Bill O’Reilly and his penchant for opening his mouth to deliver another steaming pile of hateful thoughts masked as opinion has been well documented. The Fox News host was back at it again, this after he blamed the Black Lives Matter movement for violent acts occurring around the nation.
The shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Baltimore for allegedly running away from cops is getting plenty of side eyes. Reportedly officers mistook Dedric Colvin’s BB gun for the real thing, and shot the kid as they gave chase.
In a settlement, the City of Cleveland will pay the family of Tamir Rice $6 million. The 12-year-old black boy was fatally gunned down by police who mistook his pellet gun for a real gun back in 2014.
Former NYPD officer Peter Liang won’t do jail time in the fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley. Today (April 19), a New York judge sentenced Liang to five years’ probation and community service after he was found guilty of Gurley’s death.
Former Super Bowl champion and NFL legend Ray Lewis has posted a video blitzing the #BlackLivesMatter movement for not speaking up on Black-on-Black crime. Oh yeah, he thinks Black people could learn a thing or two from slavery.
Chicago was the latest stop on presidential hopeful Donald Trump‘s campaign trail, but the business mogul probably didn’t expect the Windy City to give him such a chilly greeting. Although Trump’s rally was effectively shut down Friday night, a chilling image featuring a supporter of the GOP frontrunner begs many questions.
The Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland, before her death under suspicious circumstances while in custody, has been fired. What took so long?
ABC’s Black-ish took a more socially conscious turn last night (Feb. 24) in an unforgettable episode. Creator Kenya Barris used the show’s comedy foundation as a chaser for what could have been a bitter-tasting, albeit accurate, depiction of dueling opinions on police brutality, the U.S. justice system, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Deray McKesson is running for mayor of Baltimore. In his debut campaign ad, the Black Lives Matter activist’s father, Calvin McKesson, who proudly proclaims he is a recovering addict over 20 years clean, explains why his son is the best person for the job.
On Thursday, President Barack Obama hosted a meeting with activists from the Black Lives Matter movement and other civil rights leaders to discuss strategies t0 reform the criminal justice system. According to the president and leaders within the movement, the discussion went well with both sides engaging one another on the matters of the day.
Social media is good for dragging the dregs of society out into the light. Case in point, an Ohio cop, Lee Cyr, has been suspended for a comment attributed to him that essentially celebrates the suicide of a Black Lives Matter activist.
A Black Lives Matter activist reportedly shot himself on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse Monday (Feb. 8), days after attending the 2016 NAACP Awards in Los Angeles, with his mother. Prior to taking his life, 23-year-old MarShawn McCarrel left a final Facebook posts that read “My demons won today. I’m sorry.”
