Civil Rights & Social Justice
#SayHerName: Beyoncé Sends Letter To AG Calling For “Swift” Justice For Breonna Taylor
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty The Carters are remaining active and demand justice for those who died at the hands of law enforcement. Beyoncé is making sure the Breonna Taylor’s name is not lost and forgotten in all of the noise. The Lemonade crafter made it abundantly clear that she wants “swift justice for Breonna Taylor, who died after she was shot in her own Louisville apartment by cops executing a “no-knock warrant.” In a letter sent to the Attorney General Daniel Cameron posted on her official website on June 14, she called for the AG to “commit to transparency in the investigation and prosecution of these officer’s criminal conduct” and to investigate the police department’s inadequate response to Taylor’s murder.” “Your office has both the power and the responsibility to bring justic...
Police Report From The Night Breonna Taylor Was Murdered Is Almost Blank: Report
Source: Breonna Taylor / Breonna Taylor At a time when the Black community is demanding answers for the death of Black Americans at the hand of police, the murder of 26-year old Breonna Taylor has begun getting the microscopic treatment and the results so far are disheartening. On Wednesday (June 10), the Louisville Metro Police Department released the incident report for the night of March 13, when three plainclothes officers used a battering ram to break into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, where she was shot by LMPD eight times and killed immediately. Despite the evidence from the homicide, the report is almost blank. According to a local publication, the Louisville Courier-Journal, the police document states Taylor’s name, a case number, and the time and date of the shooting, but leaves bl...
George Floyd Laid To Rest: Here Are The Most Powerful Moments From His Funeral
Source: The Washington Post / Getty After hosting memorials in Minnesota and North Carolina, the family and friends gathered of George Floyd gathered for one more final time in Houston, Texas, earlier this week for the funeral laying Floyd’s remains to rest. Following a public viewing on Monday with over 6,000 mourners paying their respects, George Floyd was finally laid to rest at the Fountain of Praise church in his home town of Houston on Tuesday (Jun 9). The nearly three-hour event was filled with moments of encouragement, consolation, and shared memories as speakers came to share their condolences with the Floyd family as hundreds of mourners filled the pews for early afternoon service. Family, friends, and prominent guests, including Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum, and Al. B. Sure gather...
A&E Reality Cop Show ‘Live PD’ Says It Destroyed Tape of Javier Ambler’s Fatal Arrest
Before there was George Floyd, there was Javier Ambler, who also suffered eerily similar death at the hands of the Texas police back in 2019. The investigation was closed, but now it has been reopened. According to Austin American-Statesman, Ambler was headed home following a poker game on the night of March 28, 2019. The 40-year-old was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy from Williamson County after he failed to dim his lights of his Honda Pilot. According to the Statesman, Ambler was tased multiple times before he died in police custody. Before cops hit him with the taser for a final time, Ambler begged the officers to save him. “I have congestive heart failure,” Ambler pleaded “I have congestive heart failure. I can’t breathe.” The Statesman reports that approximately 28-minutes passed betwe...
Mask On: Kanye West Joins Chicago March Organized By Students
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN Yesterday (June 4), news broke of Kanye West dropping at least 40,000 Virgils (that’s $2M USD) to support the families of Ahmaud Arber, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Besides opening his wallet, on the same day Yeezy also participated in an anti-police brutality march in Chicago. Kanye West is here at a “Justice for George Floyd/CPD out of CPS” rally on Chicago’s South Side, where protesters plan to walk to CPD headquarters. Organizers say West called yesterday and said he wanted to join a protest. — Grace Hauck (@grace_hauck) June 5, 2020 NBC Chicago reports that the “Power” rapper was spotted on the South Side of Chicago at a protest that was organized Chicago Public Schools students and activist Ja’Mal Green. According to the NY Post, West called up the orga...
Charlamagne Tha God Admits Rush Limbaugh Interview Was A Bust, Reveals It Wasn’t Their Idea
Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty It might’ve taken a few days but Charlamagne Tha God has admitted what we all knew from the get: There wasn’t any point in interviewing far-right Trump-supporter, Rush Limbaugh. Touching on the subject during his appearance on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the Breakfast Club co-host acknowledged that the universally panned crossover of shows was indeed a dud as Rush did what most right-wing Trumpians do when talking about systemic racism: deny, deny, deny. After Stephen revealed he was “surprised” that Charlamagne would give airtime to such a racially divisive figure in America, Tha God explained that he doesn’t have a problem “talking to people from the other side” of the political spectrum, but that ultimately his interview with Rush was a “waste o...
