Black Lives Matter
Breonna Taylor Case Causes Nationwide Protests After Cops Go Unprosecuted
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Civil unrest has been renewed after the Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, announced the decision regarding whether or not his office would be pursuing crimnial charges against the officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor. As previously reported, on Wednesday (Sept 23),Cameron revealed that a grand jury failed to indict all three officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor and giving just once officer a far lesser charge. Brett Hankison, the only officer terminated for the incident, was the lone officer charged among two others facing charges stemming from the fateful night that left the 26-year-old Taylor shot dead this past March. Sgt. John Mattingly and Det. Myles Cosgrove managed to avoid justice after Kentucky’s Attorney Ge...
Megan Thee Stallion, Kamala Harris, BLM Founders & More Named ‘Time’ 100 Most Influential People
Source: Time / Time Time’s highly-coveted 100 Most Influential People List is out, and it’s infused with melanin, and WE LOVE TO SEE IT. Despite 2020 currently taking on us one of the wildest rides in recent memory, Time still managed to find 100 of the world’s most influential people. As with previous years, the iconic publication highlighted well-known names in tech, music, sports, television, film, politics, and science breaking them up into categories. This year is even more special because it also honored the medical professionals currently on the frontlines battling COVID-19 and the people now fighting for social justice. As with each year, the individuals honored are profiled by another celebrity or high-profile individual. Kicking things off is Megan Thee Stallion, profiled by Tara...
Cardi B Sued By Alleged Trump-Supporters Who Clashed With Hennessy Carolina on Jersey Beac
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN The group of alleged Trump-supporting beachgoers who were captured on video clashing with Hennessy Carolina and her girlfriend is now suing Cardi B for the incident. According to Page Six, on Tuesday (Sept 22) the MAGA group filed a lawsuit against the “WAP” rapper for defamation of character after she reposted the video of the incident calling them “racists” court documents show. The suit, filed this week in Suffolk County Supreme Court, alleges that the group was the actual victim of the attack stating that Cardi’s sister, Hennessy Carolina, and her girlfriend, model Michelle Diaz, in fact, threatened and spit at Peter Caliendo, his wife Pauline Caliendo and Manuel Alarcon on Smith Point Beach on Sept. 6. After the incident, Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis...
Six Police Officers Under Investigation Over Handling Of Breonna Taylor Case
Source: Breonna Taylor / Breonna Taylor Six Louisville Metro Police officers are currently under internal investigation into their actions regarding the handling of the case for Breonna Taylor. According to ABC News, the department’s Professional Standards Unit has begun its probe into Det. Myles Cosgrove and Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, who fired their weapons into Taylor’s apartment on March 13; Det. Joshua Jaynes, who sought the search warrant for her apartment; and Det. Tony James, Det. Michael Campbell and Det. Michael Nobles, according to spokesman Sgt. Lamont Washington. Internal investigators are reportedly verifying that there was no misconduct on behalf of the officers and if the officers violated any police policies during the incident, the spokesman said. Disciplinary action c...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
Tyler Childers Drops Surprise New Album Long Violent History: Stream
Country artist Tyler Childers has dropped a surprise new album titled Long Violent History. Stream it below through Apple Music and Spotify. Childers announced the follow-up to 2019’s Country Squire in a six-minute video essay on YouTube. The first eight tracks are traditional fiddle instrumentals “intended to create a sonic soundscape for the listener, to set the tone to reflect on the last track, which is my own observational piece on the times we are in.” That final statement, “Long Violent History”, is an explicit appeal to rural white voters on behalf of the Black Lives Matter movement. Childers asks his listeners how they would behave if their friends and families were treated the way that Black Americans have been treated. He sings, “How many boys could they haul off this mount...
