Wednesday at City Hall in Berkeley MO, Mayor Theodore Hoskins held a press conference to respond to the officer-involved shooting death of 18-year-old Antonio Martin, the protest that followed, and the release of surveillance video of the incident. “I had
The Huffington Post closed out the year on a humiliating note after the left-wing online publication was forced to admit Tuesday night that it hadn’t properly vetted a source who claimed to have witnessed the fatal police shooting of Antonio
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
Many Oakland police officers wrote Thanksgiving off as a total loss and will likely need to do the same this Christmas because of protesters who are relentlessly demonstrating their fury over the deaths of black men at the hands of police.
Just before 3PM on Saturday, two New York police officers were ambushed and assassinated by a single gunman as they sat in their marked cruiser in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Despite weeks of inciting protests, almost immediately MSNBC’s Al Sharpton put
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
On December 20 the NAACP Legal Fund issued a press release saying the execution of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos show “the need for sensible gun control.” According to the release, we need also “need to thoughtfully address
The president has officially launched yet another “task force.” In response to several high-profile cases of suspects killed by police, Obama has brought together a group meant to review better policing practices. “In light of the recent events in Ferguson, Staten Island,
“TOMORROW (Tues), #OccupyCountycouncil, 2:30PM! We demand an end to a justice system that jails nonviolent offenders but lets cops kill! 41 S. Central, 63105.” These were the words of a mass text sent to subscribers to the “Ferguson Action” list.
Wednesday, People magazine published an interview titled “The Obamas: How We Deal with Our Own Racist Experiences,” in which Michelle Obama claimed it was due to racism that a woman at Target asked her for help to get detergent from
A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine. “During that wonderfully
A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine. “During that wonderfully
Was Michelle Obama the victim of subtle racism during a trip to Target? In a soon to be published interview with People magazine she appears to be claiming she was, but this is at odds with how she previously told
President Barack Obama revealed his favorite film of the year to People Magazine in an interview released on Wednesday. Obama named Richard Linklater’s Boyhood his favorite movie of 2014. “Boyhood was a great movie,” he told People Magazine. “That, I think,
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she’s proud to have been part of an administration that “banned illegal renditions and brutal interrogations” and said the U.S. should never be involved in torture anywhere in the world. Clinton
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she’s proud to have been part of an administration that “banned illegal renditions and brutal interrogations” and said the U.S. should never be involved in torture anywhere in the world. Clinton
Tyree Landrum just celebrated what he is dubbing the best Christmas of his six children’s lives. Landrum was lauded for his “heroic” efforts when he rebuked Ferguson protesters that had blocked I-5 in La Jolla, California, keeping many workers like
California Gov. Jerry Brown, not known for his reticence on many issues, has declined to say much about the ongoing protests against the non-indictments of police officers in several high-profile cases in which police have shot unarmed black suspects. In
The politicization of professional sports continues in Ohio with the Cleveland Browns refusing to apologize to a Cleveland police officers union after wide receiver Andrew Hawkins appeared on the field with a “Justice for Tamir Rice and John Crawford” shirt
The modern college campus is chock full of political correctness that fears nothing more than free speech and dissenting ideas, as 2014 proved once again. Here are 11 of the worst offenders: 1. UCSB Feminist Studies Professor Attacks Pro-Life
Local media have been fairly diligent in recording the violence that has accompanied protests over the non-indictment of police in the deaths of unarmed black suspects. However, national media have tended to focus on the overall message of the protests,
The BET host who interviewed President Barack Obama last week complained that the president has given Hispanic media outlets more attention than black outlets during his presidency. “I think the difference between the African-American community and the Latino community is
Grassroots Michael Brown and Eric Garner demonstrators blasted Al Sharpton’s corporatist National Action Network and the grievance “establishment” for profiting off the nationwide anti-police protests and unrest while silencing grassroots activists who had been on the ground since the beginning.
“Some of the actions that were taken were contrary to our values” said President Obama upon the release of last week’s Senate report on the enhanced interrogation techniques that were used during the Bush administration. Obama has a habit of
The Zinn Education Project, which supports the use of revisionist historian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, is revving up a campaign based on its claim of having exposed the Koch Brothers’ sponsorship of the Bill of
Joel Pollak’s description of the Berkeley mob that stopped a speech by PayPal and Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel on Wednesday unleashed flashbacks. Fourteen years ago at the University of California’s flagship campus, a similar mob, including many looking like they
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) said that protesters over the Ferguson and Eric Garner cases in Boston “weren’t interested in engagement” and that this forced him to ask “what is it we’re trying to accomplish beyond disruption?” on Sunday’s “State
A law professor at the University of California Los Angeles has been forced to apologize for, and withdraw, an exam question that asked constitutional law students to draft a memo outlining the arguments for prosecuting Michael Brown’s stepfather for incitement after
South Park‘s Wednesday season finale took on some of 2014’s most serious subjects, and in its usual fashion, the show stoked the fires of controversy. From Bill Cosby, to Iggy Azalea’s backside, to the deaths of young black men at
I had planned to write this column about my experiences this week covering the protests in Berkeley. How a mob of self-styled radicals hijacked the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. to incite violence against police. How people claiming to
The police chief of Richmond, CA, Chris Magnus, joined a protest against alleged police brutality in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island, NY on Tuesday while holding a sign reading “#blacklivesmatter.” Roughly 100 fellow protesters held signs while they listened to
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” Time magazine editor Nancy Gibbs announced her magazine’s 2014 “Person of the Year,” the “Ebola fighters,” and what led to that ultimate choice. “This was the worst outbreak in history,” Gibbs said. “And while
The US Ambassador to Britain has described the violence between black communities and the police in places like New York and Ferguson as ‘an American problem’ the country ‘needs to face’. His Excellency Matthew Barzun was commenting on violence that
You know that the “Ferguson ruling—Eric Garner“-inspired protest movement is getting out of hand when one of the most progressive mayors in the United States says it has gone too far. Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates condemned protesters for looting and
Hip-hop and business magnate Russell Simmons spoke with CNN’s Erin Burnett Monday night in reference to cases like those of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Trayvon Martin, and he warned of more protests if “demands are not met.” “On Wednesday, we
Officials say that they believe Monday morning’s massive fire in downtown Los Angeles was set on purpose. The blaze, which engulfed an unfinished apartment building, and burned so hot that it melted nearby highway signs, will be investigated as soon
For the third straight evening, demonstrators took to the streets of Berkeley, California to protest the shooting by police of unarmed black suspects Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY. And for the first time
Gangs appear to have grown more politically emboldened this past year, as protests have sprouted in response to police shootings of young black males. Gangs organizing with local politicians are not new, as some will point to New York’s Tammany
On Sunday, Al Sharpton appeared on NBC’s Meet The Press to fulfill his weekend race-baiting quota, discussing the grand jury results in the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. After Chuck Todd asked Sharpton about addressing the problem of
Time Magazine has released its short list for the annual Person of the Year award. Among the group of this year’s candidates are best-selling pop artist Taylor Swift; the first openly gay fortune 500 CEO, Tim Cook; Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir
