Michael Brown spent his last day with his friend Dorian Johnson. Here’s what Johnson saw. – Vox
By Ezra Klein
November 25, 2014Earlier today, I wrote that Officer Darren Wilson’s newly released account of his altercation with Michael Brown was unbelievable. Which isn’t to say it was wrong. It was just hard to believe that events played out exactly as Wilson described.
But the story Wilson tells makes much more sense if you also read it alongside Dorian Johnson’s testimony — and use the two accounts to balance each other out. Continue reading Michael Brown: A collection of the best reporting to date
Category Archives: Black Lives Matter
‘Suicide’ ruling in #NorthCarolina teen’s death challenged | #LennonLacy | The Guardian
See my blogger’s note below:
Lennon Lacy, 17, was found dead just hours before a big game in his high school’s football calendar. Photograph: The Guardian
Forensic pathologist questions procedures followed by authorities after Lennon Lacy, 17, was found hanging from a swing set in a largely white trailer park
Court OKs Barring High #IQs for #Cops | ABC News
Please note: this story is from the year 2000
N E W L O N D O N, Conn., Sept. 8, 2000
More ABC US news | ABC World News
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My Comment on: Bigger Than Immigration | NYTimes
NOV. 23, 2014
Don’t let yourself get lost in the weeds. Don’t allow yourself to believe that opposition to President Obama’s executive actions on immigration is only about that issue, the president’s tactics, or his lack of obsequiousness to his detractors.
Continue reading My Comment on: Bigger Than Immigration | NYTimes
Immigration Reform Is a Black Thing, Too – The Root
Your Take: Pitting black issues vs. immigrant issues is a false dichotomy.
BY: OPAL TOMETI
Posted: Nov. 23 2014
The administrative relief measures that President Barack Obama announced Thursday will benefit an estimated four million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. This long awaited measure came several months after the president promised to take executive action in the absence of any cooperation by an obstructionist Congress to pass legislation.
Continue reading Immigration Reform Is a Black Thing, Too – The Root
@MichaelEDyson to #Giuliani: It’s ‘the defense mechanism of #whitesupremacy in your mind’
Professor Michael Eric Dyson was in rare form today and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani got his just desserts, in the most spectacular way. Watch:
http://youtu.be/jV0IdJcBIao
Continue reading @MichaelEDyson to #Giuliani: It’s ‘the defense mechanism of #whitesupremacy in your mind’
Scarborough, McCaskill: Darren Wilson getting his life back
Six Words: ‘With Kids, I’m Dad. Alone, Thug’: NPR | #BlackLivesMatter
November 17, 2014
Marc Quarles, his wife, Claudia Paul, and their children, Joshua and Danielle, live in an affluent, predominantly white neighborhood in California. Quarles says his neighbors treat him differently when his children aren’t around.
Continue reading Six Words: ‘With Kids, I’m Dad. Alone, Thug’: NPR | #BlackLivesMatter
Senator Claire McCaskill and Post-Election 2014 Democrats
Blogger’s note:
Whenever I’ve written about Claire McCaskill, I’ve always described her as a neoliberal. The purpose of her posturing on today’s Face the Nation is a reminder to her base of mostly white conservative liberals or ex-moderate Republicans, not to lump her in with a possibly rising progressive tide in the Senate. Continue reading Senator Claire McCaskill and Post-Election 2014 Democrats
Eugene Ellison | Request for DOJ Investigation of Little Rock Police
Eugene Ellison, a 67 year old black male, was shot to death by two police officers who entered his home without a warrant on December 9, 2010. Mr. Ellison was the father of a Little Rock Police Department police officer.
See the Laux Law Group’s letter (below) to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting an investigation of the Eugene Ellison case.
Continue reading Eugene Ellison | Request for DOJ Investigation of Little Rock Police