The NFL fined Chris Kluwe a few years back for wearing a patch supporting Ray Guy for the Hall of Fame and Jim McMahon a few decades back for mocking the commissioner with a “Rozelle” headband. But with the league
(AFP) Several NFL players showed their support Sunday for the “I can’t breathe” protests sweeping the United States demanding justice for black men who have died at the hands of white policemen. On Saturday, Chicago Bulls NBA star Derrick Rose
Hundreds of demonstrators convened on Hollywood Boulevard at noon on Saturday to protest peacefully and stage a die-in expressing their frustrations over grand jury decisions not to indict the officers involved in recent civilian deaths resulting from a variety of different
According to a new Bloomberg poll, “a majority of Americans, 53 percent, say the interactions between the white and black communities have deteriorated” since Obama took office back in 2008. But can you blame them? In the six years since
On “Fox News Sunday,” conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said “grievance politics” is “tearing the country apart,” and that President Barack Obama is “promoting the division.” Limbaugh said, “A grievance politics in this country that’s tearing the country
The Wu-Tang Clan dropped a new music video for their song “A Better Tomorrow” this weekend, cutting together footage from the recent protests over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner with footage of speeches from President Obama, Martin
Many celebrities didn’t wait to see what the grand jury in Ferguson, MO had to say about the death of Michael Brown. They started firing off their opinions via social media long before we learned officer Darren Wilson wouldn’t be
Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler put in five more rounds in their rivalry. But this time around Ruthless Robbie scored a controversial decision win. Lawler set a frenetic pace by bum-rushing Johny Hendricks in the first round of their welterweight
UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Carlos Manuel Pena-Nieblas, a citizen of Mexico. He remains at large. The Border Patrol agent, who suffered lacerations to the face and a bone fracture, has now been released from the hospital. He
A 26-year-old white Bosnian woman was dragged out of her car early this morning and beaten by three black assailants in the same South St. Louis neighborhood that saw a Bosnian man bludgeoned to death with hammers earlier this week.
On her Saturday broadcast, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry argued that although she did not condone the arson and looting following the St. Louis grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown
Howard Kurtz, Fox News Media Analyst and host of “MediaBuzz,” argued that certain liberal commentators were trying to conflate the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases “in order to push an agenda” despite the fact that the two “are so
On November 26, Politico Magazine (PM) ran a column suggesting police get the benefit of the doubt when accusations of “excessive force” are made, but “blacks and other minorities… [get] alleged police abuse.” PM argues that this is largely forgotten until “a
Hans von Spakovsky, writing in The National Interest, makes a powerful case that Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have endangered the criminal justice system in their response to the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict. Spakovsky writes, “Perhaps the biggest
The mother and girlfriend of Rumain Brisbon, a black man killed by a white police officer Tuesday night in Phoenix, do not want the ensuing narrative to focus on race. Nora Brisbon, the victim’s mother, who is black, and Dana
On Thursday “Inside the NBA” on TNT, panelists Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith discussed the issues of Garner, race and Ferguson in light of Barkley’s recent remarks on police and accusations of police brutality motivated by race. During that discussion,
Former NBA player Kenny Smith, now an analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” blasted fellow analyst Charles Barkley for his comments on events in Ferguson, Missouri, saying Barkley had no justification for offering his opinion. Barkley had stated: [Those expletives]
Protestors across California shut down roads and a freeway Thursday during demonstrations in solidarity with activists across the nation who are outraged by the non-indictment of police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in
Ricky Williams slammed the man who gave up a draft’s worth of picks to acquire him as a “white guy” who doesn’t understand police brutality. Former Bears and Saints coach Mike Ditka had criticized the lawlessness in Ferguson and the
A Texas Democratic Congressman is looking to honor a group of football players who took to the field with their hands up showing solidarity with the protesters in Ferguson Missouri who grew upset after a grand jury no billed the
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and lawmakers in the Congressional Black Caucus are suggesting that President Barack Obama invite the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner to his State of the Union address in January. According to The Hill, Lewis
Egged on by cable TV talk show hosts agitating for “change,” protests have broken out from coast to coast disrupting sports games, travel on the roads, attacking police, and even making little kids cry at Christmas tree lighting events. On
On Thursday’s broadcast of FNC’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani sounded off on so-called race activist Al Sharpton and his role in race disputes over years – especially as he has come to the forefront
On Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, conservative columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” argued the root cause behind the incident that resulted in the death of Eric Garner was the government’s strong
Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC) argued over the Ferguson decision on Thursday night. The interview began with Hannity asking if Holmes-Norton if she had read the evidence in the Ferguson case, to which she
Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter argued that the Eric Garner case “what they [the media] claimed Ferguson was, but is not” on Thursday’s “CNN Tonight.” Coulter argued that while she did
Piling on to the racial fiasco known as Ferguson, AG Eric Holder has announced that he would be pressing forward with another federal civil rights case investigating the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, on July 17,
A local district attorney has taken Comedy Central host Jon Stewart to task for his comments in the wake of the Ferguson controversy, in which Stewart implied that police killed black suspects out of racial motives. San Bernadino County D.A.
Several small demonstrations broke out Wednesday evening in San Francisco and Oakland after a grand jury in New York City decided not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner during an arrest last summer. Hundreds gathered
Wednesday, in reacting to the news that a grand jury declined to indict the New York City Police Officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, so-called civil rights leader Al Sharpton held a press conference at the National
Wednesday, in reacting to the news that a grand jury declined to indict the New York City Police Officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a federal investigation. Transcript as follows: Good evening.
On Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the New York City grand jury’s decision not to indict a NYC police officer for the chokehold death of Eric Garner. “The timing is
Rev. Al Sharpton revealed he was “talking about” a “national rally” in DC to protest the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner on Wednesday’s “PoliticsNation” on MSNBC. “Marc Muriel, [of] the National Urban League, a lot of civil rights
Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said that the lack of indictment in the death of Eric Garner, which he stated was “clearly a case for criminally negligent homicide,” showed the DA “didn’t want an indictment” in an
Following the record pace of firearm background checks on Black Friday 2014, the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Mark Morford announced that gun sales had been driven by “scared white guys” who “don’t read complicated books.” According to the Chronicle columnist, who describes himself
Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has joined critics of the St. Louis Rams and the NFL for not disciplining five players for Sunday’s “hands up” stunt. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, “Da Coach” said that it was
Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “America’s Forum,” Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said the Congressional Black Caucus doing the “Hands Up, Don’t Shot,” gesture on the House floor Monday night is “the type of action that encourages violence.” King said, “You can
In his remarks Wednesday on the non-indictment of the New York police officer who allegedly choked Eric Garner to death during a routine arrest, President Barack Obama claimed that he does not involve himself in such controversies. “My tradition is not
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes — a case
On November 30, Breitbart News reported the beating death of a 32-year-old white man named Zemir Begic — killed when black and Hispanic four teens allegedly jumped him and beat him to death with hammers. As with the death of
