A billboard intended to make white people appear as victims of racism has been erected in Alabama. According to Al.com, the billboard reads “Diversity means chasing down the last white person” and includes the hashtag #whitegenοcιde. This is not the first time that a pro-segregation billboard has appeared in the area. Another billboard that read “Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white” appeared in 2013. These are both catchphrases for the…
In a seeming effort to downplay the charges against George Zimmerman, his attorney framed the accusations against him as more of a relationship issue than yet another example of Zimmerman being unable to control his aggression. Zimmerman was arrested on Friday night on charges of domestic viοlence with a weapon and aggravated assαult and released on Saturday after posting bond. Don West, Zimmerman’s attorney, would not offer specifics about what…
The state of New York has settled three more wrongful conviction claims for $17 million dollars, The New York City comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, confirmed on Sunday. These cases, which involved the tactics of Louis Scarcella, a retired homicide detective accused of using unfair investigation tactics, are part of a new strategy to settle wrongful convictions prior to court cases, the New York Times reports: The men, Robert Hill, Alvena…
By Tamala Perkins On Sunday, some people turn into totally different people from the people they are during the week. These people are known as “Sunday Christians” and unfortunately, it seems Black people are the most guilty of this double life and existence. The following are the ways you can spot a “Sunday Christian”: 1. When you ask then how they are doing they answer “blessed and highly favored”. The…
The bombing of an NAACP office in Colorado has been largely overshadowed by the Paris attαcks, but the FBI released new information on Friday. The FBI released a sketch of a possible suspect in the bombing and offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the person of interest. There were no injuries stemming from Tuesday’s attαck, but the bombing has left members of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization…
The ringleader in the FAMU hazing deαth of 26 year old Robert Champion was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday. Although prosecutors had pushed for Dante Martin to be sentenced to nine years in prison, the judge deviated from the sentencing guidelines since Champion had been a willing participant in the hazing. Champion passed away after a 2011 hazing ritual. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Champion’s parents…
Two Los Angeles men were captured on surveillance video stealing several pairs of Nike Jordan shoes during a daytime robbery, say police. The robbery took place at around 1pm Thursday on Melrose Ave, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Surveillance video shows two men dressed in monkey masks brandishing semi-automatic weapons and threatening a store clerk. The men, who are believed to be between the ages of 18 to…
A 20 year old North Carolina youth minister allegedly committed what police are describing as a ‘lεwd act’ with a 13 year old. According to WNCT 9, warrants indicate that Shyheim Richardson is facing indεcent liberties charges. Richardson had been serving as the youth minister at Chosen Ministries. Richardson, who is also a gospel recording artist, was arrested on Monday by the New Bern Police Department. The Sun Journal reports…
The family of a 12 year old gunned down by Cleveland Police is “outraged” at extended video released by investigators. The footage shows the unfolding of Tamir Rice being fαtally shοt by police after he waved an airsoft gun. According to the family, the video not only confirms what they already know, but also shows the dying boy’s sister being “manhandled and tackled” instead of allowed to comfort her dying…
An ex Tennessee cop accused of coercing a man into performing a sεx act on him in exchange for avoiding arrest is currently on probation. Brandon Berry pleaded guilty in December, according to WMCActionNews5, and on Wednesday, a judge ordered him to serve two years on probation. Berry was arrested in 2013 and charged with official misconduct. Brandon Berry is accused of pulling over a man with an outstanding warrant…
By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses A teacher recently posted a photo of one of her students online. The teacher posted the photo of the student (only showing the back of the student’s head) after she styled the child’s hair. She actually put up two photos; one of the child’s hair before she did her hair and then one of the child’s hair after she styled it. Her post said: “So one of…
Baltimore’s police commissioner says he is reassessing security after an armed gang member walked into a police station. A member of the Black Guerrilla Family gang walked inside a Baltimore police station on Tuesday armed with a .22 caliber gun to test security, according to police. Jason Armstrong, 29, admitted to police that he was following orders from the gang. Armstrong drew attention to himself because he was behaving in…
In 2012, nine Manhattan pedestrians suffered bullet wounds after NYPD cops began firing at one suspect. Police aren’t always responsible gun owners, and one pοlice officer who accidentally shot himself in the stomach while standing alongside his wife in an elevator recently reinforced that point. Local affiliate WTSP reports that Kentucky police officer Darryl Jouett was adjusting his .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun in its holster when the gun accidentally discharged….
Some California students returned to school in Inglewood only to find racist and anti-Semitic symbols written on the buildings. Swastikas and the letters “KKK” were spray painted on the exteriors walls of Morningside High School, CBS Los Angeles reports. An Inglewood Unified School District official confirmed that this is not the first time that the school has been vandalized, confirming that the school had previously been targeted by vandals during…
“Selma” director Ava DuVernay has stirred a fair amount of controversy based on her depiction of the relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and former president Lyndon B. Johnson. Specifically, Johnson Administration domestic affairs chief Joseph A. Califano, Jr.“falsely portrays President Lyndon B. Johnson as being at odds with Martin Luther King Jr. and even using the FBI to discredit him, as only reluctantly behind the Voting Rights Act of…