Black Lives Matter
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Last week, Tamir Rice’s mom, Samaria, spoke to Roland Martin about how she was disappointed with LeBron James’ lack of response and inaction in regards to the shooting death of her 12-year-old son. In a nutshell, LeBron said he didn’t have much knowledge about the case, just what he heard from his “folks on the […]
There’s no doubt that Black Lives Matter has put race, police relations and civil rights on the forefront of the public consciousness. The movement has become a revolution that has brought together people from all walks of life, uniting people in a common cause that black people are being brutalized in this country every day […]
According to multiple reports, the boycott of black Friday was a resounding success. Furthering the goals of proving that black lives really matter and respecting black dollars, there’s an effort to boycott the commercialism of Christmas. What does that mean for you? Forget all of the mindless spending for presents, commercial items and unnecessary evil. […]
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, the Nation of Islam leader, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, organized a rally in Washington, D.C. to call for justice, equality, an end to unfair policing practices and to emphasize that Black Lives Matter. Farrakhan called for unity among all black men, women and children and […]
According to former “The View” co-host and current Fox News right-wing fear-monger commentator, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, she posed the question why black lives matter isn’t considered a hate group. She is referring specifically to the reprehensible shooting of a white officer by a black man in Houston last week. While this was a tragic incident and […]
The now-infamous McKinney Pool Party video has gone viral over the weekend. Cellphone video shot by a white teenager at the party shows an aggressive white officer, now identified as Eric Casebolt, literally rolling onto the scene and harassing black youth. As the video progresses, he takes an alarmingly frightening and menacing tone toward the […]
There are a few high-profile names we hear in the news when we it comes to police shootings – Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray – but this year alone, there are hundreds more. Around 385 to be exact and that was since June 1. If this isn’t appalling enough, of the unarmed […]
It seems to go without fail that almost every week we are seeing the shooting of an unarmed person, mainly a male, more specifically a black male by a police officer. Even though this is nothing new, with a 24-hour news cycle and social media, it’s harder to ignore than in past times. The latest […]
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