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Officer involved in Amadou Diallo shooting promoted to sergeant
Kadiatou Diallo will never forget the day she lost her son, Amadou Diallo, nor the police officers who killed him, one of whom received a promotion this week.
Remember, Remember More Than Just the 5th of December….Boyd, Martin, Bell, Diallo, Hampton, and Thousands of Forgotten Black Youth Killed by the Police
I have taken a quote from V for Vendetta and applied it to what I have currently been feeling lately. I hope it is useful in adequately articulating how I perceive the Trayvon Martin case, but also my take on how Black Youth are treated in 21st Century America. To be clear, this blog is […]
Ahead of upcoming HBO documentary on Sandra Bland, her sisters reveal new details of the case
As HBO gears up to release its documentary Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland on December 3rd, more information is coming to the forefront regarding Sandra Bland’s death in a Waller County, Texas jail cell. And in a recent profile by Essence magazine, her sisters revealed new issues with the case that […]
Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014
The following piece is from Gawker. It was written by Rich Juzwiak and Aleksander Chan. By: Rich Juzwiak and Aleksander Chan On Wednesday, after the announcement that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo would not be indicted for killing Eric Garner, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund Twitter posted a series of tweets naming 76 men and women who […]
Reflections on Ferguson and Beyond
Let’s call out the names of our fallen brothers and sisters: Michael Brown, John Crawford, Timothy Thomas, Troy Davis, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Johnathan Ferrell, Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Sean Bell, Renisha McBride, Darius Simmons, Jordan Davis, Kimani Gray, Rekia Boyd, Kendrec McDade, Timothy Russell, Malissa Williams, Everette Howard, Amadou Diallo, Orlando Barlow, Arron Campbell, […]
We Charge Genocide: From Gaza to The Bronx
The following post was written by guest contributor Lamont Lilly. He is a contributing editor with the Triangle Free Press and organizer with Workers World Party. He has contributed to The Root, Truthout, Counter Punch and Common Dreams, among others. He resides in Durham, NC. Follow him on Twitter @LamontLilly. By Lamont Lilly This article is dedicated […]
Mothers of Young Men Slain by NYPD Call on Artists to Submit Songs for Justice
The Justice Committee has released a video featuring mothers of young men killed by the NYPD, calling on musicians to write and submit lyrics or original songs that demand justice for their families.
White Silence is the New Mob Violence
This period of time is very telling for the future trajectory of America. In the last decade, we’ve seen the murder of countless unarmed, innocent Black men and women in cities all over the United States. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix, Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit. We’ve lost the precious lives of Sean Bell, Oscar […]
Why I Hesitate to Use the “P-word”… “Progress” & Black American Life
“Nobody is free until everybody is free.” -Fannie Lou Hamer Why am I so hesitant to speak of progress? I think it’s because my heart is heavy and my conscience is unclear given what I know about our present. I can’t state enough that the middle and upper class, college educated, and successfully professional Black people are […]
From:1910 Osborne Place, To: the media bogeymen
On October 3-4, 2010, 10 members of the Latin King Goonies found one of their recruits, a 17 year- old wannabe, leaving the home of “La Reina [the queen].” They decided to torture him to find out if he was a “fag.” After finding out that their potential recruit had in fact had sexual relations with “La […]
Mothers of children killed by cops call for closer look at death of Ramarley Graham
In 2012, 18-year-old Ramarley Graham was shot and killed by NYPD officer Richard Haste inside of his home in the Bronx. He was unarmed, and the officer was not indicted. This past Friday, mothers who lost children to police gathered for a Mother’s Day Rally urging the Justice Department to take a closer look […]