So, in the wake of the inexcusable killing of Oscar Grant, a small group of people decide to rage around Bay area streets destroying property in hopes of changing…what?
Authorities said 105 people had been arrested in the protest over the fatal New Years Day shooting of Oscar Grant III after a splitter group broke off [...]

Another young, unarmed black man has been shot and killed by a police officer. Early New Year’s Day in Oakland, Oscar Grant, a 22 year old father, held his hands up and pleaded with the arresting officers not to hurt him because he had a daughter. But once he had been wrestled down [...]

I have read and watched quite a number of stories which detailed how armed and race frightened white people turned on black people during the aftermath of Katrina. At a time when human beings should have been pulling together, some white and other privileged people who could have helped their neighbors instead decided that all [...]

I want to thank everyone with close knowledge of this case for weighing in on the original comment thread.
Please keep the information coming. Yes I often assume the worst in cases like these. Unfortunately, I have deep justification for that.
I am so sorry for your loss. We would all be better off if Billey [...]

Is it just me or do you need to see the police car video too?
From AP
JACKSON, Miss. (Dec. 8th) - A George County High School football star died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound early Monday after being pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.
It’s not clear why 17-year-old Billey Joe Johnson was stopped [...]

Today, many members of the Afrosphere Action Coalition and others are speaking out in unison against the increasingly reckless use of tasers. Here are some examples that illustrate the problem:
- 21-year old black man tasered nine times by Louisiana cop. Although he stopped twitching after seven, Baron Pikes was tasered to death.
- Policeman indicted in [...]

Yes. And Wright (pictured on the right) was prone on his stomach at the time.
According to tmz.com
Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, who were arrested this past weekend at a Shreveport, La. bar, were pepper sprayed and tased by cops. And, we’re told, police went on a vulgar rant — and portions were caught on [...]