Dartmouth College Offers #BlackLivesMatter Class
Dartmouth College’s geography and African and African-American studies programs are offering a new course during the spring term titled “10 Weeks, 10 Professors: #BlackLivesMatter.”
Tag: Michael Brown
Pro-Life Leader: Supporting Gun Control Part of Being Pro-Life
In a preamble to January 22’s Forty-First annual March for Life in Washington DC, pro-life leader and National Clergy Council president Reverend Rob Schenck stressed that supporting gun control is part of being pro-life. According to USA Today, Schenck said:
Police Release Video to Help Identify Ferguson Looters
Police in St. Louis County have released a video to the public featuring hundreds of looters who destroyed shops during the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, in hopes that some can be identified.
Spike Lee on Islam: ‘The U.S. is Always Going to Need a Boogie Man’
In a lengthy interview with the Daily Beast’s Marlow Stern, filmmaker Spike Lee spoke out on America’s relationship with the Islamic world, his new film Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, and the on-court woes of the New York Knicks.
Gov. Jerry Brown Breaks Silence on Police Brutality after Reviewing 1960s Race Report
California Governor Jerry Brown spoke for the first time Friday about the police brutality protests that have consumed the Bay Area and cities across the country in recent weeks.
LISTEN: Eric Garner’s Family Releases Song in His Memory
The family of Eric Garner released a new song this week to honor the life of their relative.
FAIL: New Year’s Eve Anti-Cop Rally a No-Show Dud in Houston
HOUSTON, Texas— An event billed as an “anti-police protest” in Houston, Texas planned by a group calling themselves “the voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA” was a complete dud New Year’s Eve night.
War on Cops: A Narrative The Media Ignore
We seem to have a trend here: I’d go so far as to call it a “narrative.” Police officers are denounced as racist killers, an invading army occupying black neighborhoods.
‘War On Cops’ Nets More Police Deaths, ’15 Ambush Assaults’
The ‘War on Cops” so visible since Michael Brown’s death in August, was long an undertone before becoming an overtone. In other words, it was already there and has been there for some time.
Anti-Police Protesters Plan to Disrupt New Year’s Eve Celebrations
Anti-police protesters plan to disrupt New Year’s Eve celebrations, calling upon activists to agitate in major cities “because business as usual in Amerikkka includes wanton police murder of Black people.”
People Mag: Beyoncé, Jay Z Share ‘Hands Up Don’t Shoot’ Photo from Lavish Iceland Vacation
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.
Police Jumped, Hit with Bricks After Officer Shoots Armed Black Teen
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.
U.S. Attorney: ISIS Recruiting Ferguson Criminals
ISIS has been actively recruiting Ferguson criminals, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. With tweets that say “Hey blacks, ISIS will save you” and references to Malcolm X and slavery, ISIS was reaching out to criminals during
Second Graders Hold ‘Student-Sponsored’ Ferguson Protest
When cars drove by New Bedford, Massachusetts’ Alma Del Mar Charter School around lunch on December 12, they saw an unusual sight: seven and 8-year-old students standing by the roadway holding signs in support of deceased strong-arm robbery suspect Michael
