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Third Eye Open: Erykah Badu Calls “Woke” The New Conservative “Thug”
The word "woke" was first used in the 1930s to mean Black American awareness, however, it has recently been co-opted and demonized as any part of the liberal agenda. The post Third Eye Open: Erykah Badu Calls “Woke” The New Conservative “Thug” appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
NYC To Settle Lawsuit Over 2020 NYPD Kettling Of George Floyd Protesters
The city of New York is on the verge of settling a class action lawsuit brought on by protesters who were detained by "kettling" from officers of the New York Police Department at a George Floyd protest in the Bronx in 2020. The post NYC To Settle Lawsuit Over 2020 NYPD Kettling Of George Floyd Protesters appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
No Surprises Here: 150 NYC Cops Involved In Misconduct Responding To George Floyd’s Death
It seems Mayor Eric Adams has some more work to do. It has been reported over 150 New York City police offers have been involved in misconduct responding to George Floyd’s passing. As spotted on The Grio the New York Police Department could have responded better to the tragic killing of that turned the world upside […] The post No Surprises Here: 150 NYC Cops Involved In Misconduct Responding To George Floyd’s Death appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Ye Makes George Floyd Apology All About Himself
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Ye fka Kanye West continues to make even his most devoted fans question their allegiance. The recently less rich rapper attempted to apologize for spreading false claims about George Floyd’s death, but ended up making it all about himself in woe-is-me fashion. Back when he still had deals with Gap and adidas, Ye stated on Drink Champs that Floyd died because of fentanyl. This, of course, is patently false, with professionals asserting Floyd passed because of a lack of oxygen. as his murderer, Derek Chauvin, knelt directly on his neck. Soon after, the Floyd family threaten to sue Ye for $250 million for the false statement. On Friday (Oct. 28), Ye attempted a quasi-apology while speaking to paparazzi. “It hurt my people, it hurt the Black peop...
More Of The Same On The 2nd Anniversary Of George Floyd’s Death
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Guy Smallman / Getty It has been two years since the horrific and senseless death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, which was captured on video and shocked the world into protest. The unfortunate reality is that Black death at the hands of law enforcement still persists, with a few striking cases as examples. On the two-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, recent statistics underscore a grim truth – since his death, Black people accounted for 27 percent of the 1051 Americans who were killed by law enforcement in 2021 according to data compiled by the nonprofit group Mapping Police Violence. The same study also showed that Black people were three times more likely to be killed by police, yet 1.3 times more...
Book ‘Em: Three Ex-Cops Convicted of Violating George Floyd’s Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty Further accountability was served in a Minneapolis courtroom as the three former officers who were present at the time that Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd were convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. On Thursday (February 24th), the jury found that ex-officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane were guilty of violating George Floyd’s rights when they failed to intervene as Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck while he was on the ground for over three minutes on May 25th, 2020, ultimately killing him. The jury also determined that the three were deliberately indifferent to the suffering Floyd endured and neglected his medical needs. Thao and Kueng were also found guilty on an additional charge of failing to st...
Book ‘Em: Three Ex-Cops Convicted of Violating George Floyd’s Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty Further accountability was served in a Minneapolis courtroom as the three former officers who were present at the time that Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd were convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. On Thursday (February 24th), the jury found that ex-officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane were guilty of violating George Floyd’s rights when they failed to intervene as Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck while he was on the ground for over three minutes on May 25th, 2020, ultimately killing him. The jury also determined that the three were deliberately indifferent to the suffering Floyd endured and neglected his medical needs. Thao and Kueng were also found guilty on an additional charge of failing to st...
Murderer Derek Chauvin Pleads Guilty To Fed Charges Of Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Minnesota Department of Corrections / Minnesota Department of Corrections Convicted murderer Derek Chauvin saved himself another trial and possibly more years to his prison sentence by pleading guilty to two federal charges related to violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Eight months ago, the former Minneapolis cop and poster child of everything wrong with America’s police culture was convicted by the state of Minnesota of second-degree murder and sentenced to 22 and half years in prison. Related Stories The Associated Press reports that in a deal with federal prosecutors, Chauvin pled guilty to two federal charges. Those charges included that he deprived George Floyd’s constitutional right to be free from the “use of unreasonable force by a police offi...
Two Bit ‘Parks and Recreation’ Actor Arrested For Allegedly Defacing George Floyd Statue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BRYAN R. SMITH / Getty The New York Police Department have caught the person who was spotted allegedly vandalizing a statue of the late George Floyd in Union Square Park in New York City. Through their Twitter account, the NYPD Hate Crimes department announced the arrest of actor Micah Beals on Monday (October 25th), charging him with second-degree criminal mischief. This was a follow-up to their initial tweet, which showed Beals captured on camera on October 3rd at 10:15 A.M. dressed in a green jacket and black shorts riding a skateboard around the statue, which is part of a public art installation entitled #SeeInjustice by Chris Carnabuci that includes statues of the late Representative John Lewis and Breonna Taylor. The footage then shows the culprit t...
Two Bit ‘Parks and Recreation’ Actor Arrested For Allegedly Defacing George Floyd Statue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BRYAN R. SMITH / Getty The New York Police Department have caught the person who was spotted allegedly vandalizing a statue of the late George Floyd in Union Square Park in New York City. Through their Twitter account, the NYPD Hate Crimes department announced the arrest of actor Micah Beals on Monday (October 25th), charging him with second-degree criminal mischief. This was a follow-up to their initial tweet, which showed Beals captured on camera on October 3rd at 10:15 A.M. dressed in a green jacket and black shorts riding a skateboard around the statue, which is part of a public art installation entitled #SeeInjustice by Chris Carnabuci that includes statues of the late Representative John Lewis and Breonna Taylor. The footage then shows the culprit t...
Darnella Frazier Given Honorary Pulitzer For Her George Floyd Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EMMANUEL DUNAND / Getty Darnella Frazier, the Minneapolis teenager who stopped to record the tragic last minute of George Floyd’s life, was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize this past Friday (June 11th). The video was the spark behind a global activist movement denouncing police brutality and systemic racism, and it would be used as evidence in the trial of Derek Chauvin, Floyd’s killer. Frazier was given a “special citation” by the committee, who in the announcement cited her video as an example of “the crucial role of citizens in journalists’ quests for truth and justice.” Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar at the Poynter Institute and a former Pulitzer juror wrote a column that the teenager should receive the award for her recording. “There she was, at 1...
Prosecutors Want Derek Chauvin Sentenced To 30 Years
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Minnesota Department of Corrections / Minnesota Department of Corrections Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin might’ve been convicted of murdering George Floyd last summer, but he’s still awaiting sentencing and prosecutors want the menace to society put away for a few decades. Raw Story is reporting that prosecutors are asking the judge overseeing the case that he be sentenced to 30 years in prison for his “egregious abuse” of his job as a police officer and called his actions “particularly cruel.” No lies detected there. Interestingly enough Chauvin is facing up to 40 years in prison as the charge of second-degree murder carries with it a 4 decade sentence, so an ask of 30 years is a small break for Chauvin if we ever saw one. They recalled ...
