Two of the officers were suspended from their jobs without pay after injuring the 75-year-old man, but it pales in comparison to the pain suffered by Black people at similar protests.
City officials in Louisville have unanimously passed Breonna’s Law that severely limits and monitors no-knock warrants in the city. According to local news station, WAVE3, the new law includes a rule about body cameras that states all officers must be wearing them and must activate them at least five minutes before any warrant is executed, noting that the videos from all warrants executed will be held for at least five years.
Six Atlanta police officers are facing charges after reportedly pulling two college students from their car and using excessive force after pulling them over during the George Floyd protests while they were stuck in traffic. On Tuesday (June 2), during a press conference, the Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the charges against the officers after video footage from the traffic stop went viral showing the officers pulling 22-year-old Messiah Young and his girlfriend 20-year-old Taniyah Pilgrim from a stopped vehicle before using a stun gun on the two students who were pleading that they were "just trying to get home."
No word on who gave the order to murder more innocent people but the NYPD have said they're aware of the transmission and are looking into it. In other words, oh well.
At a time when the country as a whole is trying to figure out what's next, Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club decided to try to mend bridges by inviting fellow on-air personality and known racist Rush Limbaugh on their show to discuss the age-old topic of race--causing many fans to question the agenda of the show. On Monday (June 1), The Breakfast Club and Rush Limbaugh decided to virtually combine their respected shows in an effort to have an open and professional dialogue about the current state of race relations in America.
Sunken Spider-Man Shameik Moore Victim Blames Black People, Gets Spartan Kicked Into Uncle Tom Abyss
The current state of events has everyone looking for an answer, so when actor Shameik Moore took to Twitter to share his thoughts on how to mend the relationship between the Black community and police, people had a lot to say. On Thursday (May 28), Shameik Moore took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the discourse surrounding police brutality against black men and women. Known for his roles as Raekwon in Hulu’s Wu-Tang Clan series and Miles Morales in Into the Spider-Verse, Moore's take on the situation was met with swift backlash for his comments following the death of George Floyd in police custody after suggesting that Black people need to learn "how to deal with police."
Known as "Big Floyd" among friends and family, the 40-something Floyd worked as a security guard at a Minneapolis establishment and was a favorite of patrons who encountered him.
Black Americans are fighting two pandemics, COVID-19 and unfair policing.
The November 2017 clip shows Arbery, who was sitting in a Brunswick, Ga. park on his day off, was approached by police due to suspected drug activity but police found no drugs or weapons yet still tried to aggressively take him down.
Verdant Julius, president of the HBCU's sophomore class, and two classmates were confronted by campus police when the officers grabbed Julius by the neck and slammed him to the ground.
Once again New Yorkers are standing up against the powers that be. Over the weekend locals took underground to disrupt the city in the name of justice.
A former Orlando police officer working as a resource officer in an elementary school is now without a job after he arrested a pair of six-year-olds. Dennis Turner, who is Black, has a history of violent behavior on his record according to several reports.
