatens black family with drawn gun for no damn reason
The San Jose, California, police department is being sued by a black family over an ugly incident of racial profiling. Emmanuel Stephens and Jasmine Whitley (pictured) had picked up their 7-year-old daughter from school and were driving home when a cop began following them. When they arrived at home[...]
August 2nd, 2015 - 5:38 pm § in Politics
You won’t believe this GOP ad
(Click here for story.) [...]
July 29th, 2015 - 11:39 am § in Uncategorized
White cop indicted for killing black motorist
A University of Cincinatti patrol officer who shot a black motorist in the head 10 days ago has been indicted for murder. The prosecutor said Officer Ray Tensing “should never have been a police officer” and “purposely killed” Samuel DuBose. Tensing claimed DuBose dragged him[...]
Seat at the table mentality should be dead!
“Lebron James is more powerful than Adam Silver(NBA commissioner)” I laughed at that statement when I heard it. I corrected it. Lebron James could be more powerful than Adam Silver, if the brotha wasn’t scared of independence. You can have the potential to be more powerful than[...]
Black people, do Black Lives Matter?
Where is the Black Proganda movement? How do we expect America to think Black Lives Matter when we are doing very little to establish that fact nowadays? Our movies, filmmakers actors/actresses have to reflect that fact, and right now they do not. The black community had Mario Van Peebles, Spike Le[...]
July 24th, 2015 - 5:46 am § in Uncategorized
Yep, the Texas county that killed Sandra Bland has racist traffic cops
(Source: Mother Jones)[...]
We know Black Lives Matters, now what are we going to do about the fact that America does not care?
Black people continue to argue that Black Lives Matter. The fact that we have to argue, should let us know that they do not give a f@$k about us. We should devote our time and energy on debating within our own community. What is the solution? It is clear that the black community is awake […][...]