In the 1980s, Air Jordans hit the streets at the height of Michael Jordan’s career. He was the hottest player the NBA had ever seen and every teenager wanted to own his coveted shoes for a chance at his greatness on the court. But, the teenagers that could afford to buy the $100 shoes lost their [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 2, 2012
The first day of school is an important time for parents and their children. Some are starting first grade, some are starting high school. Both are developmental levels in a child and parent’s life that they won’t soon forget. But, when the school year starts with a child being shot in the cafeteria, that cannot [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The racist skeletons are falling out of closets all over America. Various racist incidents are popping up all over the place. We’ve reported on a black couple who couldn’t get married in their own Mississippi church, a man who was welcomed into Motel 6 with “Hello Nigger!” Now this! Walton Henry Butler, 59, of Port [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 11, 2011
Cities are getting more violent by the day as tempers run high and money runs low. The inner cities usually catch the worst of it with urban landscapes becoming more like the OK Corral every day. The latest senseless act of violence occurred on Chicago’s south side where four ended up dead in a shootout.
Continue reading...Thursday, October 6, 2011
Last spring, Detroit police ran into a home searching for a young man’s killer and ended up killing a young girl as she slept across from her grandmother in the living room of their home. The first officer to charge into the home said the grandmother grabbed his gun causing it to misfire. The police officer was [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 7, 2011
*Another sign that … well you know. Here’s the deal. In Philadelphia, at least two men actually fired automatic weapons into a crowded city bus because a woman on board allegedly asked them to shoot at a passenger who criticized her for hitting her child. Dramatic video obtained by MyFoxPhilly.com shows men with high-powered rifles firing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 9, 2009
If this is an African American family that headline alone should have the people of Atlanta incensed. The subheading for the story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution online reads: Dropped watermelon may have led to shooting of wife and child, police say. I don’t know about you, but I find that use of verbiage both racist and making an [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
Someone out there please notify me if I’m wrong, but I never heard about an off duty, African American, Mount Vernon, NY cop being killed by a white cop and the cop being cleared of all wrongdoing. Not only him, but the other two officers that were involved as well. This all happened January 25, 2008, [...]
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