A Black man was shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, a bystander’s video showed, prompting community protests and widespread anger. The shooting occurred just three months after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. The man, identified by his family as Jacob Blake, 29, was in […]
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best on Tuesday announced her resignation, saying that she was not leaving because of pay cuts to her department, but because of the “lack of respect” toward her fellow officers. Best’s resignation comes amid the City Council’s decision to reduce the department by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and […]
Hundreds of people swept through streets of Chicago overnight, injuring police officers, smashing store windows, and looting and damaging property after police officers shot a man they say was armed, officials said. More than 100 people were arrested and 13 officers were injured, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said Monday morning at a news conference. […]
Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can’t be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday. A police officer anonymously sued Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson, a prominent Baltimore-based activist in the movement, after being injured by a rock thrown during a protest over […]
Former FBI director James Comey faced loud protests throughout his speech at Howard University’s convocation ceremony Friday, as activists chanted and sang traditional African-American spirituals over his remarks. The protests began immediately after Comey took the podium at the historically black university in Washington, D.C., As the ex-FBI director stood quietly, chants such as “no […]
The former police officer who fatally shot Jordan Edwards, an unarmed 15-year-old African-American, in Balch Springs, Texas, is now facing murder charges, according to local news reports. A judge issued an arrest warrant for Roy Oliver, 37, on Friday afternoon, Dallas station WFAA-TV reported. Oliver has not yet turned himself in, The Dallas Morning News reported. […]
The retail giant recently faced media controversy when three of its employees in Georgia refused to bake a peace officer a cake for his retirement. Breitbart News reported in late September that the police officer’s daughter showed the bakers a design that said “Blue Lives Matter” with a blue line through the middle of the […]
A judge on Monday declared a mistrial after the jury remained deadlocked in the case of a white police officer charged with shooting a black driver in South Carolina last year. The defense in ex-patrolman Michael Slager’s five-week trial argued that he feared for his life when 50-year-old Walter Scott got control of the officer’s […]
A St. Louis mother is demanding answers after News 4 showed her a photo that appears to depict the scene of her son’s death. Her attorney calls the photo: “hideous.” For months, Investigative Reporter Lauren Trager has been digging into serious questions raised by the picture, questions about an officer’s conduct and the handling of […]
The Indianapolis Colts parted ways with veteran cornerback Antonio Cromartie on Oct. 4 after just four games for what Chuck Pagano deemed as football reasons. Cromartie’s wife claims that’s not the case, accusing the Colts of releasing her husband over his decision to kneel during the national anthem. Terricka Cromartie, in a since-deleted Instagram post, highlighted comments […]
A Black Lives Matter leader in Minnesota who once led a rally chanting, “pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon,” has since abandoned the movement, saying that it is “on the wrong side of history.” He attacked the organization as bad for the black community, especially on the issue of education. Shortly after defending the hateful […]
During a recent interview with Tha Boxing Voice, Floyd Mayweather randomly decided that he wanted to talk about All Lives Matter. He was asked a question about why other boxers aren’t selling out fights like he used to, and rather than answering that question, he took the interview in a completely different direction. “I’m here […]