Raffi Declares “Black Lives Matter To Me” on New Song: Stream
Raffi, the legendary artist behind children’s music hits like “Bananaphone”, has just released a new song called “Black Lives Matter to Me”. While it may seem like a bold step for a guy whose target demo is kids, Raffi sees it as the logical next step for his catalog, which already includes original protest songs to help children better understand the importance of justice, freedom, and the realities of longing for equality. After witnessing the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, the rise in peaceful protests, and the unwarranted police violence taking place across the country, Raffi decided to pen “Black Lives Matter to Me”. He saw the country’s historic opportunity to “heal the wounds of racism and injustice” and wanted to use his power as an artist to help. “In support of the Black Liv...
Family of Breonna Taylor Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit For $12 Million
Source: Jon Cherry / Getty The family of Breonna Taylor may still be waiting to see justice served regarding the criminal charges pending against the three officers involved. However, they have reached a settlement in the wrongful death civil suit filed against the city of Louisville. According to CNN, the family of Taylor and the city reached a $12 million settlement in the wrongful death case six months after the 26-year old EMT was murdered in her home while she slept. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the settlement later Tuesday in a joint press conference with the Taylor family’s attorneys telling Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, that the city “deeply apologizes” for the reckless act that took her daughter’s life. “I cannot begin to imagine Ms. Palmer’s pain, and I am deeply, de...
You About To Lose Yo Job: Violent Police Officer Who Attacked Black Passenger Fired
Source: Boston Globe / Getty The Georgia police officer captured on video physically assaulting a Black passenger has been fired. According to published reports, the former unnamed officer has been fired from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office following the incident of excessive force. The termination comes after a video of the severe attack went viral, showing the victim, Roderick Walker, pleading with law enforcement to leave him alone, before getting smacked in the face by the unnamed officer who was in full uniform. The video later displays the officer putting his knee on the neck of Walker who was facedown on the pavement with his hands behind his back. The attack, which began as a traffic stop for a broken tail-light in which Walker and his cousin were passengers, left him with a sw...
Charlamagne Tha God Launches Black Effect Podcast Network With iHeartMedia
Source: Tom Williams / Getty Charlamagne Tha God is making a huge leap for Black culture. On Wednesday (Sept 9), The Breakfast Club host announced a partnership with iHeartRadio to launch The Black Effect Podcast Network, a passion project with an aim to encourage discourse on important topics within the Black community. Spearheaded by Charlamagne, the Black Effect Podcast Network is scheduled to premiere this fall with 18 podcasts on iHeartRadio and is projected to become the largest podcast publisher committed to Black audiences and voices in Black culture. The mission is clear: “to amplify, elevate, and empower emerging and established talent.” “Our goal is to shift the narrative from Black creators signing transactional deals, to instead forming legacy partnerships that build generatio...
Naomi Osaka Honors Breonna Taylor & Ahmaud Arbery & Others During US Open
Source: Matthew Stockman / Getty Naomi Osaka is seeking to capture another Grand Slam tournament title as part of the pool of players at this year’s US Open, but she’s also using her massive platform in other ways. The Japanese-Haitian tennis star has donned masks adorned with the names of Black lives at the hands of law enforcement, prompting a show of thanks from parents of the slain victims. With a Tuesday night (Sept. 8) win over American player Shelby Rogers, Osaka found herself on the receiving end of calls from the mother of Trayvon Martin and the father of Ahmaud Arbery due to her activism by way of placing the names of the aforementioned Taylor and Arbery, along with five other names should she advance all the way into the championship round. As reported by ESPN, video messages fr...
Pro-Police Facebook Group Calls For Montauk Brewing Company Boycott Over Its Black Lives Matter Support
Source: @MontaukBrewCo / Instagram As America becomes more divided, more tribal and more racist under the watch of the Divider-In-Chief, Donald “Treasonous” Trump, companies supporting either Black Lives Matter or Make America Great Again find themselves subjected to threats, boycotts, and violence depending on your social-political views or simply racist ideology. Earlier this year the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other innocent Black men and women sparked Black Lives Matter protests all across the country and at the time Montauk Brewing Company stood in solidarity with the protestors by taking to their IG page and letting everyone know that they supported the movement with “all our hearts.” Seems innocent and righteous enough, but now Gothamist is reporting that a new...
