Black Lives Matter
Police Chief Who Ran Training Division Says Chauvin’s Kneel Was Against Department Policy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty Derek Chauvin’s trial has become a treasure trove of witnesses confirming the former Minneapolis police officer used excessive force when he killed George Floyd last year in broad daylight. The latest account comes from a senior officer with training experience who weighed in on whether his kneeling technique was up to code or not. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t. NPR reports that Inspector Katie Blackwell, commander of the department’s police training division, testified in front of a jury that Chauvin went against training when kneeling his entire bodyweight on Floyd’s neck on May 25, 2020. #RT @nowthisnews: Minneapolis Police Inspector Katie Blackwell in Chauvin trial: ’I don’t know what kind of improvised position th...
Samaria Rice & Lisa Simpson Drop List of Demands Telling Activists Stop Profiting Off Black Pain
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andrew Burton / Getty Samaria Rice and Lisa Simpson are making it perfectly loud and clear. They are not here for any of the activists and people they feel are making a buck off their dead sons’ names and Black pain. Earlier in the week, Rice took to Facebook to call out Tamika D. Mallory, calling her a clout chaser following her appearance during Lil Baby’s Grammy’s performance of his protest song “The Bigger Picture.” A very upset Rice also accused Mallory and others associated with the Black Lives Matter movement of profiting off their dead relatives. Now, Rice has teamed up with Lisa Simpson, the mother of Richard Risher, who was shot and killed after being accused of shooting at police officers to release a statement breaking down what exactly the tw...
Why Wilfried Zaha is no longer taking the knee
Wilfried Zaha became the first Premier League player not to kneel before kick-off on Saturday since top-flight footballers started using the gesture to protest racial injustice last summer. The Crystal Palace winger instead chose to “stand tall” ahead of the match with West Brom, something he had said in February he was going to do but hadn’t started a game since then due to injury. Zaha released a statement ahead of kick-off outlining his intention to do so and his reasons for it. What he said “My decision to stand at kick-off has been public knowledge for a couple of weeks now,” the Ivorian international said. “There is no right or wrong decision, but for me personally I feel kneeling has just become a part of the pre-match routine and at the moment it doesn’t matter whether we kneel or ...
Officers Who Did The Electric Slide At BLM Rally Also Stormed The Capitol During Saltine-Fueled Insurrection
Source: The Washington Post / Getty See? This is why we have a hard time trusting law enforcement. It turns out two police officers who showed support to Black Lives Matter activists during a rally were faking the funk cause they also were at the saltine-fueled capitol riots on January 6, which left five people dead and got Donald Trump impeached again. Rocky Mount Police Sergeant Thomas Robertson and Officer Jacob Fracker were charged a week after a mob of angry white Trump supporters stormed the capitol building fueled by the orange menace’s false narrative that the election was rigged and stolen from him. After a photograph of the two officers inside the US Capitol Building surfaced in front of a statue of General John Stark, Robertson and Fracker were placed on administrative leav...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Announces Series of Activations That Will Amplify Black Voices & Promote Inclusive Storytelling
Source: Microsoft / Xbox To celebrate Black history month, Xbox wants to let the gaming community know that Black gamers matter. The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor lead to a wave of social unrest in the United States and around the world. Businesses and even the video game community, out of respect for the movement, stood in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protestors by doing things like releasing free dynamic themes, loading screens, and in-game gear with the rallying cry. While it was something we loved to see, others did feel the moves were just performative for the moment. In light of Black History Month, Xbox wants to hammer home the point they are down for the cause, and that energy when it comes to supporting Black gamers, creatives within the ga...
Georgia Police Chief & Officer Caught On Bodycam Saying Disgusting Racist Remarks At BLM Rally
Source: picture alliance / Getty Here is one instance when police bodycam footage actually worked in getting racist cops fired. A police chief and an officer from the small Georgia town of Hamilton are now out of a job after being caught saying racist and misogynistic remarks on footage recovered from a bodycam one of the officers was wearing. The disgusting comments were made as the two law enforcement officials were preparing to patrol a Black Lives Matter protest last year. On the video, both officers can be heard having a conversation. Brooks can be heard using the N-word and made lewd comments about Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams asking which one they would rather sleep with? Complaining about the protests, Allmond also made...
