Politics
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Chicago Cop Who Quit After Fatally Shooting Rekia Boyd Seeks Disability Pay
A Chicago police detective who quit his job just days before a Chicago Police Board hearing would have determined whether he would be fired for the 2012 shooting death of 22-year-old Rekia Boyd is now seeking disability pay, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, former Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin is demanding disability pay…
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Another White Student Posts Photos in Blackface on Social Media
Another day, another white college student caught in blackface on social media. The latest incident has sparked student body and community outrage at Xavier University in Cincinnati, after the image of a white female student in blackface went viral, Raw Story reports. The caption under the problematic Snapchat photo read, “Who needs white when black…
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Justice Department Replaces NYC Team Investigating Eric Garner's Death
The Department of Justice has overhauled the Eric Garner investigative team, replacing the New York team of agents and lawyers looking into his 2014 death, the New York Times reports. The move, which the Times describes as a “highly unusual shake-up,” could put some steam into the long-stalled case and possibly put the department back on…
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Finding the Power in Black Voices
This traumatic election year has brought America’s long-standing violence toward black people to the fore. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s explicit racism—and the thousands of people who want to give him the highest seat in the land—boldly underscores America’s investment in white supremacy and oppression. Things could get worse. But I also have to hope…
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Forget the Protests; the NFL's Real Black Eye Is and Always Has Been Domestic Violence
New York Giants kicker Josh Brown is a woman-beater. Full stop. He’s not paid to beat women. He’s paid to kick a football. The former has not affected the latter. The New York Giants still employ Brown even though they know Brown is a woman-beater. It isn’t a secret because Brown admitted to being an…
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Antonio Cromartie's Wife Believes Team Let Him Go Because of Protest
The Indianapolis Colts released cornerback Antonio Cromartie last month, and his wife says she thinks she knows why: his protest during the national anthem. Terricka Cason Cromartie took to Instagram to respond to Colts owner Jim Irsay’s comments that NFL games aren’t the place for protest. “You are nothing more than an entertainer. Just shut…
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Students Walk Out of Lecture After Professor Says Everyone Descends From Africa
Some students from Texas State University in San Marcos got up and left their lecture hall after their professor, Jon McGee, said that all people originated from Africa, The Tab reports. Apparently the day’s lesson was supposed to be on race. He began talking about the Black Lives Matter movement and how it had come about…
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Protesters Sue El Cajon, Calif., Its Police Over Arrests at Alfred Olango Vigil
Several protesters who were arrested at a vigil for Alfred Olango in El Cajon, Calif., on Oct. 1 have filed a lawsuit, accusing police of violating their civil rights by wrongfully ordering them to disperse, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Protesters insist that the protest was peaceful and that they were only ordered to leave…