A group of parents and a pro-charter school organization sue New York for allowing violence to go unchecked in classrooms. But the city's mayor says major crimes are decreasing.
When 22-year-old Kalief Browder took his life, New York City heaved. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island, the infamous jail where he suffered documented torture, including brutal attacks, constant confinement to a 6 foot by 8 foot cell and reported starvation. On June 7, the 22-year-old hung himself with an air conditioning cord in his mother’s house, gifting critics […]
Bill de Blasio has absolutely no chance of becoming the next president. For starters, barring some political catastrophe, there’s no chance in hell Hillary Clinton is going to allow anyone else to defeat her for a second time around. You will literally have to pry the nomination from former President Bill Clinton’s cold dead hands […]
A New York City nonprofit legal group is under fire for taking part in the controversial “Hands Up” rap video. The video, which calls attention to the fact that young Black men die disproportionately at the hands of law enforcement, also appears to advocate violence against police officers, according to NY1. SEE ALSO: Bernie Mac’s Widow Drops […]
Pittsburgh, Pa., police union leaders have accused their department’s chief of calling them racist because he held a sign that vows to challenge racism by ending White silence, MSNBC reports. RELATED: NYPD Turns Back On Mayor Again At Cop’s Funeral The issue arose after Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay (pictured) was photographed at the city’s New […]
Let’s have a flashback: In the 1988 presidential race, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush ran an attack ad against Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, pointing out that he authorized weekend passes to Willie Horton, a Black male convicted of first-degree murder. During one of those weekends, Horton raped a woman and attacked her companion. SEE ALSO: Omaha’s Nikko […]
You have to be a special kind of parasite to politicize death, but fortunately for those working in politics, media, and law enforcement such a strain can only serve to propel you in your field. It’s been less than a week since the shooting deaths of two NYPD officers at the hands of the clearly disturbed Ismaaiyl Brinsley, […]
In light of the nearing grand jury decision, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will be announcing the formation of a special Commission on Ferguson, according to a local St. Louis TV station. Nixon will announce the members at the Missouri History Museum this afternoon, ostensibly in the hopes that it will help to calm tensions in the wake of the grand jury decision in the […]
It’s rare enough that citizens file complaints against the police and even rarer that those complaints are investigated. So, it’s appalling to hear that in 25% of cases where a NYPD police misconduct review board ruled that an officer be disciplined, Chief Bill Bratton did nothing. The New York Times has the story: In […]
It’s a scene from an effed-up horror movie that plays out over and over in America, each year with the same tragic ending: a Black man is left lifeless on the concrete following a run-in with police. This latest victim is Eric Garner, an affable, asthmatic father of six from Staten Island. The cops moved […]
New York, NY — The National Action Network celebrated its annual Triumph Awards on Monday, June 2, 2014 celebrating the achievements and contributions of a variety of notable politicians, business people, entertainers, and more at the storied Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. The Triumph Awards were created to honor “those who have […]
A gas explosion in East Harlem Tuesday morning destroyed two buildings and sparked a five-alarm fire which FDNY officials continued battling into the afternoon. The MTA was forced to suspend Metro-North service inbound and outbound of Grand Central as a result, with some debris falling onto the elevated tracks. SEE ALSO: Join The MetroPlus Health […]
