President Barack Obama delivered a statement Thursday about the murder of Mike Brown, protestsĀ in Ferguson and local law enforcement’s response to the unrest. Roland Martin host of “NewsOne Now,” Corey Dade, Lauren Victoria Burke andĀ Greg Carr analyze the president’s remarks on the crisis in Ferguson. Listen to their entire conversation below. Be sure toĀ listenĀ to āNewsOne […]
What can be done in Ferguson and around the country to turn this moment of solidarity against police brutality into a movement against the violence in America? Roland Martin,Ā Attorney Jermaine Wooten,Ā Aakbar Muhammad,Ā Fruit of Islam Community LeaderĀ and Friday’s discussion panel offer solutions to this question on “NewsOne Now.” Listen to their entire conversation below. Be sure […]
Tim Lynch,Ā Director, Project on Criminal Justice, CATO Institute joined Roland Martin Friday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss theĀ militarization of America’s police departments. Did you know that local police departments have been amassing military garb and high powered weapons since the war on drugs began? Listen to Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” panel’s discussion about […]
Being from Birmingham, Ala., I know all too well the civil rights struggle. As a young child, I was taught about the marches, protests, dogs, water hoses, police in riot gear, and the lack of trust with police. Watching my TV it was a 1963 history lesson film all over again, and I was amazed, […]
The case around Mike Brown’s killing by a Ferguson police officer is only getting murkier. AfterĀ releasing images from a gas station robbery to the press Friday morningĀ with the suggestion Mike Brown was pictured in them, the Ferguson police department is nowĀ backtracking. In a secondĀ press conferenceĀ hours later, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson admitted thatĀ Brown’s shooting was […]
A woman by the name of Tina Seals has reportedly filed a maternity lawsuitĀ in a Manhattan court claiming to be the biological Mother of BeyoncĆ© (pictured)Ā and Jay-Z’s only child, Blue Ivy (pictured), according to The Hollywood Gossip. SEE ALSO: Tragic! Young Mom Walks In Front Of Semi-Trailer Upon Learning Of ToddlerāsĀ Death The legal document allegedly […]
What’s happening in Ferguson, Missouri around the killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown is playing out according to a familiar script. The timeline of events and reaction by local and national authorities are so predictable that they don’t even require new analysis.Ā More than 50 years ago, Malcolm X gave a speech on police brutality and […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis police chief on Friday identified the officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager as Darren Wilson.Ā Wilson has been on administrative leave since he shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9. Follow NewsOne.com’s continuing coverage of the Michael Brown police shooting and of the protests in […]
Podcast: Download Tim Lynch,Ā Director, Project on Criminal Justice, CATO Institute joinedĀ Roland MartinĀ Friday on āNewsOne Nowā to discuss theĀ militarization of Americaās police departments. Did you know that local police departments have been amassing military garb and high powered weapons since the war on drugs began? What can be done in Ferguson and around the country to […]
Benoni Tagoe is using every resource at his disposal to teach Black millennials how to empower themselves throughĀ financial literacy with a newĀ web seriesĀ The Bizz Plan. “I have a lot of friends who know how to get money, but they don’t know how to keep it,” saidĀ Tagoe.Ā “A lot of people who grew up like me, they […]
Hard to know where to begin on this, but it’s also hard not to say something, either. PerhapsĀ I should refer to history. Should I start with the Robert Charles Riots of 1900? Or how about Atlanta 1906?Ā Maybe Chicago 1919? How about Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921?Ā Do we even need to fast forward to the 1960s? HarlemĀ 1964? […]