Fists Up: Black Lives Matter Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Source: Education Images / Getty It was footage of the brutal death of an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis that became the powder keg for Black Lives Matter protests launched worldwide in 2020, bringing attention to the systemic police brutality crisis in the United States. On Monday (Feb. 1), the influential social movement was nominated for one of the most prestigious awards of the year in the Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination letter, submitted by Petter Eide, a socialist lawmaker of the Storting, Norway’s parliament, praised Black Lives Matter, “for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence.” “This movement has become one of the strongest global movements for working with racial injustice,” Eide continued, via RawStory. The group started as a hashtag following the sh...
Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors Want Tap Dancing Attorney General Daniel Cameron Impeached
Source: Jon Cherry / Getty Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, famously called out by Megan Thee Stallion, did the absolute minimum when it came to seeking justice for Breonna Taylor, the innocent Black woman killed whiles sleeping in her bed during a botched police raid. So much so, that members of the Grand Jury are calling for his impeachment. According to 3 jurors, Cameron is a liar who told the media one thing, while telling them something totally different. Reports TMZ: The 3 grand jurors zeroed in on Cameron’s public pronouncement he put possible homicide charges on the table for the Grand Jury, but they didn’t bite. Not true, say the 3 grand jurors. They say Cameron NEVER even mentioned homicide charges were an option. The only charge that was on the table was wanton end...
Coon Chieftain Jason Whitlock Compares BLM & Antifa To KKK
Source: Outkick / Youtube Jason Whitlock never misses an opportunity to put on his shiny tapdancing shoes and hit a little jig, and the conservative pundit is back up to his old tricks. Sitting down with the punchable Tucker Carlson, Whitlock compared the Black Lives Matter and Antifa to the Ku Klux Klan, using slick language to try to slip in the jab. Whitlock joined Carlson’s show this past Wednesday (Jan. 20) on the evening of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration, likening the BLM movement to an “enforcement arm” for Democrats. “Well, I compare Black Lives Matter to the KKK. I really do,” Whitlock said. “And some people don’t understand it, but if you go back to the 1860s, after the Emancipation Proclamation, the KKK was started, and it was the enforcement ...
Black Capitol Police Officer Fired After Punching Trump Supporter During Protest In Self-Defense
Source: Tom Williams / Getty The Black woman who was championed on social media for punching the aggressive white woman who put her hands near her face has been fired. According to published reports, the woman, who was actually a Capitol police officer, was terminated after the video of the incident went viral. The police officer, who goes by “Ashanti Smith” online, claimed via the social media account “Griselda Blanco” that she only responded in self-defense towards the protesters, who were both harassing and assaulting her. In the short clip, which has many dubbing the quick-handed woman a hero, the now former-officer is seen talking to one of the protesters when from the side, the hand of the white woman, who has now been identified by Newsweek as Therese Duke, touches he...
Trump’s Lame DOJ Unsurprisingly Clears Cops In The Killing of 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
Source: Boston Globe / Getty While this news doesn’t shock us, it still upsets us. Lame-duck Donald Trump’s outgoing DOJ wanted to leave us with one last hard pill to swallow. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday (Dec.29) that it closed the investigation into the unjust shooting death of 12-year old Tamir Rice in Cleveland and that no charges will be filed against the officers involved. According to Raw Story, the DOJ’s reasoning behind its decision was due to the evidence not being good enough to come to a conclusion. In a statement, the DOJ explained its predictable but lame decision, stating: “The video footage is grainy, shot from a distance, does not show detail or perspective, and portions of the incident are not visible because of the location of the patrol car. Further,...
2 Police Officers Involved In Murder of Breonna Taylor Fired
Source: NurPhoto / Getty It seems that Breonna Taylor’s case is starting to see a little more justice after two additional officers involved in the botched raid have been fired. According to published reports, the Louisville, Kentucky, officer who obtained the no-knock warrant and the officer who fired the fatal bullet in the raid of the home of Breonna Taylor both received notice on Tuesday that the police department intends to fire them. Det. Joshua Jaynes and Det. Myles Cosgrove both received notice on Tuesday that the Louisville Metro Police Department intends to fire them months after calls for justice in the heartbreaking case. Jaynes, who will be afforded the opportunity to defend himself in a pre-termination hearing on Thursday, was the subject of an internal investigation reg...
