Philando Castile
n 2016, Diamond Reynolds filmed a police officer shooting and killing her boyfriend Philando Castile as he sat next to her in the front seat of their car, while Reynolds’ daughter was in the back. A year later, according to The Star Tribune, Tom McBroom, the former Rice County Sheriff’s Deputy tweeted about Reynolds. “She needs […]
It’s been three years since Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer. Now his mother, Valerie Castile, is keeping his legacy alive by continuing the work that he cared about. Philando was a beloved cafeteria supervisor and last week Valerie presented administrators at Robbinsdale Cooper High School with a check for $8,000 […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When an unarmed white woman who called 911 to report a crime was fatally shot by a black, Somali American police officer in Minneapolis, the racial dynamic seen in many police shooting cases in the U.S. was flipped on its head, and a different narrative emerged. Justine Ruszczyk Damond was immediately portrayed as […]
NRA national spokesperson Dana Loesch, who previously smeared Philando Castile by telling a fictional tale about his actions leading up to a police officer shooting him, said the Dallas man (Botham Jean) who was fatally shot by a police officer entering the wrong apartment last week might have survived if he had been “a law-abiding gun owner.” As noted by Media Matters, […]
This is what no child left behind really looks like.
Philando Castile‘s mother has blasted the head of the NRA for remaining silent on her son’s lawful right to own a gun. It’s been almost two years since Philando was gunned down by police while sitting in a car and complying with their orders. In that time, the NRA has not come to his defense […]
The Houston Museum of African-American Culture opened an exhibition for Black History Month that honors Sandra Bland.
A city councilman walks back a racist tweet about Diamond Reynolds after learning that she reached a $800,000 settlement.
The city of St. Anthony, Minnesota that was responsible for hiring an officer who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop reached a settlement with Philando Castile‘s girlfriend and daughter who were in the car during the incident. CBS News reports, on Tuesday, November 29, 2017, the city council voted in favor […]
Before his untimely death at the hand of St. Paul police officer Jeronimo Yanez, Philando Castile was a popular nutrition services supervisor at the JJ Paul Montessori school in St. Paul, Minnesota. After his death, his friends and family vowed to keep his memory alive in a special way. Splinternews.com reports: The Philando Feeds The Children […]
Before his untimely death at the hand of St. Paul police officer Jeronimo Yanez, Philando Castile was a popular nutrition services supervisor at the JJ Paul Montessori school in St. Paul, Minnesota. After his death, his friends and family vowed to keep his memory alive in a special way. Splinternews.com reports: The Philando Feeds The Children […]
Attorney Antonio Moore and Political Commentator Yvette Carnell discuss the recent debate about Affirmative Action. The two use the lens of American history, and more importantly American slavery to detail the flaws in the policy as it shifted from corrective action for racism, to a focus on diversity. Their discussion delves deep into the backgrounds […]
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