AvatarBlackShoes1 day agoAlabama cops who arrested mechanic for not giving them his ID denied qualified immunityReason.com - Emma Camp"The police are free to ask questions, and the public is free to ignore them," wrote a federal judge. A federal court has sided with Roland Edger, an …
AvatarBlackShoes2 days agoLessons We Can Learn From Black Teachers During The Civil Rights EraNewsOne - Bilal MorrisMy grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. As one of the handful of Black teachers in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era of racially segregated …
AvatarBlackShoes2 days agoDoctor at NYC dinner party that was left ‘in ruins’ after white neighbor hosed down black guests says ‘no words’ were exchanged before act - NewsBreaknewsbreak.comThe Haitian-American NYC doctor accusing a white neighbor of “violently” spraying his dinner party guests with a garden hose recalled Thursday how …
AvatarBlackShoes3 days agoDemocrat Jamaal Bowman Pulls Fire Alarm In House Building Amid Chaotic Shutdown VotesHuffPost - Jennifer Bendery“An investigation into why it was pulled is underway,” tweeted the GOP chairman of the House Administration Committee. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Saturday pulled a fire alarm in a House building in the midst of chaotic and tense negotiations on Capitol Hill to avert a government shutdown. As a …
AvatarBlackShoes2 days agoWashington officers on trial in deadly arrest of Manny Ellis, a case reminiscent of George Floydverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Martha Bellisle | APTACOMA, Wash. — Police wrestle the unarmed Black man to the sidewalk. One officer pushes his face into the pavement as he pleads in vain: “Can’t breathe.” Witnesses capture the scene at a dark intersection on their cellphones — one yells, “Hey! Stop! Oh my God, stop hitting him!” — and the medical …
AvatarBlackShoes5 days ago'Kill Black people': Elon Musk's Tesla sued for racial abuse at electric vehicle plantverified_publisherUSA TODAY Money - Jessica GuynnThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker Tesla for a pervasive pattern of racial abuse at one of its manufacturing plants and for retaliating against Black employees who complained about the stereotyping, hostility and slurs. According to the lawsuit …