Calling it “disgusting,” the father of slain Ferguson teenager Michael Brown is criticizing a provocative art exhibit depicting his son’s death, hosted by a Chicago gallery and produced by a white female artist.
An 83-year-old monument to the Confederate soldiers who came to the defense of Charleston during the Civil War was defaced by “Black Lives Matter” protesters sometime late on Saturday evening.
Award-winning, Oakland-based high school a cappella group “Vocal Rush” is finding inspiration in the #BlackLivesMatter protests that have rocked the city’s streets over the past several months.
On June 11 The Washington Post intimated that police in America might not face the tensions they currently face if they shot less and talked more.
On Friday, Salon.com published a wide-ranging interview with “journalist” Chris Hedges, a former reporter for The New York Times who now writes for Truthdig, among others. Hedges recently spoke at a fundraiser to re-elect openly socialist Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant; now he’s calling for a full-scale socialist revolution.
Two members of the New Black Panther Party who met in Ferguson during protests over Michael Brown’s death admitted in court Tuesday they planned to blow up a police station and kill the prosecutor involved in the case.
Sunday The Wall Street Journal crunched the numbers on America’s startling new crime wave (after a two-decade decline) and listed seven cities that have seen noticeable, and sometimes shocking, spikes in murders and other violent crimes.
On June 1 the Media Research Center (MRC) released a study showing that the “false narrative” of “hands up, don’t shoot” was repeated “140 times” during Ferguson coverage.
Democrat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rode into office by capturing the White House/Democrat/Media zeitgeist that involves a relentless and dishonest hate campaign against American law enforcement. De Blasio’s whipping boy was stop-and-frisk, a policing policy he shamelessly
On Sunday, CNN’s Brian Stelter of Reliable Sources hosted Ferguson activist DeRay McKesson to discuss media coverage of the motorcycle gang gun battle that broke out in Waco, Texas last week. McKesson promptly blamed white privilege for what he termed “nuance[d]” media coverage.
Concealed carry permit applications are surging in states like North Carolina, as they have been surging nationally under Obama, “amid safety fears.”
A picture of St. Louis Cardinals mascot Fredbird holding up a sign reading “Police Lives Matter” recently surfaced on Twitter, as well as other social media sites. The photo later made its way onto the St. Louis Police Officers Association’s
Gov. Jerry Brown is calling for an amnesty program for poor California residents who cannot afford to pay debts accrued through traffic violations after a blistering report from a nonprofit law firm concluded that the state is profiting off of minorities and low-income residents.
Obama has ordered his federal government to stop issuing certain military items to law enforcement because of the public perception that by using military equipment, law enforcement officers would look more like an “occupying force.”
On May 18, Administration officials announced President Obama will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments. His across-the-board peace-making slash isn’t taking account of the cartel war faced by local police departments on the southwest border every day.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé quietly donated tens of thousands of dollars to pay bail for protesters arrested in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, according to an author and collaborator close to the couple.
On Monday President Obama banned local police departments from acquiring military-style weapons and equipment from the federal government.
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s wife, CBS legal analyst Rikki Klieman screened her pro-police documentary In the Line of Fire at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City on Thursday night.
On May 9, Prince released a song for Freddie Gray, titled “Baltimore.” In it, he expresses support for Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, and gun confiscation.
Not unlike the unverified audio CNN ran with just as things settled down in in the burnt-out city of Ferguson, apparently Tuesday’s attempt by CNN to extend its anti-cop hate campaign also fizzled. That’s bad news for CNN. Unless the
JERUSALEM, Israel — Thousands of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel continued their nationwide protest against police brutality on Sunday evening, shutting down a major highway for three hours and demonstrating in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. As in protests last Thursday in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv protest turned violent, and 27 law enforcement officers were injured, according to Ynet. The protests were sparked by video of two policemen beating an Ethiopian soldier in uniform.
Following in the Bay area tradition of Occupy, social justice, and union operative campaigns led by leftist community organizers, hundreds of protestors flooded the streets of Oakland on May Day eve, echoing rioters in Baltimore with progressively violent and destructive actions.
Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman bashed the state of mainstream media in a recent interview, calling most of the major cable news networks “just commentary.”
Hundreds took to City Heights area streets calling for greater law enforcement transparency following the example of protests over the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore and other “BlackLivesMatter” protests in recent months.
A new analysis of social media posts spanning the last two years reveals a link between the instigators of the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, last year and this week’s unrest in Baltimore.
Monday night after the second performance of Ferguson, the play which reenacts the shooting of Michael Brown based on grand jury transcripts from the Ferguson, MO, case, a would-be critic gave his unvarnished opinion to the play’s author.
On Tuesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel, Jeniece Andrews, whose antiques shop was destroyed by rioters in Ferguson, MO said that rioting “is not part of protesting,” that rioters are simply hurting business owners who
As rioters rushed through the streets of Baltimore, torching police vehicles, looting local stores, and attacking police officers and reporters alike, some intrepid leftists justified the activity.
LOS ANGELES – Ferguson, a dramatization of the grand jury proceedings following the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson, premiered Sunday night at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles.
Five cast members of the upcoming Ferguson stage play abruptly quit this week after reading the play’s script, which recreates the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson using testimony taken from the grand jury proceedings in the case.
Filmmaker/playwright Phelim McAleer will bring a special sneak preview of his new Ferguson stage show to Washington D.C. on Wednesday April 15.
Self-proclaimed “ungodly rich” owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks appeared as a guest on ESPNU’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Friday to discuss the globalization of sports and social issues. According to Cuban, with the way the financial system
In Jamaica, President Obama spoke out about police brutality, referring to recent incidents involving police officers and the use of force.
A couple of days after Rihanna premiered her new single “American Oxygen” at the March Madness Music Festival in Indianapolis, the music video for the song debuted.
Phelim McAleer, writer and producer of the upcoming Ferguson theatrical play, is firing back at criticism from writer Kevin O’Keeffe, who contended in a blog post this week that the playwright’s stage adaptation of the shooting of Michael Brown will “reignite racial tensions.”
Protesters are still intent on keeping the “#BlackLivesMatter” movement going strong, taking their demonstrations to California’s Central Coast region.. This Saturday, eight protesters were arrested after they blocked all four lanes of a Highway 1 and walked towards oncoming traffic in Monterey, California.
The play, written by journalist, producer and documentary filmmaker Phelim McAleer, will be the first to explore the controversial shooting of African-American teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri last summer.
NASHVILLE, TN — ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith spoke at the Impact Symposium at Vanderbilt University on the topic of “How You See It: Perceptions of (In)Equality” on Tuesday and he reacted to the statement that the only time Americans talk
On March 15, The Guardian ran a report suggesting President Obama use his “executive powers” to order “smart guns” for police departments.
In a story published Monday, The New York Times reported online that family members of Jeffrey Williams, the 20 year-old man suspected of shooting and wounding two Ferguson police officers, confirmed that Williams had been one of the Ferguson protesters.
