ProPublica Releases Video Showing in-Custody Death of Vachel Howard
ProPublica has released the video of the in-custody death of Vachel Howard that, it says, the Los Angeles Police Department didn’t want released. Howard died June 4, 2012, while in the custody of the...
View Article‘White Lives Matter’ Group Protests Outside Houston NAACP
About 20 members of a “White lives matter” group protested outside the NAACP in Houston’s 3rd Ward Sunday, calling out what they said was the civil rights organization’s failure to speak out against...
View Article2 Body Cameras Captured Footage of Sylville Smith Shooting Death, Attorney...
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says that two body cameras captured the fatal police shooting of Sylville Smith in Milwaukee, CBS News reports. According to the report, the vantage point of the...
View ArticleNewark Police Chased 10-Year-old Boy with Guns Drawn in Mistaken Identity Case
A Newark, N.J. 10-year-old was left in tears after he was chased down an alley by officers who had their guns drawn, after they allegedly mistook him him for a suspect in an armed robbery, WABC...
View ArticleWhite Lives Matter and the Lost Art of Shutting the F Up
I consider myself a practitioner of a dying art form that is slowly disappearing from society. Long before it was an internet acronym or a text message abbreviation, this unique skill was passed down...
View ArticleHigh School Alumni Raise Money to Create Scholarship in Philando Castile’s Name
Alumni from Central High School in St. Paul, Minn., banded together over the weekend to host a fundraiser in order to raise money for a scholarship meant to honor Philando Castile, the Star Tribune...
View ArticleLet White Leaders Defend Institutional Racism; Let Black Leaders Defend Black...
If one looks and listens closely, black reform advocates and charter leaders are responding to the mythology that black people don’t want charter schools or reform in general. For most black folk,...
View ArticleArizona HS Student Forced to Remove Black Lives Matter Shirt
A 10th grade student who arrived to her high school picture day in a Black Lives Matter t-shirt was told to take it off because it violated the school’s dress code, reports KPNX, News 12. Mariah Havard...
View ArticleColin Kaepernick Shows That #BlackLivesMatter Even When His Career May Not
San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose last Friday to remind America that black lives matter. It’s a laudable goal, and one for which he should be commended. The role of the...
View ArticleWhite Lives Matter Classified as a Hate Group
White Lives Matter, a white nationalist group that opposes the Black Lives Matter movement, has been declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which keeps track of extremist groups in...
View ArticleColin Kaepernick and America’s Black Hype Men
On Friday, Colin Kaepernick took a stand by taking a seat. He said enough with black death and quietly sat as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played. When asked after the game about his stance, the San...
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Former Atlanta Cop Indicted on Felony Murder in Death of Unarmed Black Man
A Fulton County, Ga., grand jury has indicted a white former Atlanta police officer on felony murder, among other charges, in relation to the death of an unarmed black man who was inside a vehicle, the...
View ArticleOfficer Who Fatally Shot Korryn Gaines Was Also Involved in 2007 Shooting Death
The Baltimore County police officer who fatally shot a 23-year-old mother after an hourslong standoff was involved in another fatal shooting in 2007, the Associated Press reports. According to the...
View ArticleBay Area Police Union Says Kaepernick’s Protest Is ‘Harassing Behavior’ and...
In what has got to be the best story of the pot calling the kettle black, the Bay Area police union says that Colin Kaepernick’s quiet protest against the national anthem is “harassing behavior.” The...
View ArticlePoll: Support for Black Lives Matter Growing Among Young White Adults
An increasing number of white youth are expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement, according to a recent poll, the Associated Press reports. Approximately 51 percent of young white adults...
View ArticleLocal Leader Rashad Turner Leaving Black Lives Matter St. Paul
Black Lives Matter St. Paul, Minn., leader Rashad Turner announced over the weekend that he is leaving the organization, the Pioneer Press reports. Turner, who was with BLM St. Paul for about a year...
View Article#NoDAPL: DOJ Halts Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline in Wake of Standing...
Updated Friday, Sept. 9, 5:30 p.m. EDT: In the wake of the brave and unrelenting actions of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and water protectors, joined by other First Nations and nonnative allies, the...
View ArticleHow Black Lives Matter Saved Colin Kaepernick’s Career
America has a history of taking black athletes who stand up for black rights and blackballing them. See 1968 Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos, whose black-gloved fists set off a butterfly effect...
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#GenForward: Majority of White Millennials Believe Black Lives Matter...
The majority of black millennials in the United States wanted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to be their next president, but since he’s out of the race, 60 percent of black millennials said they would...
View ArticleDenver Broncos Linebacker Kneels During National Anthem
On Thursday, the NFL launched the start of its new season, and with it, a bit of controversy as the Denver Broncos’ starting linebacker, Brandon Marshall, took a knee during the national anthem. Before...
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