A former Milwaukee, Wisc., police officer will not be charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man he encountered in a park this spring, a prosecutor announced on Monday, according to The New York Times. Protesters in the city cited the shooting as yet another example of excessive force against Black men by […]
A controversial new amusement park in Florida will allow kids as young as 13 to use automatic and military-grade firearms, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: After Cop Killings, Police On High Alert Nationwide Orlando’s Machine Gun America park opened for business this past weekend. The attraction offers 10 firing lanes and military simulators. Guests […]
The Huffington Post is reporting that #BlackLivesMatter, the social movement formulated to protest against violence and oppression in the African American community, officially condemned the “senseless” killing of two New York Police Department officers. RELATED: UPDATE: Obama Reacts To Revenge Shooting Of Cops, While Political Firestorm Brews #MarchOn: Nonviolent Protests From Selma To Ferguson and Beyond After […]
I don’t remember the first time I donated blood in great detail because the process was much ado about nothing. I sat down to see a nurse, a needle, a band-aid. A thank you for my donation followed and I went about my day. It would take a very long time before it dawned […]
Katherine McKee (pictured) is yet another woman who has come forward accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault, the New York Daily News reports. RELATED: Does The “Sheer Volume Of Accusers” Make Bill Cosby Guilty Of Rape? Speaking exclusively with the Daily News, McKee says Cosby raped her in a Michigan hotel room while she was […]
News commentator Bill O’Reilly (pictured above), host of the controversial Fox show “The O’Reilly Factor,” recently told his on-air guest Martin Luther King III (pictured), the eldest son of the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that those protestors sporting the “I Can’t Breathe” shirts should instead be wearing ones with the […]
UPDATED Thursday, March 5, 2015, at 1103 a.m., EST– The Civil Rights Movement of the 20th Century was perhaps the most significant call for justice in modern times. Replete with highs and lows, the movement’s aim for racial equality for Black Americans was met with violent resistance. The response to the resistance was varied, but nonviolence held the […]
UPDATED 12/23/14, 10:31 a.m., EST: On Monday, Cuban government officials said that they have a right to grant asylum to U.S. fugitives, sending the loudest message yet that they have no intention of extraditing Assata Shakur (pictured) — America’s most-wanted woman — despite thawing relations between the United States and Cuba, the Associated Press reports. […]
Aaron McNamara (pictured), a Fairview Park, Ohio, police department auxiliary, resigned from his post after he was accused of posting incendiary posts on his social media sites, oftentimes referring to Blacks as “jungle monkey” and “spooks,” according to ABC 5 News. SEE ALSO: Whoopi Goldberg And Rosie O’Donnell Engage In On-Air Screamfest Over Racism The 20-year-old […]
Former three-time world heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali (pictured) was reportedly hospitalized on Saturday with a “mild case” of pneumonia and is in stable condition according to USA Today. SEE ALSO: Snoop Dogg And Son Star In New Docu-Series on ESPN Ali, who has suffered from Parkinson’s for about 30 years, has reportedly grown […]
