… and he cost Chicago taxpayers millions. His name is Jon Burge. He was a cop. He tortured people, most of them blacks, to coerce confessions from suspects, including innocents. Today the City of Chicago — which has already paid over $100 million in legal expenses and settlements for pol[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Upsetting
You can not be an advocate for the Black community if you are intimate with people of other ethnicities. Wow, really? You have to be kidding me. Its disappointing that some African Americans feel this way. This made me upset even before I had children of my own. This thought process w[...]
Poetry Session
Todays poem is brought to us by the Great poet Ice Cube, originally from arguably the greatest and most influential Hip Hop group ever, NWA. Hip Hop was more than words. Hip Hop was our voice. Although we have artists that are conscious today, I highly doubt that we will ever see these types o[...]
Hate Groups in Washington State
We have much to be ashamed of in our own state. The abuse of farm workers in the State has been as bad as that in any other agricultural state dependent on immigrant labor. The Tea Party of Washington State has the same racist hatred of President Obama as any Tea Party from Texas or South […[...]
May 1st, 2015 - 8:50 am § in Uncategorized
Baltimore D.A.’s press conference
https://youtu.be/gmMoH7Vy_CM[...]
May 1st, 2015 - 8:28 am § in Uncategorized
Baltimore D.A. charges all 6 cops in Freddie Gray arrest; charges against 1 cop include 2nd degree murder
Baltimore’s newly-elected prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, a black woman from a family of police officers, announced she is filing criminal charges against all 6 police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest this morning. At least 1 of the officers is charged with second-degree murder. Arr[...]
April 30th, 2015 - 1:38 pm § in Uncategorized
Cops: Freddie Gray killed himself
Baltimore, despite having a black mayor and a black police commissioner, is one of America’s worst-run cities and has one of the country’s most notoriously corrupt and abusive police departments. This week’s Baltimore riots — which pitted rock-throwing kids against riot polic[...]
April 29th, 2015 - 2:08 pm § in Uncategorized
When a violent state preaches nonviolence, will anyone listen?
“When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself [...]
Poetry Session/ Now I feel ya/Scarface
For some rappers/poets in the 90’s social consciousness and hip hop were synonymous. One of the greatest and most respected artists from that era of hip hop is Scarface. On top of his solo career, Scarface is also a member a rap group named the Geto Boys. Scarface has many songs that touch o[...]