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Fight Between Black Lives Matter, National Rifle Association Continues After NRA Sues Over Florida Bill

Fight Between Black Lives Matter, National Rifle Association Continues After NRA Sues Over Florida Bill

Black Lives Matter may have harshly criticized the National Rifle Association Friday following the NRA’s announcement that it is suing over a Florida bill that would raise the rifle-buying age to 21-years-old, Newsweek reported. BLM described the NRA as a “terrorist organization.” The NRA’s federal lawsuit followed Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s signing of Senate Bill […]

6y ago

DOJ Report On Baltimore Police Includes Prosecutor Calling Rape Victim A ‘Wh*re’

DOJ Report On Baltimore Police Includes Prosecutor Calling Rape Victim A ‘Wh*re’

The Department of Justice has been investigating the Baltimore Police Department after the 2015 death of Freddie Gray, a black man who sustained fatal injuries at the hands of police while in custody in a police van. Not only did they find racial bias and discrimination within the Baltimore Police Department, but the report released […]

8y ago

Baltimore Police Department Not Just Racist, But Every Other ‘Ist,’ Too, Says DOJ Report

Baltimore Police Department Not Just Racist, But Every Other ‘Ist,’ Too, Says DOJ Report

After an investigation into the Baltimore Police Department, the Justice Department has concluded that the department is guilty of unconstitutionally stopping, searching, and arresting African-Americans by doing so far more than they do other races. In addition, the Department of Justice found that Baltimore Police routinely use excessive force when dealing with minors, as well […]

8y ago

Marilyn Mosby Sued By Baltimore Officers After Failing To Find Justice For Freddie Gray

Marilyn Mosby Sued By Baltimore Officers After Failing To Find Justice For Freddie Gray

Now that the charges against the Baltimore police officers still awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray have been dismissed, the spotlight is now on the defamation lawsuits five of the six officers have filed against Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Mosby announced on Wednesday that Officer Garrett Miller and Officer Alicia White would […]

8y ago

Last Charges Dropped Against Police Officers In Freddie Gray Case

Last Charges Dropped Against Police Officers In Freddie Gray Case

The last charges against the three policemen involved in the killing of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who fell into a coma while in a police van and later died, were dropped, state prosecutors said Wednesday. None of the six policemen initially charged in Gray’s death will be sentenced in this high-profile case, which […]

8y ago

WNBA Black Lives Matter: Players Fined For Wearing Black T-Shirts Amid Recent Shootings

WNBA Black Lives Matter: Players Fined For Wearing Black T-Shirts Amid Recent Shootings

If one can go 90 seconds on any sort of social media without seeing a social activist hashtag like #BlackLivesMatter or #JusticeForInsertName, then they must not be following anyone on that account. Social activism is everywhere, ranging from debates about which bathrooms transgenders are allowed to use and how companies should fire someone just because […]

8y ago

Carmelo Anthony On Freddie Gray Ruling: The System Is Broken

Carmelo Anthony On Freddie Gray Ruling: The System Is Broken

The saying goes that if you fail at first, then try again, but prosecutors in Baltimore may want to ask themselves if quitting is a viable option at this point. For the fourth time since last spring, prosecutors were unable to secure a conviction in the Freddie Gray case as Lt. Brian Rice, 42, was […]

8y ago

Freddie Gray Death: Another Baltimore Officer Acquitted

Freddie Gray Death: Another Baltimore Officer Acquitted

The Freddie Gray case has now seen another Baltimore officer acquitted on all charges. Lt. Brian Rice, the highest ranking officer to be charged over the death of Freddie Gray, was facing involuntary manslaughter and other serious charges. The prosecution failed to convict Rice, according to the Baltimore Sun. This is the fourth time an […]

8y ago

The Last Thing America Needs Is One More White Guy Telling The Black Community What To Do

The Last Thing America Needs Is One More White Guy Telling The Black Community What To Do

There’s a Huffington Post article I keep seeing around on my Facebook news feed called “Police Misconduct, African-American Misconduct, Muslim Misconduct: Call for Action.” It’s written by an older white man named George Peknik, who in an open letter format instructs the 95 percent of “good ones” of three communities that they need to do […]

8y ago

Freddie Gray Case: Fourth Baltimore Police Officer Charged In Death Opts For Bench Trial After Two Acquittals Of Co-Accused

Freddie Gray Case: Fourth Baltimore Police Officer Charged In Death Opts For Bench Trial After Two Acquittals Of Co-Accused

Lieutenant Brian Rice, the fourth Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, has chosen a bench trial after the acquittals of two of his co-accused according to Reuters. Rice is the highest ranking of the six officers that have been charged in the controversial death. He issued the order for the bicycle […]

8y ago

Caesar Goodson’s Acquittal In Freddie Gray’s Death Makes Remaining Trials An Exercise In Futility

