Samaria Rice is a mother of four children and she recently lost one of them and we’ve all seen the horrific footage of it happening.…
On Wednesday, a group of nine African American women, called the Delegation of Grieving Mothers, went before the House Judiciary committee to discuss how it felt to…
In the aftermath of the non-indictment verdicts in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, police officials have felt the brunt of backlash in the…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury rejected a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday filed by the father of an unarmed man who was shot and…
Yes, Jamie Foxx is known as an award-winning actor and a singer, but his origins as a comedian come through in his impersonations, from President…
Film Review by The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan) and his girlfriend, Sophina (Melonie Diaz), were returning to Oakland in the wee hours of the morning after attending a New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration when their crowded train was stopped by police in response to a report of a […]
Clearly, something has to be done about these out of pocket cops… Protesters plan to gather again today at a downtown San Francisco train station, a continuation of demonstrations by those angered by shootings by the train system’s police officers. Bay Area Rapid Transit system officials say they plan to beef up security at the […]
Oakland, California (CNN.com) — Hundreds stormed the streets of downtown Oakland on Thursday night after a verdict in the trial of a white former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man. Johannes Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, a conviction that usually carries a maximum four-year sentence. But some in Oakland […]
