Politics
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La. Cop, Wounded in Attack That Left 3 Officers Dead, Sues Black Lives Matter, DeRay Mckesson
A Louisiana law-enforcement officer has filed a lawsuit against Black Lives Matter, accusing the movement and several of its leaders, including DeRay Mckesson, of inciting violence that led to a gunman’s attack on officers in Baton Rouge, La., last summer, leaving three officers dead. According to the Associated Press, Mckesson and four other Black Lives…
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3rd Mistrial for White Okla. Cop Who Killed Daughter’s Black Boyfriend
Saturday marked the third mistrial in nine months for a former Tulsa, Okla., police officer who admittedly shot and killed his daughter’s black 19-year-old boyfriend. The Associated Press reports that the Tulsa prosecutor on the case expressed shock when District Judge Sharon Holmes again declared a mistrial in the case against Shannon Kepler (Holmes has overseen…
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Audio Interview Confirms DeJuan Guillory Was Unarmed, Lying on Ground When Cop Shot Him in the Back
Updated Saturday, July 8, 2017, 11:49 p.m. EDT: A new interview sheds light on the Mamou, La., death of DeJuan Guillory. The interview is with Joe Long, the attorney for DeQuince Brown, who witnessed an Evangeline Parish sheriff’s deputy shoot Guillory in the back on July 6, killing him. Pen Point News investigative reporter Daniel…
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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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How Much Do Black Folks Owe Colin Kaepernick?
Colin Kaepernick went from cornrowed, flashy-footed quarterback to full-on Afroed protester in one season. One minute he was the hot boy who women were fawning over, then he sat down during the national anthem and became the hot boy with a mind and a blowout that would make the most righteous 1960s revolutionary jealous. And…
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Trump’s DOJ Civil Rights Pick Defended Corporations Against … Discrimination
Last week, President Donald Trump put forth his nominee to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, giving many social justice and LGBTQ activists major pause. Eric Dreiband, a Washington, D.C.-based labor attorney, served as general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under President George W. Bush. He has also made a career of…
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White House Pushes Questionable Video
RTDNA Blasts ‘Possible “Fake News”’ Trump Launches Personal Attack on Mika Brzezinski Eric Trump Joins His Father’s War on Media Russell Named Editor of Commercial Appeal Memphis Paper Explores Runaway Gun Violence Critic Says Enough With Nude Pregnant Covers Black Lives Matter Said to Be Losing Traction Chicago Papers React to Cops’ Indictment Tips on…
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Trinity College Suspends Professor After He Is Forced to Flee the State for Scaring the Whites
Trinity College placed a college professor on leave after his social media posts caused an uproar that shut down the bucolic Hartford, Conn., campus last week. There are only two rules by which every American must abide: Don’t fry bacon in the nude. Don’t scare the whites. If you ever want to be marginalized, ridiculed…
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3 Chicago Cops Facing Multiple Charges in Alleged Cover-Up in Laquan McDonald’s Shooting Death
Three current or former Chicago police officers were indicted on multiple charges Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to cover up wrongdoing by Officer Jason Van Dyke, who gunned down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. The Chicago Tribune reports that Detective David March and Patrol Officers Joseph Walsh (Van Dyke’s partner that night) and Thomas Gaffney…
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Family of Alton Sterling Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of Alton Sterling—a black man who was gunned down on July 5, 2016, by Baton Rouge, La., police—has filed a wrongful death suit against the city, the Baton Rouge Police Department, the police chief and two officers involved in the encounter. The lawsuit claims that the shooting fit a pattern of racist behavior…