Blacks Targeted By Voter ID Laws
Many states are starting to pass strict voter identification laws, which primarily affect Black voters and young voters. So far, 33 states have made it mandatory...
Category : Current Events
Mayor of Walker, Louisiana Says Flooding Event Is Man-Made; Plans Lawsuit
The Mayor of Walker, Louisiana, Rick Ramsey, stated Tuesday that the current flooding in his city was “man-made” and announced plans to file suit against the...
NJ Police Chief Demoted to Patrolman after Instructing Officers to Racially Profile Blacks
According to NBC New York 4, Wyckoff, New Jersey police chief Benjamin Fox, was demoted from his police chief position to patrolman and will be...
Police Protest #BlackLivesMatter Banner Hanging At City Hall
Massachusetts police officers are protesting a mayor’s refusal to remove a Black Lives Matter banner currently hanging over city hall. Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone has declined...
President Obama Declares June 2016 African-American Music Appreciation Month
At the beginning of the month, President Barack H. Obama, declared June 2016 African-American Music Appreciation Month! The President praised Black music as “among the most...
George Zimmerman Is Auctioning The Gun He Used To Kill Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, says he is auctioning the gun he used to kill the unarmed black...
Tupac’s Mother, Afeni Shakur, Dies At Age 69
Afeni Shakur Davis, mother of the late, legendary Hip Hop artist Tupac Shakur, has died. The sheriff’s office reported Tuesday morning that Marin County deputies responded to Shakur’s home...
Head Of Cleveland Police Union Says The Family Of Tamir Rice Should Use Settlement Money To Educate Children About The Misuse Of Firearms
Steve Loomis, the head of the city of Cleveland’s police union, says the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice should use the money they will receive...
Cleveland Will Pay $6 Million To The Family Of Tamir Rice
After 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down on November 22, 2014 by a city police officer, the city of Cleveland will pay his...
5 Months Later And Flint Still Needs Help
It’s been about five months since the state of Michigan switched the drinking water of the city of Flint back to the Great Lakes. Five...
Texas Trooper Who Arrested Sandra Bland Has Been Officially Fired
Trooper Brian Encinia, the Texas state trooper who was caught on his police car’s dash cam video handling Sandra Bland roughly after she refused to...
Surveillance Video Reveals Officers And Jail Staff Knew Joyce Curnell Was Sick But Took No Action To Save Her Life
A recently released surveillance video from Charleston County jail shows that police were aware of the fact that inmate Joyce Curnell was sick in her...
