Jay Z has released an emotional new song in response to this week’s fatal police shootings of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. On “spiritual,” Jay Z raps, “Got my hands in the air, in despair, don’t shoot, I just want to do good.” In a statement accompanying the song’s release, the rapper says […]
You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Drake has written an open letter on Instagram in response to the police killing of Alton Sterling. Posted Wednesday, his remarks touched on how video of the shooting affected him. “It left me feeling disheartened, emotional and truly scared,” he wrote. […]
Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Teacher and Diversity Trainer Jane Elliott to get her thoughts on the state of race in the United States today and her iconic Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes exercise. “Racism is another symbol of our ignorance. Everything in this country is in some way, connected to racism. People think that there are […]
https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/751262719584575488 Dallas Police on Thursday may have identified the wrong man as a suspect in the shooting deaths of four officers. The man, Mark Hughes, later turned himself into police, CBS News reports: CBS Dallas Fort Worth affiliate KTVT spoke to Corey Hughes, a protest organizer who claimed to be the identified suspect’s brother. Hughes said […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that America is “horrified” by what appears to be a planned sniper shooting targeting police officers in Dallas, and he said there is no justification for the violence. In a brief statement to reporters, Obama said the investigation into the shooting continues but “what we do […]
7/8/16- Hearts are somber all around the country as news of 11 Dallas police officers were shot and five killed after a peaceful rally occurred to mourn the lives of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille. The TJMS updates with the latest in the attack.
UPDATE: DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local): 8:15 a.m. Mayor Mike Rawlings says a bullet went straight through the leg of one police officer as snipers fatally shot three members of his squad during a protest in downtown Dallas. Rawlings, who says he spoke to […]
It's unclear if the protest is directly related to the shooting.
Beyoncé paused her concert in Glasgow this evening for a moment of silence, during which she displayed the names of people who were victims of police brutality, according to @PopCrave. The names of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were listed first in the display. Beyonce’s stand at Glasgow’s Hampden Stadium follows a letter she posted to her website […]
When video began circulating of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old Black man, being murdered by Baton Rouge, Louisiana police, many of us were left feeling angry,…
UPDATE #2: President Obama expands on his statement on police shootings: THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. I know we’ve been on a long flight, but given the extraordinary interest in the shootings that took place in Louisiana and Minnesota, I thought it would be important for me to address all of you directly. And I want […]