Louisville Leaders Approve ‘Breonna’s Law’ Limiting No Knock Warrants #RememberHerName #BreonnaTaylor
Source: JASON CONNOLLY / Getty City officials in Louisville have unanimously passed Breonna’s Law that severely limits and monitors no-knock warrants in the city. According to local news station, WAVE3, the new proposed law, if passed by the full Metro Council, will require officers to thoroughly justify any no-knock warrant before it is reviewed by the SWAT commander and police chief. In cases where the police chief is not able to approve such a warrant, they can give anyone with at least the rank of major the power to approve the warrant. The proposal also includes a rule about body cameras that states all officers must be wearing them and must activate them at least five minutes before any warrant is executed, noting that the videos from all warrants executed will be held for ...
Disappearing Edges Tap Dancer Candace Owens Suspended By GoFundMe For Lying On Black People
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Candace Owens is a darling of the far-right due to her “Sure I’ll tap dance for you massa” antics but that doesn’t mean the jig hasn’t been spotted, and not just by Black people. The top tier, self-hating buffoon has been suspended by GoFundMe due to her gaslighting antics. According to the Daily Beast, Owens was suspended due to harsh word she aimed at the late George Floyd. Despite the man’s murder literally inspiring global protests against police brutality, the Notorious C.O. determined it necessary to try to slander the man’s name. “GoFundMe has suspended the account associated with Candace Owens and the GoFundMe campaign has been removed because of a repeated pattern of inflammatory statements that spread hate, discrimination, intolerance and falsehoods again...
GOAT Establishes $1 million Fund To Support Social Justice Efforts Over Time
Source: GOAT / GOAT In the wake of George Floyd’s death and protests taking place across the nation and around the globe, companies are stepping up in the fight against racial and social injustice. Online sneaker marketplace GOAT, is the latest company to announce it will become an ally in that fight. Yesterday (Jun.6), it announced it will be “establishing a $1 million fund to support social justice efforts and plan to contribute to this fund over time.” For its first donation, GOAT announced it would be donating “$100,000 donation has been made to The Underground Museum in Los Angeles to support Black artists and to The Bail Project to support protesters demanding change.” The company announced its epic move on Instagram stating in the caption: “Over the last week, we’ve taken a step bac...
Jay-Z Provides Ahmaud Arbery Lawyer With His Private Jet To Make Court Date
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz While Jay-Z hasn’t necessarily been a visible figure during the current protests that’s been spreading across America for the past week, behind the scenes he continues to do what he can to make sure justice is served one way or another. His latest behind the scenes assist involved Ahmaud Arbery’s lawyer, S. Lee Merritt, and making sure he was in the right place at the right time. In a recent IG post the Civil Rights lawyer revealed that Hova provided him with a private jet on Thursday (June 4) to ensure that Merritt could make his court date at Glynn County Magistrate Court on time and in style. Holding up a shirt that read “Legal Observer” next to the aforementioned jet, Merritt captioned the photo saying, “When you absolutely have to be in Cou...
LeBron James Calls Out Laura Inghram For Obvious Double Standard When It Comes White Athletes Speaking Out
Source: Al Bello / Getty Even Stevie Wonder can see that Laura Inghram is full of sh*t. LeBron James is not shutting up and dribbling no time soon. The “woke” GOAT hopped on Twitter and called out Fox News clown, Laura Ingrahm, for her insanely apparent double standard when it comes to how she reports on Black athletes compared to their white counterparts. Case in point, remember Ingrahm told Kevin Durant and Bron to “shut up and dribble” after they both criticized Trump. Bron responded by telling Ingrahm indirectly telling her he “I will not just shut up and dribble.” Fast forward to the Drew Brees incident when Bron called out the New Orleans quarterback for his heada** stance when it comes to players bringing back Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protest in the wake of George Floyd’s f...
#HBCUs4BlackLives Protest Scheduled For Saturday In Atlanta
Source: HBCUS4BlackLives / HBCUS As we march into the eighth day of protests denouncing of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and police brutality, those committed to change show they aren’t giving up. According to published reports, on Saturday (June 6), #HBCUs4BlackLives: Centering Our Youth announced an HBCU protest will be taking place in Atlanta to give the youth a chance to share their thoughts on the current state of affairs in our country. [embedded content] In response to the incident that last weekend when two Atlanta students were drug out of their car and tazed by police, it’s clear both students and residents of the city have something to say. As previously reported, six Atlanta police officers are facing charges after reportedly pulling two colleg...
