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Edited body-camera footage of members of the LAPD attempting to arrest Educator Keenan Anderson, the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, has been released to the public. Anderson, a 31-year-old father and educator, reportedly died from a cardiac arrest on January 3rd after being tased multiple times. Cullors, posted about Anderson’s death recently…
A much needed pod took place this episode and Joe begins with how the media has portrayed the looting during the protest. The guys give their thoughts on “Black Out Tuesday”, Virgil Abloh’s $50 donation, James Dolan’s statements on the BLM protest, a list of companies that support Trump, the Verzuz battle we all needed…
We don’t know what’s going on with the Young Money CEO, but Lil Wayne has been putting his foot in his mouth a lot lately. During a Nightline interview, Lil Wayne distanced himself from the Black Lives Matter movement, saying “If you [feel connected], you crazy as shit. You. Not the camera. You. Feeling connected…
Oprah’s connecting the dots between the recent police involved shootings, and the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s… telling us it sometimes feels like not that much has changed.
The notion that because athletes like Colin Kaepernick make money for providing entertainment, they should not be able to protest the indifference shown towards minorities by law enforcement is by definition oppressive however unintentional. It illustrates the whole frame of thought that we can sing, dance, win medals, fight wars, run up and down courts…
http://youtu.be/pW69PFGsrr8 John Legend denounced the Dallas shooter — not only for what he did to 12 police officers — but for inflicting a major setback to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Marshawn McCarrel, 23, committed suicide outside the Ohio Statehouse on the evening of January 8. He was an Ohio activist and extremely involved with the Black Lives Matter movement. His body was found after police responded to a call about a shooting. Best known for his social activism, he was also the founding member of…
Over the weekend Beyoncé heavily promoted herself in order to get people interested in her upcoming tour. It all started Friday with a $1.5 million donation from Jay-Z’s music streaming service Tidal to the Black Lives Matter movement. The money comes from the charity concert Jay-Z did back in October 2015. The concert featured artists such…