The US Ambassador to Britain has described the violence between black communities and the police in places like New York and Ferguson as ‘an American problem’ the country ‘needs to face’. His Excellency Matthew Barzun was commenting on violence that
PBS host Tavis Smiley criticized President Obama, declaring “black folk don’t need lectures” and for lecturing black people while joking with Steven Colbert in a larger discussion on race in America on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “With
Gangs appear to have grown more politically emboldened this past year, as protests have sprouted in response to police shootings of young black males. Gangs organizing with local politicians are not new, as some will point to New York’s Tammany
The family of New Yorker Akai Gurley has a warning for MSNBC host Al Sharpton: stay away. The 28-year-old African-American was shot on Nov. 20 by New York City Police Officer Peter Liang in the stairwell of a public housing
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh blasted the death of Eric Garner as “out of proportion,” ripped New York City officials for killing someone “over a tax collection issue,” and wondered “what kind of orders” would send police after a “poor
NEW YORK, New York–Protesters angry about the no indictment verdict of an NYPD officer who held a black man in a choke hold before he died marched around New York City Wednesday night, shutting down bridges, the Lincoln Tunnel, the
On Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took on the reaction of his successor, current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, for his reaction to Wednesday’s announcement of a
CNN National Correspondent Deborah Feyerick reported that the NYPD and has had an “almost a collaborative, if that’s the word for it, experience” with protesters who took the streets of New York after a grand jury’s decision not to issue
Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” in reacting to the breaking news that a grand jury did not indict the NYPD Officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, Your Black World’s Boyce Watkins said if America “continue to turn a
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes — a case
After a grand jury announced on Wednesday its decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner in New York City, protests mounted around the country. They included: Washington D.C.: Protesters marched around DuPont Circle, chanting, “I
After attempting to shut down the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting, roughly 200 protestors spilled out of Vanderbilt Avenue near Grand Central Station this evening and marched east on 42nd Street. They carried signs saying “I cannot breathe,” referring
Politicians weighed in heavily after a grand jury decision was announced Wednesday not to indict a New York police officer over the death of Eric Garner in July. Barack Obama: [The incident] speaks to the larger issues that we’ve been
Over 1,000 protestors swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and blocked traffic Monday night as rage from Ferguson, Missouri, rolled across the nation. Early Tuesday morning, NBC New York reported that “hundreds of other protestors” also took another bridge: Hundreds of other
While the first day of protests against a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown was characterized by violent riots in Ferguson itself, this second night has seen the protests
New York attorney Andrew Barovick, now best known for his racially charged tweet toward former New York Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Christopher Moss, has a history on Twitter when it comes to making such crude statements about black Republicans.
A group of political activists demanding to speak to the president of the New York City Bar Association about the organization’s refusal to dismiss attorney Andrew Barovick as chair of the bar’s medical malpractice committee were turned away by the
Zale Thompson, the convert to Islam who attempted to kill two NYPD officers with his ax, had been visiting hundreds of websites belonging to jihadists loyal to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) over past months. Thompson had reportedly become fascinated
The NYPD Internal Affairs Division is investigating a claim from a report that cops fixed a broken headlight for the mother of Eric Garner, police chokehold victim, after letting her get out of a ticket for having the broken headlight
Zale Thompson, the Islamist radical who on Thursday attempted to carry out acts of jihad against two NYPD officers, had previously expressed Islamic sentiments on social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook. On Thursday, Thompson hit one officer in
The NYPD revealed in a press conference on Friday that Zale Thompson, the hatchet-weilding lone Muslim terrorist who attempted to ax four police officers to death in a Queens, New York subway on Thursday had several prior arrests in Oxnard,
Fox News Channel anchor Trace Gallagher read Facebook posts that a man suspected of attacking NYPD officers on Thursday had Facebook posts that referenced “guerilla warfare,” “war,” and attacking the United States’ “weak flanks” on Thursday. The posts, which Gallagher
A Facebook page of man who gruesomely attacked New York police officers with a hatchet Thursday features a profile photo of a heavily-armed man and an image of Islamic prayers, although officials have not confirmed links to extremist documents or jihadi
According to information obtained by TMZ, 7th Heaven star Stephen Collins may not face child molestation charges because too much time has passed since the alleged cases of pedophilia. On Oct. 7, it was reported that Collins’ wife Faye Grant released a
The October 10 episode of CBS’ Tom Selleck vehicle Blue Bloods has drawn criticism from Catholics after the lead character proclaimed that the Catholic Church was “behind the times” on gay issues. The episode, entitled “Burning Bridges,” presented New York
It has been reported that Stephen Collins has an alleged history of child molestation, and now reports have surfaced that he’s an author of two erotic mystery novels. Days after TMZ released secret audio tapes of Collins confessing to his therapist
TMZ reports that they have obtained an audio recording of 7th Heaven star Stephen Collins confessing to molesting at least three underage girls. The NYPD is currently investigating the charges. According to TMZ, the recording came from Collins’ second wife
Yet another scandal has hit the office of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, this time a close aide has been revealed as living with a convicted killer who has been known to call the police “pigs.” This scandal is
Newly enshrined Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Thursday that he had intelligence reports suggesting that the Islamic State plotted to attack subway systems within the United States and Paris. Obama administration officials responded that the intelligence community had not
NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says that ISIS may be targeting Times Square, as the terrorist group has made threats on an online message board. ISIS put out messages to recruit “individual wolves in America” to initiate attacks on the
On September 8 NBC’s Today show aired a segment on how to survive a home invasion. That advice included cooperating with the invaders — “treat them like royalty” — and telling them the location of everything they want in the
Two New York women were arrested Monday after allegedly forcing the dwellers of a Brooklyn apartment to flee their home at gunpoint. The attack was apparently racially motivated, as police claim one woman said she was tired of white people
The U.S. District Attorney for Manhattan, New York is investigating a second death caused by restraining tactics used by city police, authorities said on Friday. New York authorities are looking into the death of Ronald Singleton, 45, who died in
Fresh off the successful elimination of the highly respected NYPD intelligence program, the Islamist-left alliance which seeks to utterly neuter American intelligence and law enforcement has set its sights on the last line of defense: your local law enforcement. Federal
NEW YORK (AP) — Two German artists have claimed responsibility for replacing American flags on the Brooklyn Bridge with faded white versions last month in a bizarre urban mystery that exposed holes in security at one of the city’s most
NEW YORK (AP) — Two German artists have claimed responsibility for replacing American flags on the Brooklyn Bridge with faded white versions last month in a bizarre urban mystery that exposed holes in security at one of the city’s most
Anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head in Riverdale, New York; for the second time in the last month, a swastika was found in a public place, this time carved into the ground around second base in Seton Park. Another swastika
Riots and looting in Ferguson, Missouri, over the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer represent just the latest spate of race-based mass violence to break out in President Obama’s post-racial America. When Obama was elected in 2008,
The death of Eric Garner, 43, who died in police custody on Staten Island on July 17, has been ruled a homicide by the city’s medical examiner. The examiner said a chokehold that compressed Garner’s neck and chest while he
New York City woke up to a strange sight Tuesday morning when travelers observed two white flags, typically symbolizing surrender, flying over the Brooklyn Bridge, where American flags usually fly. Upon closer inspection, authorities found that the flags had been dyed