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#SayHerName and see the beautifully captured portrait of Breonna Taylorat theSmithsonian on Friday. Taylor, whose 2020 death sparked nationwide protests, will have a portrait displayed on the fourth floor of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) as part of the museum’s new exhibition, 'Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.' In the portrait, Taylor […]
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
But three months after plainclothes detectives serving a warrant busted into her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment and shot the 26-year-old Black woman to death, only one of the three officers who opened fire has lost his job.
Attorney General Daniel Cameron, whose office is reviewing the investigation by Louisville police, has declined to offer a timetable.
“I think the game changer is the federal intervention here,” he said, adding he’s never in two decades seen a racially charged police shooting in Louisville get so much attention from the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has said state laws and the city’s collective bargaining agreement with police require a process to be followed before an officer can be fired.
No-knock warrants, typically used in drug cases over concerns a suspect could destroy evidence if police announce their arrival, have been banned in a new Louisville law named for Taylor.
Breonna Taylor’s shooting death in Kentucky was the consequence of a Louisville Police Dept. operation intended to clear out a block in western Louisville key to a city plan to gentrify the neighborhood Taylor lived in — lawyers for Taylor’s family allege in an amendment to a lawsuit filed against the city in Taylor’s death. []
On Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2020, twenty-five cars joined the ‘Slow Ride for Justice’ through the City of Eutaw, to protest the police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others.
The ride called for criminal justice reform and passage of the Justice in Policing Act, proposed by the Black Congressional Caucus.
Cars, covered with signs saying: No Justice – No Peace, Black Lives Matter, Equal Justice for All, Stop Killing Black People and others, left from the National Guard Armory, driving west on Highway 14, down Prairie Avenue passing King Village and Branch Heights, turning back north on Highway 43 and east on Highway 14 to the Courthouse Square, named for Sheriff Thomas Gilmore.
Many of the speakers were concerned that police killings were the third greatest cause of death for Black men between the ages of 18 and 30 years old.
“In addition to the coronavirus pandemic raging in this country, we have a long-standing pandemic of racism that also plagues Black people,” said Gordon.
RELATED: Grand Jury Indicts Three Men Accused Of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Lee Merritt, attorney for Ahmaud’s case, will accompany his mother on the trip as they call for the Louisville police officers involved in the March 13 death of Breonna to be arrested and charged.
RELATED: Police Officer Fired After Breonna Taylor Shooting
Hankison, along with officers Myles Cosgrove, and Jonathan Mattingly were assigned to a botched March 13 drug raid in which they were seeking to arrest a suspect they believed lived in the apartment Taylor and boyfriend Kenneth Williams occupied.
Police executed a “no-knock” warrant and burst through the door, according to a lawsuit filed by Taylor’s family.
RELATED: Louisville Council Passes ‘Breonna’s Law,’ Banning ‘No Knock’ Warrants To Honor EMT Killed By Police
On June 11, the Louisville City Council voted unanimously to be “no-knock” warrants in a new ordinance called “Breonna’s Law.”
BET has been covering every angle of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and other social justice cases and the subsequent aftermath and protests.
TMZ first reported on newly submitted documents that show West filed a trademark for his Yeezy brand to cover items like makeup, nail polish, body oils, bath gels, facial masks, moisturizers, false eyelashes, perfumes and hair care products.
West’s Mascotte Holdings company filed the paperwork on June 2, and the Yeezy name also would cover hygiene products such as deodorant and toothpaste.
The first time was in 2017 when he submitted documents to secure the name Donda for beauty and skin care products, but the line never took off.
Donda is the first name of West’s late mother Donda West, who passed away in 2007 after having a cosmetic surgery procedure.
“The College Dropout” rapper hasn’t announced the cosmetics line or revealed any plans yet.
The senseless murders of countless black people at the hands of law enforcement have landed America in an uproar.
We, the people, find ourselves standing on the brink of rejuvenation, rebuilding, and restructuring our local police departments.
To be clear, the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland and now Rayshard Brooks, are just the tip of the iceberg for all the people who didn’t have a camera, who didn’t have footage, whose name never made it to the press.
It’s about looking very strongly at the way poor people are represented in the criminal justice system with court-appointed attorneys.
While I don’t excuse Trump or Congress from carrying out their duties, what I see in cities across the country is the people joining together to bring about change.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Hundreds of people rallied at Kentuckys capitol on Thursday to urge action in the investigation of three officers in the fatal police shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, at her Louisville home. Taylors family, hip hop artists and civil rights lawyers addressed a large crowd on the steps of the []
Two Black women leaders, from prestigious Columbia University, have announced plans to lead a special Juneteenth celebration during their Freedom March NYC.
Lending their voices to the national call for social justice and police accountability, Chelsea Miller and Nialah Edari, will kick off their historic “Juneteenth: A Celebration of Black Joy” event starting at the Brooklyn Museum at 12 PM.
Already raising more than $50, 000 for the Freedom March, these brilliant young activists have been marching for change throughout the streets of New York City demanding change during the revival of the Black Lives Matter movement following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and all of the other Black men and women who have died at the hands of police and white violence.
“There’s a social media activist family who support and amplify each other’s messages,” Nialah Edari, told Forbes in speaking to the march for justice for Breonna Taylor’s killers.
“It’s not so much who the organizers are as much as it’s the message”
With special performances and guest appearances, “Juneteenth: A Celebration of Black Joy” will be a day to remember as the city of New York comes together.
Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Ghana memorial for George Floyd (Sceenshot)
Ghana’s Minister of Tourism Barbara Oteng-Gyasi capitalized on America’s poor race relations, specifically the treatment of Black people, to recruit and nationalize African Americans.
READ MORE: ‘Year of Return’ movement beckons Blacks back to Africa prompting powerful cultural and economic exchange
Because of the current season of civil unrest, the deaths of Ahmed Arbery, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and Breonna Taylor, Ghana is seizing the opportunity to persuade people of the African diaspora living in America, to move.
“On the behalf of the Africa diaspora, and more specifically, the Ghana African diaspora, please accept our deepest condolences.”
Ghana has a history of strongly inviting Black Americans to move the West African country.
READ MORE: Why Ghana is fast becoming a hub for African-Americans
In commemoration of settlers who landed in Jamestown, Virginia, who carried enslaved Africans 400 years ago, the country had named 2019 the “Year of Return,” theGrio previously reported.
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A judge on Monday set a $1.2 million bail for the man accused of driving a Jaguar on to a closed Seattle freeway and hitting two protesters, killing one and seriously injuring the other. Dawit Kelete, who is Black, drove the car around vehicles that were parked on Interstate 5 to protect a group of Black Femme March demonstrators, part of the Black Lives Matter movement protesting racial inequality and police violence. The car hit two people and sped away about 1:40 a.m. Saturday, police said. Over the weekend, a judge found []
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Brooklyn is following the trend of other communities by utilizing the Black Lives Matter slogan as public art by painting the words on blocklong street mural.
“We are the largest community of African Americans in the entire nation, Central Brooklyn, so it is imperative that we’re a part of this,” Indira Etwaroo, who helped organize the event, and is executive art director of the Billie Holiday Theatre in Restoration Plaza where the mural is located, told reporters.
The artwork was inspired by a similar mural that was painted in Washington D.C. a few weeks ago, as well as others in cities like Charlotte, Albany, N.Y., and San Francisco.
This is the first mural of its kind in New New York, but Mayor Bill De Blasio has reportedly said he wants to see similar artwork in every borough of the city.
His office organized the mural and event along with the Billie Holiday Theatre.
Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Cameron has still not reached a decision on whether or not to charge the cops who shot Breonna Taylor, saying on Thursday (June 18) that he would not bow to pressure, like letters from Beyonce, while trying to conduct his investigation.
Cameron appears to be referring to a letter sent to him by Beyonce demanding justice for Taylor.
\"Obviously, there are sensitivities to this case because of everything that's going on in this country, but at the end of the day my responsibility is to make sure that we get it right,\" Cameron said, adding that he is “saddened and heartbroken” by Taylor’s death.
Taylor was killed on May 13, shortly after midnight, when three plain clothes officers broke down her door and shot her eight times in her own apartment in an attempt to arrest her for a crime she didn’t commit.
Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker, who was home with her at the time of the raid, fired at officers in self-defense and was charged with attempted murder of a police officer.
A 7,000-square-foot mural honoring Breonna Taylor, a 26-year old Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment, has been put in a Maryland park.
Following pressure from civil rights activists, public servants, private citizens and a number of celebrities at least one of three police officers involved in “no-knock” warrant lead to the fatal shooting of a Breonna Taylor in Louisville has been fired, the Louisville’s mayor Greg Fischer said.
Fired officer Brett Hankison is accused by the department’s interim chief, Robert Schroeder, of “blindly” firing 10 rounds into Taylor’s apartment, creating a substantial danger of death and serious injury.
Two other officers, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Officer Myles Cosgrove have been placed on administrative reassignment while the shooting is investigated.
Breonna Taylor was shot eight times by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a no-knock warrant during a March 13 narcotics investigation.
I cannot tolerate this type of conduct by any member of the Louisville Metro Police Department,” he added.
NASHVILLE — A white Tennessee lawmaker asked for forgiveness on the House floor Monday after he made a racially offensive joke hours before to a black representative. “I am extremely sorry that an offhand attempt at humor hurt your feelings,” said Rep. Mike Carter, a Republican from Ooltewah. “I deeply regret those remarks and now []
This debate was sparked by the shocking videotape of George Floyd being casually murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.
Nationwide protests arising from Chauvin’s killing of Mr. Floyd were met with the usual minimalist argument from the Minneapolis Police Department declaring that Chauvin was just “one bad apple.”
During his career with the Chicago police, Burge rose to the rank of detective and was made an area detective commander before being suspended in 1991 and fired in 1993 for leading a team of officers in the violent abuse of citizens – most of whom were Black males.
When we are asked to believe that a campaign of terror led by a senior officer of one of the nation’s largest municipal law enforcement agencies went unnoticed for almost 20 years, the stench of a barrel of rotten apples assaults our noses.
There are numerous examples of police units and whole departments coming under the influence of vicious officers who never should have been given a badge.
George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter, Gianna, is giving her thanks to Kanye West after he set up a college fund for her that will cover her full tuition.
Taking to her Instagram account, Gianna posted a picture message reading, “THANK YOU KANYE FOR SECURING MY COLLEGE EDUCATION.”
She also captioned the post, “Thank You Kanye, Because of You I Will have a college Education... Mommy and I are so thankful for you and your family @kimkardashian.
Kanye West Is Donating $2 Million To Support The Families Of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor And Ahmaud Arbery
West has also donated $2 million in total contributions to support the families of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
See Gianna Floyd’s Instagram post below.
