On Monday, a Rasmussen poll showed that a full 57 percent of black Americans believe that Officer Darren Wilson ought to be found guilty of murder for his shooting of unarmed 18-year-old black man Michael Brown. Meanwhile, 56 percent of
In the wake of last Saturday’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, there have been repeated demands for the release of the name of the police officer who fatally shot the unarmed man. No investigation of the shooting
Civil rights activists (race-baiters) like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were quick in their efforts to make the unfortunate shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, into a racially divisive political circus like they did with Trayvon Martin. Their actions and words only helped to
The Leader of the Free World is a deer in the headlights … and that’s a good thing. Displaying some constructive leadership in Ferguson would not have been hard for President Obama. As civil unrest bubbled up (we all saw
After the forensic pathologist that Michael Brown’s family hired to do a second autopsy said all of the bullets entered Brown from the front and there was insufficient evidence to reconstruct the shooting at this time, Brown family attorneys on
On Thursday’s broadcast of “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer sounded off on the turmoil surrounding the killing of Michael Brown by local St. Louis law enforcement and the protests that followed. Krauthammer explained why
United States civil rights activists pressed the United Nations to take more action against “Stand Your Ground” laws passed in over 20 American states. The groups made their case in a hearing with the UN Committee on the Elimination of
U.S. civil rights advocates aired their concerns about the recent Michael Brown shooting to the United Nations in Geneva, according to a press call from the organizations on Wednesday. According to Shelton, Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton and Jordan Davis’s
Riots and looting in Ferguson, Missouri, over the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer represent just the latest spate of race-based mass violence to break out in President Obama’s post-racial America. When Obama was elected in 2008,
On August 9, police in “a predominantly black” St. Louis, Missouri, suburb shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Following the shooting “hundreds of angry residents…[came] out their apartments” shouting “kill the police.” According to the AP, a St. Louis County Police
On Saturday, 200 people marched through the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles protesting racial profiling and gun violence on the first anniversary of the verdict acquitting George Zimmerman of murdering Trayvon Martin. The crowd, led by Trayvon Martin’s parents, carried
Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant met with Trayvon Martin’s parents and spoke at a Los Angeles rally on Saturday that honored the slain teenager. The event was described as an “an anti-gun violence and racial profiling rally” at Crenshaw “on the one-year
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama taped a video greeting to help director Spike Lee honor the 25th anniversary of his racially charged drama Do the Right Thing’s release, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The director’s subsequent role in
On May 29, Salon magazine published a profile piece on Richard Martinez, father of Christopher Michael-Martinez, asserting that the elder Martinez “should scare the sh*t out of the NRA.” Martinez’s son was among the three persons Elliot Rodger shot to
An artist’s beef with Spike Lee over disputed poster art is now a legal fight. Lee tried to promote what would become one of 2013’s biggest duds, the director’s remake of Oldboy, by sharing poster art from the film’s marketing
On Wednesday, Mark Cuban said he would cross the street if he saw a “black kid in a hoodie at night on the same side of the street” or a “white guy with a shaved head and lots of tattoos”
If memory serves correctly, Mark Cuban was one of the people made a bit uneasy by the Donald Sterling auto-da-fe, wondering where the crusade against impure thoughts would end. Well, now he knows it doesn’t end with him. Reuters reports:
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban came under fire on Thursday for honestly admitting that he would cross the street late at night if he saw a “black kid in a hoodie” or “a white guy with a shaved head and a
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) is walking back hints by its Vice President that NBA players could boycott the league if it does not do something definitive about Clippers owner Donald Sterling. On May 14, NBPA vice president Roger
Filmmaker Spike Lee said Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling reminds him of George Wallace or a plantation owner. Lee made his comments to Anderson Cooper after Cooper played an interview with Sterling in which he blasted Magic Johnson for
