Ferguson Officer ‘Fighting for His Life’ – Several Arrested After Protests Marking 10 Years Since Michael Brown’s Killing | VIDEO
*(CNN) — A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer (Travis Brown) was severely injured and is “fighting for his life” after being assaulted Friday night during protests marking the 10th anniversary of the police shooting of Black teenager Michael Brown. A 28-year-old has been charged in the officer’s assault, and several other protesters are in custody, officials […]
Father of Michael Brown Demanding $20M From Black Lives Matter
*The father of Michael Brown Jr. has joined forces with other activists from Ferguson, Missouri, to demand $20 million from Black Lives Matter. The request comes after the organization revealed it raised over $90 million last year. Brown Jr. was fatally shot by a white police officer in August 2014. The Black Lives Matter movement […]
Amazon Banned, Un-Banned Doc About Michael Brown’s Death that Indicts ‘American liberalism’ / WATCH
*ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida — An African-American scholar who regularly upends the way mainstream U.S culture views race politics says white guilt and “enormously seductive” post-1960s liberalism, not racism, are responsible for the death of Michael Brown on a Ferguson, Missouri street in 2014. Shelby Steele, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute, has long […]
‘We Are All Going to Congress’: Cori Bush Delivers Powerful Acceptance Speech; Set to Join ‘The Squad’ (Watch)
*Progressive Democrat Cori Bush, a leader in the 2014 Ferguson uprising over the police killing of Michael Brown, made history Tuesday after becoming the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress. Bush clobbered Republican Anthony Rogers with a staggering 85 percent of the vote (or more than 80,000 votes) in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, […]
Ex-Ferguson Cop Who Shot Michael Brown Won’t be Charged Following New Investigation
*As was previously reported, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, a Black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., was cleared by a grand jury and a federal investigation back in 2014. Six years later, a new investigation has come to the same conclusion as the first: Darren Wilson will not be charged for […]
Good Cop/Bad Cop: Whose Deaths Are All the Good Cops Out There Waiting For?
*I lost my dad this year. I loved him dearly. In some of our last moments together, he would tearfully wish he had been a better father. I assured him that he was the best father I could have asked for. I knew so many horror stories from friends of fathers who were abusive, absent, […]
The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Bully Cops and the Blue Wall of Silence
*It’s been more than two weeks since that video went viral showing the modern-day lynching of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Were it not for protests around the United States and the world demanding arrests of the four policemen involved in his murder there’s no doubt they still would be on duty intimidating and killing somebody […]
Ella Jones Elected as First Black Mayor of Ferguson, Missouri (Video)
*History was made in Ferguson, Missouri Tuesday as 65-year-old Ella Jones became the first African-American and first woman to be elected mayor. Her election comes nearly six years after the city erupted in protests after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown. Jones said of her victory; “I’ve got work to do — […]
‘Until The Flood’ Plays One More Week At the Kirk Douglas Theatre
*Until The Flood stars Dael Orlandersmith in a gripping solo performance set in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. Until The Food draws you in to experience each character that she portrays on a personal level, as they observe the political incorrectness and grapple with their feelings about the […]
Read An Excerpt from Michael Brown’s Mother’s Book
*Michael Brown’s mother, Lezley McSpadden is finally opening up about life after the whirlwind that surrounded the death and aftermath of her oldest son Michael Brown. Lezley has remained largely silent about the shady investigation and court proceedings, until now. Her son was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, 28, a white police officer. The disputed […]
Michael Brown’s Mom Launches Run for Ferguson City Council (Watch Announcement)
*In the midst of seeking a new investigation into the death of her 18-year-old son Michael Brown, Lezley McSpadden announced that she plans to run for a seat on the Ferguson City Council in April. McSpadden, who has been speaking out about the criminal justice system since her son’s death, has never held public […]
EUR Videos: Michael Brown Remembered – Missy’s ‘Funky White Sister’ – OJ Doesn’t Mind Being A Felon (WATCH!)
*Five years ago today, August 9, 2014, is a day the Brown family will never forget and they want the rest of the world to remember it as well. In an effort to do so, they have rebuilt a makeshift memorial with flowers, balloons and a teddy bear to commemorate Michael Brown’s death after being […]
Black Police Chiefs Agree That ‘Diversity for Diversity’s Sake is Worthless’
[videowaywire video_id=”2270C0A6ECB459F9>”] *Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn says he “guarantees” there will be changes in policing after the Stephon Clark shooting. Clark was shot multiple times in the backyard of his grandparents’ house, and Hahn stressed in a Facebook video after the incident that his officers were trained to prevent biased behavior and learn the […]
20 Top Colleges Vying for This Black Male Student, And He Won’t Have to Pay A Dime! (Watch)
*Warning: This is the kind of story that is going make your face hurt. But it’s the kind of pain that doesn’t come from being hit. No, this comes from grinning. Grinning from ear to ear. Grinning so hard and for so long, your face just hurts with pride. Close your eyes. Imagine your Black […]
AMC Developing Series Based on Black Lives Matter Book ‘They Can’t Kill Us All’
*AMC is developing a drama series based on Wesley Lowery’s bestselling nonfiction book They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice, reports Deadline. Published in 2016 by Little, Brown & Company, the book examines how decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with failing schools, crumbling infrastructure […]
