The St. Louis Rams aren’t the only ballers showing their protesting prowess during games, as Derrick Rose recently joined in on the action. During the warm-up session for the Chicago vs. Golden State game yesterday, the Bulls superstar was seen rocking a t-shirt that read “I Can’t Breathe,” in honor of Eric Garner, who was killed […]
(photo credit: FaceBook) In the wake of the refusal to indict Officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo for the murders of 18-year-old Michael Brown and 43-year-old Eric Garner, respectively, Kings County, Brooklyn district…
Protests are growing fast, as more cities join in the outrage over the Staten Island grand jury’s decision to not indict the officer that put Eric Garner in a chokehold, a move that, as we all know, killed him. Over in Miami, protestors managed to shut down a major highway, while over 1,000 people marched […]
The Staten Island DA has some explaining to do. After news broke that a grand jury decided not to indict the Staten Island police officer who killed Eric Garner by placing him in a chokehold, many have taken to the streets to demand answers. According to NBC News, District Attorney Daniel Donovan could have played a part in why […]
Anger over the decision not to indict the officer who killed Eric Garner with a chokehold can be felt very prominently throughout the streets of NYC. Protests have been taking over the Big Apple and things got just as intense, if not more, on the second night of demonstrations, as around 223 people were arrested […]
On Thursday evening, celebrities stepped out to attend GQ magazine’s annual Men of the Year Party at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. But nationwide, thousands of Americans participated in protests following the Staten Island grand jury’s decision on Wednesday not to indict the officer that strangled an unarmed black man to death. Several celebrities have shared […]
Being black in America is hard. That’s no secret. In the past month, we’ve watched a Ferguson, Mo. police officer avoid charges for shooting an unarmed teenager, an Ohio police officer shoot a 12-year-old boy for playing with a toy gun, and a grand jury fail to indict an NYPD police officer who strangled a […]
On Wednesday, a grand jury announced their decision not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. The aftermath of the decision sparked nationwide protest, with much of the country left feeling angry, emotional, and defeated by the perceived infallibility of police. But then this happened. One couple at a protest in […]
Not much leaves The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart speechless. Not conservatives who won’t recognize their white privilege. Not Fox News’ coverage of…well everything. And not even the ineptness of Ferguson, Mo. officials who botched the investigation and aftermath of Michael Brown’s death. But on the night a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict the […]
A white police chief working in the small South Carolina town of Eutawville was charged with murder Wednesday for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in 2011. Bernard Bailey, the 54-year-old victim, was shot twice in the chest by Richard Combs after a scuffle that occurred when Bailey came to Town Hall to […]
Police supervisors at a prior job of a Cleveland, Ohio, officer—who last month shot and killed a 12-year-old Black child holding a toy gun—feared he…
A grand jury found that there was no probable cause to charge an NYPD officer who used an illegal chokehold on father of six Eric Garner in July. The other officers involved in Garner’s killing, all of whom held the 350-pound man down while Officer Daniel Pantaleo strangled him, were granted immunity. But the man who […]