North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency unleashed a torrent of wild accusations and even wilder grammatical errors at the United States this week, accusing President Obama of ‘indulging in luxury’ and crowning the nation a ‘kingdom of racial discrimination’ over
Comedian Roseanne Barr admitted she tweeted out the home address of George Zimmerman’s parents, but the former sitcom star claims it was sent accidentally. The star’s own Twitter history suggests that isn’t the case. Barr’s five-person legal team is helping
Atlanta Braves legend Hank Aaron is reportedly “upset” and “bitter” because he feels that readers — not the reporter who wrote the story — took his comments that implied those who opposed President Barack Obama’s policies now wear “neckties and
A murder case once touted as a hate crime, and a Muslim Trayvon Martin, ended with dramatic courtroom outbursts in El Cajon, Cal. late Thursday. The victim’s husband, Kassim Alhimidi, was convicted of bludgeoning his wife Shaima Alawadi to death inside
John Oliver should fit in just fine at HBO. The former Daily Show correspondent and fill-in anchor starts his own political series at the pay network April 27, and it appears his left of center bona fides are firmly in
Hope springs eternal for fans of thirty Major League Baseball clubs. It remains alive for just four college basketball teams. The Sports Hangover ponders a man banned from Cooperstown delivering a Sunday sermon, wonders how numbers go as high as
Kobe Bryant condemned the reflexive racial response to the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case. Then his critics condemned him as “cornball,” “clueless,” and a “jerk.” TheBlackMan.com offered that the Los Angeles Laker remained ignorant about the controversial case because “Kobe Bryant
Arsenio Hall Show: Stephen A. Smith just got off the phone with Kobe Bryant, so he’s able to speak to the controversy surrounding Kobe’s comments about Trayvon Martin, and the role of facts versus emotions…
After his comments in a New Yorker profile in which he criticized those who came to Trayvon Martin’s defense before the facts came out just because Martin was black went viral on Thursday, Los Angeles Lakers superstar walked back that
Kobe Bryant has his own opinion. Some people don’t like it–the opinion and the fact that it’s his own. The injured Los Angeles Laker told the New Yorker‘s Ben McGrath that the Miami Heat collectively taking Trayvon Martin’s side in
An elderly couple incorrectly assumed to be the parents of George Zimmerman sued director Spike Lee last year after he shared their home address via Twitter. Now, the actual parents of the Florida man acquitted of second degree murder of Trayvon
The Majestic event center in Orlando, Florida, canceled a gun show after learning that George Zimmerman would be among the vendors. According to UPI, the New Orlando Gun Show was scheduled for the Majestic on March 7th through 9th, but
The late Trayvon Martin’s parents joined President Obama at the White House Thursday to help usher in the President’s initiative to help men of color choose a road to productivity and success. Tracy and Sybrina’s son was killed two years
Director Spike Lee is becoming well versed with what happens when the public knows where you live. Last year, Lee got into legal trouble when he tweeted out what he thought was the home address of George Zimmerman. The Florida
On the two-year anniversary of the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, race agitator Jesse Jackson took to Twitter to celebrate the teen, claiming he has “resurrection beyond the grave.” Jackson’s Twitter post exploited Martin’s death saying, “Trayvon Martin has resurrection
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge cited Alabama’s “stand your ground” law Wednesday in throwing out a lawsuit against University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban’s daughter, who was being sued by her sorority sister over a fight. Tuscaloosa County
On Tuesday evening, the Fusion Network will air George Zimmerman’s first post-trial interview with a black journalist. Fusion Special Correspondent Derrick Ashong sat down with Zimmerman to record the interview, portions of which are already live on Fusion’s website, and
In response to Michael Dunn: The Zimmerman Media’s ‘Jerk Store’ Trial: As a Florida resident, John, I can tell you the Dunn trial has been big news down here, but nowhere near the all-consuming feeding frenzy as the Zimmerman-Martin incident
In an interview that aired on CNN’s “New Day” on Monday, George Zimmerman told show host Chris Cuomo about how he viewed the incident involving Trayvon Martin in Sanford, FL and his ultimate acquittal. He discussed the prosecution and any
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury’s inability to agree on a murder charge will give prosecutors and defense attorneys fodder for their next moves in the case of a teen fatally shot after an argument over loud music. Michael
