In news that won’t shock anyone, the Justice Department has revealed in two reports that the Ferguson Police Department in Missouri routinely violated the civil and constitutional rights of Black citizens in the city.
In the wake of the police-related deaths of Eric Garner and Michael “Mike” Brown, NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton spoke on the historic injustices enacted upon Black people at the hands of cops. At a Tuesday (Feb. 24) gathering, Bratton said police have been involved in the “worst parts of Black history.”
The Chicago Police Department allegedly operates a “Black Site” warehouse facility in where officers interrogate, beat, and hold suspects for hours without due process. This facility, located on the city’s troubled west side, was the focus of an exclusive investigative report about the site which is similar to locations the CIA uses for terrorists.
Russian band Pussy Riot are best known as a group of feminist punk rockers who use their music and public demonstrations to rail against various injustices. Two members of Pussy Riot unleashed a new video which gives a nod to Eric Garner and checks the ugliness of police brutality.
Jerame Reid, a 36-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by New Jersey police last December, was seen on video surrendering to cops before they gunned him down. The video supports eyewitness accounts that the police acted hastily during the Dec. 30 traffic stop and that Reid posed no threat.
The STL Cops probably edge the NYPD as the most hated law enforcement in the nation on most days. Their St. Louis County counterparts have done the stigma no favors after they mistakenly–and admittingly–give a 22-year-old college student an assault he’ll never forget.
Black Dynamite, the Adult Swim series based on the 2009 film of the same name, just concluded its second season on Saturday (Jan. 10). In the season finale, Odd Future‘s Tyler, The Creator and songstress Erykah Badu lend their voices to the blaxploitation cartoon.
In a strange and tragic twist of events, the girlfriend of John Crawford III, the 22-year-old unarmed Black man killed by Ohio cops inside a Wal-Mart last year, died in a car accident on New Year’s Day.
The NYPD’s dissension amongst its ranks has led to the police departments ability to actually police.
The Millions March Los Angeles protest event took place over the weekend, which was focused on the recent events nationwide concerning police brutality. Hip-Hop stars The Game, Tyga and DJ Mustard were among attendees at the march, with numbers estimated up to several thousand.
Rudy Giuliani has been a fixture in conservative media and political round-table discussions of late as the ongoing debate surrounding police brutality continues to mount. The former mayor of New York used his platform to blast current mayor Bill de Blasio, stating that the leader deserves the current spate of disrespect he’s getting from the […]
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio asked Monday (Dec. 22) that the citywide protests against police brutality be suspended in light of recent events. Mayor de Blasio has requested that the protests resume after the funerals of fallen NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.
