An Alleged “Stand Your Ground” – White Woman Who Fatally Shot Black Neighbor By Curt Anderson, Freida Frisaro and Amanda Rabines | arabines@orlandosentinel.com | Associated Press A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion Read More…
Injustice
Do police keep schools safe? Fuel the school-to-prison pipeline?
School districts across the country are suddenly wrestling with the same question: Should police officers be in schools? In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis schools cut their contract with the local police department. Then Portland did. Then Denver. A majority of the Oakland school board members say they will, too, while Chicago’s school Read More…
How The Black Panthers Got Their Start – Policing The Police
How The Black Panthers Got Their Start – Policing The Police Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media Nearly 50 years ago, in 1966, a group of six black men in Oakland, Calif., came together in an effort to Read More…
Sabotage Of Oil Infrastructure?
Homemade energy crisis? Another refinery, owned by Chevron, goes up in flames – sabotage of oil infrastructure? Ethan Huff This article may contain statements that reflect the opinion of the author The night of the midterm election, another oil refinery, this one owned by Chevron and located in El Segundo, Calif., caught fire under mysterious Read More…
HISTORY- Who was Sarah Baartman?
Who was Sarah Baartman? – Unknown/Mysterious Facts Saartjie (Sara) Baartman was one of the first black women known to be subjugated to human sexual trafficking. She was derisively named the “Hottentot Venus” by Europeans as her body would be publicly examined and exposed inhumanly throughout the duration of her young life. Moreover. her experience reinforced Read More…
A Secretive US Navy Base – A Sad Story Inside Diego Garcia
A Secretive US Navy Base on British land, Sad Story inside Diego Garcia, Is At The Center Of A Bitter Tug-of-War in the Indian Ocean An undated file photo of Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean and the site of a major US military base leased from Britain Read More…