Lawmakers, staff stage Capitol walk-out in solidarity with protesters
More than one hundred black congressional staffers and several black lawmakers staged a walkout at the Capitol Thursday afternoon, executing a silent protest in solidarity over the recent killing...
View ArticleWoman seeks to trademark ‘I can’t breathe’ for clothing
An Illinois woman is seeking to trademark the last words of a dying New York City man who was killed during an encounter with police. 43-year-old Eric Garner died when an NYPD officer placed him an...
View ArticleVideo: Samuel L. Jackson challenges celebrities to stand up to police brutality
Over the summer, celebrities participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness of the deadly illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Now, actor Samuel L. Jackson is calling on those same...
View ArticleNYC Mayor: ‘no protests until after officers’ funerals’
On Monday, New York’s mayor called for protests and political debate to pause until after funerals are held for two officers shot and killed inside their patrol car on Saturday by a man vowing revenge...
View ArticleEric Garner’s daughter visits memorial of slain NYPD officers
The daughter of a man who died during an altercation with NYPD police officers visited the New York City Police Memorial on Monday to express her condolences following the deaths of two NYPD officers...
View ArticleI’m tired of suppressing myself to get along with white people
Writing for Salon, Priscilla Ward says that she refuses to suppress her blackness any longer to make others comfortable. I met my new roommates on Craigslist. Two white, one Chinese. Together we...
View ArticleCleveland to Pay $6 Million in Settlement to Tamir Rice’s Family Estate
On Monday, it was announced that the city of Cleveland, Ohio will pay a $6 million settlement in response to a lawsuit filed by the relatives of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot and killed by a...
View ArticleMan Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death Sues New York For $10 Million
Ramsey Orta filmed Eric Garner being choked to death by New York police officers. Orta is now facing four years in prison after taking a plea deal on gun and drug charges that he feels were brought...
View ArticleRamsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death, Sentenced To 4 Years
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the fatal arrest of Eric Garner, has been sentenced to four years in prison connected to drug charges and possession of a weapon. According to the New York Daily News,...
View ArticleJustice Department To Charge Cop For Eric Garner’s Death
Update: Eric Garner’s daughter, Erica, has released a statement regarding the Justice Department’s decision to switch the investigation team. My offical statement on todays news on the replacement of...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter, Taiwan’s ‘228 Incident,’ and the Transnational Struggle...
By: Chanda Hsu Prescod-Weinstein Someone was selling cigarettes illegally. The State didn’t need the money, but it did want to be in control of how everyday citizens made money. When the authorities...
View ArticleMassive protests erupt in Brazil after Black 19-year-old Pedro Gonzaga killed...
According to Guardian, after a security guard killed a 19-year-old Black man, Pedro Gonzaga, Brazil has been faced with a series of protests in 5 of the country’s largest cities drawing comparisons to...
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