7-Year-Old Boy Handcuffed for 10 Hours Over $5, Mom Sues for $250M
One Bronx police officer made the poor decision to handcuff a seven-year-old child in a dispute over $5, according to the child’s family. Officers hauled a terrified Reyes out of class, handcuffed him like a hardened criminal, and “interrogated” him for 10 hours. Reyes’ mother, Frances Mendez, snapped the chilling photo (left) of the boy [...]
Chicago Cop Admits to Drinking “Multiple” Beers Before Gunning Down Man Holding Cellphone
Chicago Police officer Gildardo Sierra has been placed on desk duty after admitting to drinking “multiple” beers prior to shooting and killing 29-year-old Flint Farmer in June 2011. Chicago Police claimed Farmer “pulled an object from his pocket, which the officer believed to be a handgun, and aggressively came at the officer.” Farmer was holding [...]
Depression: A Bad Friend For The Black Community
by Maria Lloyd In light of the tragic Jovan Belcher murder-suicide that left Kasandra Perkins dead and the couple’s three-month old daughter parentless, I think it’s time for the black community to have a heart-to-heart discussion about depression. While no one knows exactly what happened during the days/months/weeks leading up to Saturday morning when Jovan [...]
President Obama Nominates First Gay African-American Federal Judge
Judge William L. Thomas has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the federal courts. Judge Thomas is being considered for the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Florida. If confirmed, Judge Thomas will be the second openly homosexual judge on the federal bench. “These individuals have demonstrated the talent, expertise, and fair-mindedness Americans [...]
The Black Community: The Oppressor’s Playground
by Maria Lloyd This past weekend, four African-American-male juveniles were arrested for shooting and killing a 54-year-old vietnam veteran in Granite City, Ill. I send my deepest condolences to the family members and friends of the victim, Charles Weiss — a man who survived physical war for the United States of America, but died in [...]
New York Among 19 States To File A Petition To Secede From The US
It appears that citizens in nineteen states are furious with President Obama’s re-election and have decided to take action. People across 19 states have petitioned the Obama Administration for withdrawal from the United States of America to create its own government, according to Examiner.com. It was no surprise that Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, North [...]
Survey Shows Surge In Support of Gay Marriage from the Black Community
It appears that ever since prominent African American figures have publicly voiced their support of gay marriage, the African American community’s support of gay marriage has surged. A national exit poll by Edison Research shows that black voters favored their state legalizing gay marriage, 51 to 41 percent. Pew polls have also showed an increase from [...]
President Obama Jests With Jay Leno About Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s underwhelming “revelation” about President Obama left many people scratching their heads and questioning why the billionaire businessman has easy access to mainstream media. Earlier this week, Trump told anchors at Fox News he was going to release “something very, very big concerning the president of the United States….It’s going to be very big. [...]
Co-Founder of BET Slams Network, Says It ‘Reinforces Negative Stereotypes’
Original BET co-founder, Sheila Johnson, is apparently still disgusted by what the network has become since she and her now-ex-husband sold it to Viacom for over $1 billion dollars in 2000. Johnson spoke to the audience at the Carmel Art and Film Festival in Monterey County, California this past weekend saying that the network she [...]
Ask Black America: Are Hazing Deaths The Result Of A Poor Decision?
by Maria Lloyd In light of the tragic hazing-death of FAMU’s drum major, Robert Champion, I took to the Your Black World Network’s Facebook fan page to ask fans if persons who choose to participate in hazing incidents are victims of unforeseen consequences or victims of their own poor decision-making. The question was based off [...]
