Umar Johnson: Black People Do Not To Understand Propaganda
The brain is a creature of repetition. The sad thing is we don't understand this simple fact and how it is being used to keep us on our knees. There is no coincidence your music, movies and news are nothing destroying your mindset and compassion for your people. At...
Kajieme Powell Video (2nd St. Louis Killing)
The second murder in St. Louis just like the first murder has taken an interesting twist. We have heard on several occasions that Kajieme Powell challenged the officers to kill him with a knife held up in stabbing position and got as close as 3 feet from the officers....
UI Daily Show #5: Ferguson, Man With Butter Knife, The MO Prosecutor, Bundy Ranch and More
Today we discussed the recent events of Ferguson, MO including the cops shooting and killing a man with a butter knife, removing the prosecutor, armed weapons at the Bundy Range, the U of K President giving $90K of salary to minimum wage workers and more. The...
CNN Anchor Rosemary Church Suggest Using Water Cannons in Ferguson
In 2014, CNN Anchor Rosemary Church suggest the police stop using their conventional techniques of tear gas, stun grenades and bullets for the use of water cannons. She speaks on the international community watching and water cannons wouldn't give the same bad press....
4 Tips for First-Time Gun Buyers
The decision to buy a gun isn't one to be taken lightly. Once you've carefully considered your options and have decided to become a gun owner, it's tempting to begin shopping for a weapon right away. Most first-time gun buyers begin browsing local gun shops and taking...
KKK Headed to Ferguson And Set Up A Fundraiser For The Killer Cop, Darren Wilson
Just when everyone thought the situation in Ferguson, MO. couldn't get any worse, enter the KKK. An unarmed, black man was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson over a week ago and the community has been in turmoil every since. However, a new level...
Video Proof: Lame Stream Media Lies About Police Attacking Journalist
There have been many reports by the lame stream media and the police lying about the treatment of journalist in the area. Outlets like Fox News have been telling people the Media has been protected and treated with dignity and respect by the police when it seems the...
Another Black Man Shot Dead By Police Near Ferguson, Mo.
The time it was a St. Louis Police Department member behind the fatal shooting of a black man on Tuesday, Aug. 19th, 2014. However, the man was holding a knife according to police and witnesses. A spokesperson for the St. Louis Police Department said the man was 23...
UI Daily #4: Ferguson, Propaganda, Positive Detroit Dad
UI Daily aims to take on issues impacting and effecting the black community with open, honest, and frank discussion. Here are some of the highlights of the discussion: 1. Weed calms people down, so it makes it highly unlikely that he bumrushed the cops.2. The...
UI Daily #3: Mike Brown Autopsy, Ron Johnson Pacifying, & Mo’ne Davis
UI Daily aims to take on issues impacting and effecting the black community with open, honest, and frank discussion. In his episode of UI Daily, we take on some very important and inspirational issues. The conversation ranges from the Ferguson police killing of...
Autopsy Reveals Michael Brown Was Shot At Least 6 Times By the Police
The private autopsy ordered by the family of Michael Brown indicates the young man was shot at least six times by the Ferguson, MO police officer, Darren Wilson. The autopsy was conducted by Michael Baden, a high profile pathologist. You might remember his name from...
Pinetart Inc Gets New Website Donated by UI Supporter
The co-founders of Pinetart Inc. are having a good start to their week. Not only is their new mobile app, Five-O, debuting in Android app stores, they are debuting their new website that was donated by a UI supporter. Once I learned about the Christian siblings and...
Symptoms
Real quick before I go to work I have a subject that needs breathing on. We here in Open Discussion come from a wide range of ages, socio-economic statuses, and educational as well as consciousness levels. So everyone has a particular perspective to advance and...
Mo’ne Davis is a Little League Phenom
13-year-old Mo'ne Davis helped lead the Philadelphia Taney Dragons to a huge victory yesterday in the Little League World Series. The team beat their opponents 4-0, with Davis pitching her second shut out in a row! Davis told ESPN, "At first I was scared and nervous...
High School Students Develop App to Track Police Interactions
Five-O has taken on a whole new meaning, thanks to a few high school teens. Siblings Caleb, Ima, and Asha Christian of Decatur, GA founded a mobile app development company called Pinetart, Inc., and released an app that documents incidents with law enforcement. Five-O...
Did I Give My Black Sons Enough Information?
Did my young men's father and I give our sons enough information to keep them safe? Is there enough information parents can provide their off-spring within a society hell-bent on violence? In a society hell-bent on attempting to dehumanize African American men and...
UI Daily #2: Turning Ferguson’s Short Term Rage Into Long Term Prosperity
The second show of UI Daily has landed. There is a lot of tension and energy surrounding the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, but there hasn't been much conversation about what are we going to do about it. The UI Daily team takes on this challenge to find...
4 Ways You Can Help Out the People of Ferguson
It's almost been a week since the outrage of the killing of Michael Brown first reached the web. People from all over, including citizens of Ferguson, Missouri, and even those from other countries, have expressed their opinions about how the police department has...
Ferguson Police Release Killer Cop Name, Darren Wilson
A week after the killing of unarmed, black teenager Michael Brown, the Ferguson Police department released the name of the officer who did the shooting. His name is Darren Wilson, according the Ferguson, MO police department. And according to the officials, Wilson and...
UI Daily: We Are Michael Brown & Won’t Live in Ferguson, MO Any Longer
Urban Intellectuals launches into the podcast media world with our very first episode of UI Daily. This will be a daily talk show discussion the issues, news and solutions facing our community in the unique manner UI does. The show features several UI personalities...
