-
Unarmed Black Teacher, a Recent VCU Honors Grad, Shot and Killed by Virginia Police
Police in Richmond, Va., shot and killed an unarmed black motorist Monday along Interstate 95 during the evening commute. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that according to the Richmond Police Department, 24-year-old Marcus-David L. Peters was shot after he charged an officer. Peters reportedly hit three cars, led officers on a short pursuit, and danced and…
-
Community Groups Finalize Consent Decree Demands for Chicago Police Department
How officers with the Chicago Police Department interact with black and brown people as well as those with disabilities, young people, women and LGBTQI individuals is the focus of a proposed consent decree that would overhaul the accountability and disciplinary systems as well as create new performance metrics for the evaluation of police officers. The…
-
#StephonClark: 2 Months Later, We Are No Closer to Justice
It has been nearly two months since 22-year-old Stephon Clark was shot to death in his grandparents’ backyard by Sacramento, Calif., police officers on March 18, and Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert has yet to make a decision as to whether or not she will press charges against the two officers who killed him.…
-
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Gets Standing Ovation at Cannes
Filmmaker Spike Lee’s latest offering, BlacKkKlansman, is set to be released on Aug. 10, the one-year anniversary of the deadly Charlottesville, Va., white nationalist rally. At its world premiere in Cannes, the film received 10 minutes of applause and standing ovation. As the Hollywood Reporter notes, Lee was previously overlooked for the Palme d’Or in…
-
Tomi Lahren Is a Descendant of Non-English-Speaking Immigrants. She Should Shut Up About Immigration
Dear Racist White People: When are you going to stop putting your chalky-ass feet in your mouth? When are you going to stop looking like fools in the name of upholding some type of white nationalism that you yourself may not even qualify for based on the required purity tests? And when, oh when, are…
-
Monica Lewinsky Gets Uninvited From an Event After Bill Clinton RSVPs
When Town & Country magazine sent out invitations to its 2018 Philanthropy Summit, the guest list included people such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, model Karlie Kloss, Gayle King, actor Bradley Cooper and Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky gladly accepted the invitation and sent in her RSVP. On Wednesday, she tweeted that her invitation had been rescinded because former…
-
Trap Music Gets 2 Baristas Fired From a Duke University Coffee Shop After School VP Complains
On Friday, a Duke University vice president walked into a campus location of Joe Van Gogh, a local North Carolina coffee chain. While there, he heard a rap song playing that he found offensive, so he voiced his concern to the barista who was serving. She apologized and turned off the offensive song, but that…
-
Red Alert: The Fight for #NetNeutrality Continues
You may have noticed some of your favorite websites sporting a different look Wednesday. In collaboration with Demand Progress, many sites went on “Red Alert” to draw attention to the continuing fight to protect net neutrality, otherwise known as the open internet. The Red Alert for Net Neutrality is part of a continuing effort to…
-
#Flint: Water Was Flagged as ‘Poor’ Weeks Before Gov. Snyder Ended Water-Distribution Program
As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for 1,475 days. Gov. Rick Snyder ended free bottled-water distribution in the city on April 6, citing test results that showed the city’s water supply tested below the federal action level for lead—but environmental experts in the state had warned that the…
-
‘Protect and Serve Act’ Would Make Police a Protected Class and Violence Against Them a Hate Crime
On Tuesday, Congress introduced the “Protect and Serve Act,” legislation created to address violence against police. The House of Representatives and the Senate introduced their individual versions of the bill, with the Senate version designating violence against police a federal hate crime. The House version (pdf) of the bill makes it a crime to knowingly…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
