In the wake of the horrific murder of Walter Scott by a South Carolina cop that was caught on video, the Black Lives Matter movement matters now more than ever. TIME magazine recognizes this, and the words cover its latest issue.
By now you might’ve seen the horrific video of an unarmed South Carolina man, Walter Scott, being gunned down by police officer Michael T. Slager—while he was running away. Despite the outrage, there are still some people who don’t believe that Slager should be put away for murder.
While he runs the Unites States, Barack Obama still manages to keep his sense of humor. Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, President Obama participated in the show’s Mean Tweets segment.
The rabbit hole of racism and skullduggery that is the Ferguson police department only gets deeper. A sergeant who was fired over a racist e-mail coincidentally was Darren Wilson’s direct supervisor.
While rappers like Killer Mike, J. Cole and Macklemore have been vocal in protesting the failure of grand juries to indict the killers of Mike Brown and Eric Garner, Kanye West was silent. Until last night.
Former Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson has announced he will voluntarily resign from his post after not being indicted in the killing of teen Michael Brown. Through a GoFundMe campaign, Wilson allegedly has upwards of $500,000 with which to retire.
Over 1,000 angry protestors belted out stark slogans at riot police in St. Louis, Monday morning (Oct. 13). The massive uproar that continues to exponentially increase in body count, is over the fatal shootings of two local Black youths by white cops.
Heightened turmoil plagues the city of St. Louis following the fatal shooting of an unidentified 18-year-old Black youth by off-duty police officer.
It’s been just over a week since 18-year-old unarmed teen, Mike Brown, was gunned down by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Brown’s story has triggered daily and nightly protests in the city, but the issue isn’t just racial.
A police officer was found not guilty in the death of 73-year-old Bernard Monroe, an unarmed New Orleans man that was shot and killed during a family cookout. A jury voted “no true bill” in the case, recommending that the case be not taken to trial. The jury rejected a number of charges set to […]
