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#PhilandoCastile: Killer Cop Receives $48,500 Buyout to Leave St. Anthony, Minn., Police Department
Just three weeks after he was acquitted of all charges connected to the shooting death of Philando Castile, St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez signed a separation agreement with the city Monday to leave the department in exchange for $48,500. A statement posted to the city’s website reads: In order to serve the public…
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Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins to Write, Direct Film Version of James Baldwin Novel
Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning feature film Moonlight, has plans to bring more black excellence to the screen in the form of a screen adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, a novel by celebrated author James Baldwin. Deadline reports that the upcoming movie was already in development in May when Jenkins inked his…
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#Flint: US Health and Human Services Sends $15,000,000 in Aid to Help Families Impacted by Lead Contamination
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it was providing approximately $15 million in funding to help the Genesee County Healthy Start program provide health and social services to mothers and families who have or are at risk for lead exposure in Flint, Mich., and surrounding communities. The fund, announced…
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Black Lives Matter L.A. Demands NRA Remove ‘Dangerous Propaganda’ Videos
Last week the National Rifle Association reposted a controversial propaganda video disguised as a recruitment ad that takes aim at the Black Lives Matter movement and uses lies in order to whip its supporters into a frenzy and encourage them to take up arms to protect themselves from a supposed enemy. Friday, a Black Lives…
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Trump Administration’s Biggest Critic in the Office of Government Ethics Announces Resignation
Walter Shaub, director of the independent Office of Government Ethics, has been one of the loudest and most vocal critics of the questionable ethics of those in the Trump administration. He called for President Donald Trump to divest from his business interests, chastised a senior Trump adviser for violating ethics rules, and questioned the speed…
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Minn. Governor Wants to Name Police Training Fund After Philando Castile
Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of Philando Castile’s shooting death at the hands of St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton marked the occasion by recommending that the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training Board be named after Castile. The $12 million fund, which was approved by the Legislature earlier this…
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New Black Panther Party Protest in Baton Rouge, La., on Anniversary of Alton Sterling Shooting Leads to Confrontation With Police
A New Black Panther Party demonstration in Baton Rouge, La., on Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the police shooting that left Alton Sterling dead turned into a confrontation with police and ended with seven people arrested after demonstrators attempted to march through a barricade line at police headquarters. Police spokesman Sgt. L’Jean McKneely…
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Barack Obama Boulevard: Los Angeles City Council Votes Unanimously to Rename Street After Former President
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to rename a street that runs through southwest Los Angeles after former President Barack Obama. As luck would have it, the street runs parallel to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, another hood classic. Rodeo Road is a 3.5-mile stretch of road that runs from the eastern…
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#Flint: State Files Lawsuit Against City After Council Refused to Approve Long-Term Water Contract With Detroit
The Flint, Mich., City Council refused to approve a 30-year contract with Great Lakes Water Authority out of Detroit on Monday, despite a mandatory deadline imposed by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. On Wednesday the state responded by filing a lawsuit against Flint, alleging that the city is endangering public health as the ongoing saga…
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Charges Dropped Against Only Officer to Face Criminal Charges Related to Sandra Bland’s Death
Former Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia, who arrested motorist Sandra Bland two years ago, was the only officer to face criminal charges in connection with her mysterious death in a Texas jail, but as of Wednesday, the criminal charges against him have been dropped. Encinia pulled Bland over in Prairie View, Texas, on July 10,…
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