michael brown
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Ferguson Is Burning
I spent a couple hours this evening at a friend’s going away party. He recently accepted a job overseas, and 50 or so people gathered at SAVOY — a Black-owned restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Strip District — to see him off. The crowd was predominately male; (mostly) Black men ranging from the early 20s to the…
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12 Year Old Killed By Police; Darren Wilson Preps For TV Interview
It would be very difficult to find a juxtaposition that articulates how many Americans (Black and non-Black) feel about our country’s concept of justice better than two stories I read this morning. From Tamir Rice Shooting by Cleveland Police Under Investigation: The police shooting death of a 12-year-old boy with a toy gun in Cleveland…
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Missouri Just Declared A State Of Emergency, Which Means There's A 99.9% Chance Darren Wilson Will Not Be Indicted
And that fucking sucks. I have nothing else to say about this right now because I have nothing else to say about this right now that I haven’t already said. Just, if you’re in or near Ferguson or plan on traveling to or near Ferguson any time soon, stay safe.
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Still A Nigger In Paris
“I don’t want to raise my children in this country.” I’ve seen many iterations of that sentiment on social media, and I get it. As should anyone who pays any attention to the news and/or has personally experienced the permanent and occasionally paralyzing anxiety present when raising a little Black or Brown boy or girl…
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Ferguson At Fairfax And Wilshire
You might recognize Leo Breckenridge from his role as “Andre” — the Panama character in our TV pilot. Here he is with a performance piece for Ferguson and Michael Brown, filmed in L.A. on Fairfax and Wilshire — the corner where the Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed.
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Just So You Know We're Not Making This Shit Up
From “Michael Brown Spent Last Weeks Grappling With Problems and Promise” — today’s NY Times piece about Michael Brown. Who, by the way, was buried today, two weeks after getting killed by a police officer. Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and…
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The Type Of Funny Anecdote Michael Brown Will Never Be Able To Tell
(At EBONY, Damon shares a story about a shoplifting experience as a kid, and realizes the only difference between him and Michael Brown is that he was lucky enough to live long enough to tell it) I’m 35 now, almost two decades removed from that summer. The Hilfiger shirt from the picture with my mom still…
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Police Assassinate Michael Brown's Character. Then Say They're Not Assassinating His Character.
Earlier today, it was reported, along with video, that Michael Brown was the primary suspect in a convenience store robbery before being fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson. He, and eye-witness to the shooting Dorian Johnson, allegedly robbed a store of a box of Swisher Sweets and on the way out of the store,…