Conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza sparked a social media firestorm on Tuesday, when he tweeted the above message to the masses, calling President Obama a “grown-up Trayvon.” Yep, that happened. Catching some understandable heat for the terrible tweet, he followed up with this: “Feigned outrage on the left over me calling Obama ‘grown up Trayvon’ except that […]
So this happened… An online questionnaire offered by the DeKalb County Court in Georgia listed slave as an occupational option. And yes, we said online. As in current. The questionnaire went online about a month ago, according to Court Administrator Cathy McCumber, but it is based off an internal list that’s been used for 13 […]
Welcome to 2013, where it is still radical for a black girl to wear her hair the way it naturally grows out of her naturally black head. That’s the scrutiny a 12-year-old student in Florida is facing, along with the possibility of being expelled, for refusing to “tame” her beautiful natural mane. Vanessa VanDyke was […]
The bloodshed that divides us is thicker than the water that unites us. Old Uncle Sam has instilled a bias belief that enables some to judge life under state law and jungle rules. Eliminating the threat becomes a justification for murder that has little to do with protecting, serving or self-defense. When the victim is […]
A judge who is also the former LA Police Commission president is suing UCLA police, claiming that they used excessive force during a routine seatbelt stop. Judge David S. Cunningham III – who is black – is also indicating that the actions of the UCLA officers were racially motivated. It all began when Cunningham was pulled […]
Police in a Detroit suburb have come under fire after a Grosse Point officer admitted to making a mentally ill black man sing and dance, while he recorded and took photos to show his friends. This was just one video among others involving unjust treatment of black men. The horrible joke was shared within the police station […]
An emotionally charged hate crime that occurred at San Jose State University has civil rights activists demanding a harsher punishment for the three suspects involved. Last week, we learned of the three students who allegedly terrorized their 17-year-old African American roommate, calling him various racial slurs including “three-fifths,” and putting a bike lock around his neck. The […]
A teen from Arizona has been suspended from school after a fight ensued when he was seen arriving at his high school with a confederate flag on his truck. According to Fox News, Jacob Green struck up controversy when he arrived with the flag on his vehicle, which led to a fight breaking out with […]
One man in Miami has such a storied past with the police, you’d think he’s run into some major convictions. But Earl Sampson, a long-time employee at the 207 Quickstop convenience store, has been arrested 56 times, stopped by police 258 times, and searched more than 100 times. And despite that long rap sheet, the […]
So this happened. Three San Jose State University students in California are facing hate crime charges after clamping a bike lock around the neck of their black roommate and decorating their suite with Confederate flags and Nazi symbols. According to CNN, the students also posted photos of Adolf Hitler in their rooms and had a […]
Here’s some good news. We’re not sure if it’s the scrutiny the program has been facing in the past year or a change of heart in the department, but police are reportedly backing off of the NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk policy and using the controversial measure less than ever before. The number of street stops under the […]
Remember the white supremacist who found out he was part black through DNA testing? Well, that dude, Craig Cobb, was arrested last weekend with fellow neo-Nazi Kynan Dutton after North Dakota residents called 911 to tell police that the men had confronted them with a rifle and a shotgun. They will be charged with three […]
