The police body cam footage of officers’ encounter with George Floyd was released and I have some questions—the most important of which is in regard to the media’s reporting of Mr. Floyd’s death and the circumstances surrounding it. We were led to believe that racism was the catalyst for his …
Read More »Video: Botham Jean’s Powerful Last Message to the World
Botham Shem Jean was killed on September 6, 2018 in Dallas, TX by off-duty police officer Amber Guyger. She claimed to have mistaken his apartment for her own and thought Jean was a burglar. Guyger actually lived in the apartment below Jean, and his apartment had a bright red mat …
Read More »Jay-Z’s Tidal & Harry Belafonte’s Sankofa.org Collab for Social Justice Film
Jay Z’s Tidal and Harry Belafonte’s social justice organization, Sankofa, have partnered to produce a new visual EP entitled, “17,” which follows a 17-year-old black male, and chronicles his experience with racial bias and police violence. Jay Z’s streaming music and entertainment platform, TIDAL, has partnered with Harry Belafonte’s social …
Read More »3 Major Insights I Learned Over the Years While Engaging in Black Outrage of Police Brutality
Another unarmed black person killed by the police? Ok, let’s see how this plays out. Media reports killing. Policeman who does the killing is sent home on administrative leave. Even after video evidence or witness testimony saying or showing contrary, the officer is ruled to have done nothing wrong. Black people are outraged, but …
Read More »Unable To Sleep, Derek Minor Pens a Song For Alton Sterling
Our country is reeling over yet another black man killed by police who used excessive force and Derek Minor has something to say about it: I couldn’t sleep last night so I wrote this song. For the hurt…we shall overcome. God got us.
Read More »Ex-Baltimore Cop Exposes Police Culture Of Corruption & Abuse
In this 2015 interview with Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks, ex-Baltimore cop, and marine, Michael Wood says, “The only people surprised at the [racial police corruption] are people that don’t live in the hood. Everybody else was like ‘Oh that happens?’ Of course it happens did you think the …
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