Caesar Goodson’s Acquittal In Freddie Gray’s Death Makes Remaining Trials An Exercise In Futility

The third Baltimore, Maryland, police officer to stand trial for the death of Freddie Gray was found not guilty of all charges. Just before 11 a.m. (EST), Judge Barry Williams decided that Goodson was not responsible for Gray’s death, predictably mirroring his decision to let another officer charged in the case, Edward Nero, walk as […]

8y ago

Baltimore Police Officer’s Murder Trial For The Death Of Freddie Gray Began Thursday

Baltimore Police Officer’s Murder Trial For The Death Of Freddie Gray Began Thursday

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., the only officer to be charged with murder in the death of Freddie Gray, went on trial Thursday. Gray died while in police custody on April 12, 2015, after he was arrested for what police said was an illegal switchblade and because he ran from officers. Prosecutors allege […]

8y ago

Latest Bernie Sanders Ad A Real Tear-Jerker [Video]

Latest Bernie Sanders Ad A Real Tear-Jerker [Video]

From the goosebump-inducing strains of “America,” to the lump-in-the-throat endorsement of Erica Garner, the Bernie Sanders campaign has become famous for its masterful storytelling and moving imagery. Bernie’s latest ad features the story of Chris Wilson, a young black man whose life went off the rails due to poverty and inequality, landing him in prison […]

8y ago

Marilyn Mosby ‘Overreached’ In Freddie Gray Case, Legal Expert Tells Fox News’ Megyn Kelly — Says BLM Is ‘Endangering’ Our Legal System [Video]

Marilyn Mosby ‘Overreached’ In Freddie Gray Case, Legal Expert Tells Fox News’ Megyn Kelly — Says BLM Is ‘Endangering’ Our Legal System [Video]

Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore prosecutor who charged six police officers with the April 2015 murder of Freddie Gray, “overreached” in her attempts to mollify “the mob,” Harvard Law professor and author Alan Dershowitz told Megyn Kelly of Fox News’ The Kelly File. When asked by Kelly what his issue with Mosby was, Dershowitz responded, “Overcharging,” […]

8y ago

Marilyn Mosby: Two Trials, No Convictions Of Officers In Freddie Gray Case — Did She Rush To Judgment?

Marilyn Mosby: Two Trials, No Convictions Of Officers In Freddie Gray Case — Did She Rush To Judgment?

After two trials with zero convictions, Baltimore’s lead prosecutor Marilyn Mosby is facing an avalanche of criticism that she moved too quickly to file charges against six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. The 25-year-old black man died seven days after sustaining critical injuries when he was taken into police custody. As […]

8y ago

Second Freddie Gray Trial Begins, Edward Nero Trial Could Change Things

Second Freddie Gray Trial Begins, Edward Nero Trial Could Change Things

Thursday sees the second trial relating to the Freddie Gray case, involving Officer Edward Nero, which could lead to changes in the way similar cases are handled. The first trial last year relating to the death of Freddie Gray ended in a hung jury. This time, that is unlikely to happen, as Thursday’s trial will […]

8y ago

Baltimore Police Sued: Six Men Claim They Were Beaten By Cops During Freddie Gray Protests

Baltimore Police Sued: Six Men Claim They Were Beaten By Cops During Freddie Gray Protests

The Baltimore Police Department has been sued by six men who claim they were beaten, pepper-sprayed, or otherwise abused by cops during the protests following the death of Freddie Gray, The Baltimore Sun is reporting. Back in April 2015, Baltimore erupted into riots following the death of Freddie Gray, an African-American man who died in […]

8y ago

Court Halts Trial Of Baltimore Police Officer In Freddie Gray Case

Court Halts Trial Of Baltimore Police Officer In Freddie Gray Case

Those waiting for a verdict from the trials over the death of Freddie Gray will wait a little longer. The trials are now on hold after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision during the first trial. The first trial against Baltimore police officer William Porter ended in a mistrial. This will complicate the […]

8y ago

Baltimore Riots: Protesters Gather After Mistrial In First Freddie Gray Trial, City Preparing For Unrest

Baltimore Riots: Protesters Gather After Mistrial In First Freddie Gray Trial, City Preparing For Unrest

Baltimore is bracing for the possibility of riots after the trial of the first officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray ended Wednesday in a mistrial. Police officer William Porter was on trial for manslaughter, assault, misconduct, and reckless endangerment charges in the death of Gray, a young black man who died in police […]

9y ago

Freddie Gray: Hung Jury Results In Mistrial

Freddie Gray: Hung Jury Results In Mistrial

Freddie Gray, 25, was fatally injured in April 2015 while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department. Although the young man’s death resulted in a $2.8 million civil settlement, jurors are having a hard time deciding whether six officers, who were charged with involvement in Gray’s death, are in fact guilty. On Wednesday evening, […]

9y ago

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