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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...
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...
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...
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...
Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem
Time for a rant. Ever since Mike Brown was murdered in Ferguson, Missouri I have read post after post, blog after blog and comment after comment about what we should or shouldn't do in response. I have heard from those that suggest we march, that we pray, that we...
#MikeBrown: Ferguson’s Killer Cop, Bryan P. Willman, Picture Revealed By Anonymous
UPDATE 8/15/14: Anonymous was wrong. More info to come. The notorious hacker group, Anonymous, warned their presence would be felt over the Ferguson tragedy that left an unarmed, black teen dead. He was shot repeatedly by a police officer. There has been unrest and...
Michael Brown’s Cop Killer Released By Anonymous
UPDATE: Anonymous was wrong. More info to come. Breaking news in the Ferguson, MO police killing of unarmed, black teenager Michael Brown. The hacker group, Anonymous, released the name of the cop who murdered him in cold blood. The killing has sparked almost a full...
Good Choices vs Bad Choices: In Memoriam of Actor Robin Williams
IN MEMORY OF ROBIN WILLIAMS Robin Williams was one of the most prolific and misunderstood actors of all time. In my mind, he was so famous, and so infamous, that I knew the laughter could not last much longer. He tried too hard; and when a man tries as hard as he did...
Blackout
I originally wrote this post after the Trayvon Martin verdict. In many ways, the concept holds the same. We are understandably heartbroken about the latest tragedy to befall our community. We have had three in the last month, killed by police officers doing...
