Critical Questions Remain in the Police Shooting of Thurman Blevins

Dealing with the loss of a community member at the hands of the police is nothing new in the Twin Cities. Because of this, the community and activists mobilize quickly to rally around those affected and to make their voices heard.

Emma Fiala
بواسطة Emma Fiala
Thurman Blevins

MINNEAPOLIS -- On the heels of the recent high-profile police killings of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile, the Twin Cities has lost another black man at the hands of police. On the evening of Saturday, June 23, Thurman “Jun” Blevins was gunned down in an alley near 48th and Bryant Avenues in North Minneapolis, less than two minutes after police

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Speaking Fees, Selfies, Sucking Up to Power: How BLM Lost its Mojo

The Black Panther Party remains beloved in the African-American community 52 years after its founding — revered for its nutrition and health programs, fearless defense of the people, and self-sacrifice. The BLM leadership, on the other hand, poses for fashion magazine photo spreads.

Jon Jeter
بواسطة Jon Jeter
Black Lives Matter

CINCINNATI, OHIO -- In a stinging rebuke of Black Lives Matter (BLM), the organization’s local affiliate here last month announced that it was severing all ties to a movement it characterized as opportunistic, too invested in liberal, electoral politics and the Democratic party, and ultimately ineffective in fighting state-sanctioned violence

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Police Killed More Americans Last Year Than Mass Shooters

Some 590 Americans were killed in mass shootings last year, that figure almost pales in comparison to the number of Americans subjected to gun violence by police.

Ebony Slaughter Johnson
بواسطة Ebony Slaughter Johnson
Newly minted NYPD Officers attend the New York City Police Graduation Ceremony for the Graduating Class of December 2017 held at the Beacon Theater on December 28, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Mpi43/MediaPunch/IPX)

This spring, an estimated 800,000 Americans gathered in Washington, DC to participate in the “March for Our Lives” organized by the teenage survivors of the school massacre in Parkland, Florida. Thousands more attended 800 sister marches across the nation and around the world for gun reform. Gun control is often portrayed as a “white” issue, but

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MLK’s Children Reveal His Undelivered Speech: “America May Go to Hell”

“The masses of people have yet to really understand Martin Luther King, Jr. and his real mission. Mainstream media promotes the vision of a dreamer … He is actually watered down.”

Chauncey Robinson
بواسطة Chauncey Robinson
Rev. Bernice King, daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks at the National Civil Rights Museum, April 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. The museum was formerly the Lorraine Motel, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968. (AP/Mark Humphrey)

MEMPHIS—It has been 50 years since the world lost civil rights visionary Martin Luther King, Jr. His speeches and activism resonated with so many, and ripples of his influence continue to be felt today. At the time it happened, his murder devastated Black Americans and supporters of the civil rights struggle across the country. This was especially

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Black Law Student Says FBI Pressured Him to Recant Racial Profiling Claim

John Perkins’ story of being racially profiled by campus police at the University of Virginia prompted outrage in Charlottesville and a visit from the FBI.

Denise Lavoie
بواسطة Denise Lavoie
In this Monday, Jan. 8, 2018 photo Johnathan Perkins, an attorney in the office of General Counsel at Harvard University, poses for a portrait in his office in Cambridge, Mass. (AP/Stephan Savoia)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A young law student's story of being racially profiled by campus police at the University of Virginia in 2011 drew outrage in Charlottesville, a liberal college enclave that boasts of its inclusiveness. When he recanted weeks later, he was branded a liar and an example of what's wrong with affirmative action. One editorial

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From Malmstrom AFB to Charlottesville: Racism Metastasizes from Military to the Streets

Soldiers desensitized to violence often bring home the racism that was learned or deepened in overseas combat.

Jon Jeter
بواسطة Jon Jeter
US Military Soldiers

MALMSTROM AFB, MONTANA -- An Air Force Sergeant is under investigation for twice posting racist messages to the Facebook group of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM). It’s the second time in less than a week that a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force has come under fire for making derogatory remarks about African-Americans on social

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