Three Muslim groups joined forces to organize a Saturday protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania invoking Koran scripture and the words of Malcolm X in announcing the “Muslims Mobilized Against Police Brutality” protest. Muslim groups who coalesced to lead the protest charge
Protests continued throughout the day in Los Angeles Saturday featuring DJ Mustard, rappers TYGA and The Game, and some rather antagonistic activists well into the night.
In Vallejo, CA, roughly 30 miles north of San Francisco, roughly 60 demonstrators rallied Saturday in support of their police officers, according to the Vallejo Times-Herald. The police supporters met in front of the Vallejo Police Department, holding signs emblazoned with messages such as “police lives matter.”
Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, used Twitter to post that patrolman Justin D’Amico was “another officer that helped killed [sic] my dad,” adding a link to a Web page listing the addresses of D’Amico and five possible relatives.
One of Ferguson’s highest profile protesters, Joshua Williams, who claimed to advocate for peace, was charged with arson Saturday for setting fire to a Berkeley convenience store.
Demonstrators who joined the “after-party” of the “Millions March” in Los Angeles on Saturday burned a flag in the heart of Hollywood on Saturday evening as a protest against the death of black suspects at the hands of police.
LOS ANGELES, California — Protesters at a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday made race the central issue.
Only the sound of footsteps were audible as protesters marched down the streets of St. Louis past City Hall with duct tape on their mouths in silent protest over the police-involved shooting deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York . Activists got loud, however, as they ended up down at the landmark St Louis Arch, flooding the entrance to the Visitor’s Center chanting, “FTP, F**k the Police” and “Hands Up Don’t Shoot.”
Mort Zuckerman and Pat Buchanan expressed their displeasure with Rev. Al Sharpton, awarding him the “Enough Already” award on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Buchanan simply declared that Sharpton deserved the award, while Zuckerman stated “Al Sharpton, we’ve had enough of him over
According to People, the two chart toppers performed the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture popularized in protests over the death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown as they celebrated Jay Z’s 45th birthday in Iceland.
Delta Flight 81, en route from Atlanta to Los Angeles was diverted and forced to make an unscheduled stop in Albuquerque over an incident in first class that began with “a 27-year-old Wichita man’s singing aloud to music playing from his headphones,
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio will attend and deliver remarks at the funeral of slain NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos Saturday, despite calls by some in law enforcement to stay away.
Barack Obama thinks that, in terms of “day-to-day interactions,” America is “less racially divided” than it was six years ago when he took office; however, that’s not the case according to recent polling.
A Queens man arrested after he was allegedly overheard vowing to kill white cops in New York was found to have an “arsenal” of weapons, including bulletproof vests and firearms with serial numbers filed off, the NYPD reported. Police say that
ABC News reported on Friday that an eyewitness told police that Elvin Payamps, who was arrested after talking about killing police officers in New York pronounced that two recently slain NYPD officers “should have been white.” According to ABC, on Wednesday,
The Oakland Police Officers Association has joined police unions in San Francisco and San Jose in condemning recent violence in anti-police protests across the Bay Area and the nation, singling out “politicians and media pundits” for their “vilification of front-line public servants.”
Roughly 200 protestors blocked streets in the Castro district of San Francisco on Christmas Eve, in solidarity with nationwide demonstrations against the deaths of black male suspects in confrontations with police. (Photo: Jamie Santos/Facebook)
After 18-year-old Antonio Martin pulled a gun and was subsequently shot and killed by a police officer at a Berkeley, Missouri gas station on December 23, Pastor Starsky Wilson blamed the police–saying that “most of the protests [since Ferguson] have been nonviolent” but the police escalated things anyway, which in turn caused violence.
Ferguson Action held a weekend ‘Transition and Transform Mass Meeting” at the same location where Ferguson protesters were trained before riots, looting, and arson ignited upon the announcement a grand jury chose not to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Away from the harsh rhetoric and political grandstanding that continue to swirl in the aftermath of the assassination of two NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu, 32, and Rafael Ramos, 40, of the 84th Precinct, the best of New York City are quietly and respectfully mourning the two men, even though most did not know them.
During a recent party hosted by a retired Los Angeles Police Department officer at the Glendale Elks Lodge, a video was played that parodied the serious issue of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson fatally shooting Michael Brown.
Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D) expressed confidence in Berkeley, MO Mayor Theodore Hoskins to handle the fatal shooting of a man by the police in part because Hoskins “shops black, he eats black” on Wednesday’s “Wolf” on CNN. “Let
The editor-in-chief of the graduate student newspaper of the City University of New York (CUNY) urges violent protests against what he terms the “white supremacist state” in the wake of the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and other black men.
On December 23, a Berkeley, Missouri, police officer shot and killed a teen who pulled a gun and pointed it at him. Thereafter, “approximately 100 protesters” gathered, some of whom jumped and assaulted police, hitting them with bricks.
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the nation’s second youngest living Medal of Honor recipient and the first living Marine to receive that honor in 38 years, was awarded the honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on September 8, 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Now, the American hero is taking up a new cause on behalf of police and first responders.
