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Join Me In Protesting Ferguson

Join me and thousands of others in protesting the murder of Michael Brown and the suppression of peaceful protest in Ferguson, Missouri.  Put your hands up and post the photo. Very simple.Does it...

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The one thing wrong with Michael Brown's autopsy diagram.

This was all I could think of as I stared at that picture. Sorry if you think it's offensive. I do too. I think everything about this disaster in Ferguson is offensive. Just to clarify - I understand...

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In the Port, the Port of Oakland, the Zim Ship Sits Still Loaded and Unloved.

The Zim cargo ship sat unloaded all day Monday at the Port of Oakland as Longshoremen refused to cross community picket lines. For a report on Sunday's blockade see here, and for the mass protest on...

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Anon Calls for "#Hands Up" 8/23 & 8/24

Video speaks for itself.Thanks to jpmassar for this link.

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Hands Up, Don't Shoot

My home in Manchester, Maine, is 1,345 miles from Ferguson, Missouri. This is where Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American youth, was killed by a white police officer almost two weeks ago.

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Of course she was black ...

And, I'll bet anything that the cops were all lily white.Hell! It had to be Texas ... Forney, Texas.The dashboard camera shows that officers pulled Barbour over and ordered her to exit her vehicle with...

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"Hands up!" (my 1st diary)

We said it together. A community, sort of.I recognized a few faces gathered in front of the Peace Center. Many I had seen last summer, as we mourned another black boy, shocked that society placed so...

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Out of the Mouths of (Ferguson) Babes...

I wish I could say more, but they covered it all for me.

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Call to Action: 'National Anthem' Hands Up Day Friday 11/12

Show peaceful & non-violent support for Mike Brown's family and memory, and all other victims of hate crimes by putting your 'Hands Up' during the National Anthem at any sporting event, or at...

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It feels like the police are upping the ante

Michael Brown was shot at ten times (hit six times) from over 100 feet away, according to eyewitnesses, he had his hands up at the time.Akai Gurley was shot and succumbed to his wounds when he opened a...

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McCulloch Knows He Lied

He knows that Darren Wilson did not know about the possible store robbery before he encountered Michael Brown.But tonight he went ahead and made that exact claim.McCullough LIED to the public.Despite...

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St. Louis Rams Come Out with 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Salute

While taking the field today to play the Oakland Raiders, several St. Louis Rams players decided to mimic the 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' gesture used by many protesters since the shooting death of...

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St. Louis Rams' 5 will not be penalized for Hands Up expression!

Raw StoryThe National Football League said on Monday it would not discipline the St. Louis Rams players who staged a show of solidarity with people angry about the controversial shooting of an unarmed...

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The Great American Uniform Fetish

The only thing more predictable than a sitcom premise is that the American public can be surprised each and every time someone in uniform steps outside the law gets away with it.  

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Lest we forget. Black Women's Lives Matter (too!)

Be honest. How much has the media discussed Black Women’s lives?  There have been countless marches, rallies, you name it about #blacklivesmatter. Indeed, all black lives DO matter, but so often –much...

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Urgent: Michael Brown Audio Overlooked

There are certainly twelve gun shots in those two volley's in this audio. Be suspicious of assertions that there are only ten because 1. if you take the time you can clearly hear twelve 2. it means...

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Black People have 'Violent Tendencies'...

…this is the reason white Austin Police Officer Patrick Spradlin, who is white, told Breaion King why white people have a right to be afraid of black people. Officer Spradlin told this to Ms King after...

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Charlotte: protests continue, as well as differing accounts of what happened

Attorney General and North Carolina native Loretta Lynch urged protestors in Charlotte “to end violence which only begets violence” on Thursday morning. Protests in the city continued for a second...

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