Category Archives: Protests

Thursday Open Thread | New York Life fires director #CoreyMulter after his racist, violent FB message to #BlackLivesMatter activist:

Posted on August 11, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

A racist antagonizer of the Black Lives Matter movement has been fired after his words wrote a check that his a** couldn’t cash. Shanelle Matthews, director of communication with the Black Lives Matter organization, was verbally attacked on Facebook by … Continue reading →

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United Nations rep slammed US police for trampling protesters’ rights

Posted on July 29, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Amid renewed nationwide protests over police killings of black men, a representative from the United Nations toured the United States with a peculiar goal: to assess whether the exercise of freedom of assembly and association in the country conforms to … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread

Posted on July 12, 2016 by rikyrah

ALL OF THIS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY…… Go GRANNYSTANDINGFORTRUTH AM I AMERICAN My eyes are not blue My eyes are black My hair is not blond My hair is black My skin is not white My skin is black Am … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Current Events, Gun Violence, Hate Crime, Healing, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Politics, Protests, Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, Racism | Tagged , , , | 131 Comments

Father of Dallas Shooter: ‘I Love My Son, I Hate What He Did’

Posted on July 11, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

The parents of the sniper authorities believe killed five police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest Thursday night spoke out about their son. In an interview with The Blaze, the mother and father of 25-year-old army veteran Micah Xavier … Continue reading →

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Would YOU Want to be Treated Like Blacks?

Posted on July 8, 2016 by rikyrah

Jane Elliot confronting white folks HEAD ON. Because they are the folks that need to do this”

Posted in Birtherism, Black Codes, Black Voter Suppression, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Democracy, discrimination, Empowerment, Hate Crime, Income Inequality, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice, Lynching, Murder, Police bruality, Police violence, Protests, Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, Racism, segregation, Slave Auctions, Slave Breeding in America, Slavery, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act, White Supremacy | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Freddie Gray case | State vs Officer Caesar Goodson | Day 7

Posted on June 17, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Tensions between police and prosecutors erupted in a downtown courtroom Thursday, with a top prosecutor accusing a lead detective of trying to sabotage the state’s case against six Baltimore officers in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray. Chief Deputy … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore, Current Events, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice, Justice for Freddie Gray, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Protests, Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, Racism, trial, Violence, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 37 Comments

Freddie Gray case | State vs Officer Caesar Goodson | Day 6

Posted on June 16, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

After state prosecutors rested their case against Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson J. in the death of Freddie Gray on Wednesday, proceedings were scheduled to continue Thursday morning with discussion of a defense request for acquittal. Defense attorneys for Goodson … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore, Current Events, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice, Justice for Freddie Gray, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Protests, Racial Profiling, Racism, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 163 Comments

Freddie Gray case | State vs Officer Caesar Goodson | Day 5

Posted on June 15, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Trial is set to resume Wednesday for Caesar Goodson Jr., the officer facing the most serious charges in the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a fatal spine injury last year while riding in a police van Goodson was driving. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore, Criminal Justice, Current Events, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice, Justice for Freddie Gray, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Protests, Racial Profiling, Racism, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 125 Comments

Freddie Gray case | State vs Officer Caesar Goodson

Posted on June 6, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

The Baltimore police officer who faces the most serious charges in the death of Freddie Gray is headed to trial this week. Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr. drove the van in which the medical examiner ruled that the 25-year-old West … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore, Criminal Justice, Current Events, Department of Justice, Justice, Justice for Freddie Gray, Murder, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Protests, Racial Profiling, Racism, Violence, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 72 Comments

Friday Open Thread | Protesters. Trump Rally. Costa Mesa.

Posted on April 29, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring their opposition to the Republican presidential candidate. Traffic came to a … Continue reading →

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