Thursday, April 25, 2024
Photo courtesy of Clay Banks, Unsplash On April 24, former police officer Derek Chauvin was rightfully found guilty on all counts for the murder of George Floyd. His convictions were second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. This news means so much to not only George Floyd’s family but […]
Photo courtesy of Jason Hargrove, Flickr On May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, a Black 46-year-old man named George Floyd attempted to pay for cigarettes in a convenience store with a counterfeit $20 bill. The owner called the police as a result, and squad cars rushed to the scene. Attempting to […]
Photo courtesy of Law & Order: SVU, Wikipedia On Thursday, Nov. 12, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” returned for its 22nd season. As the clock struck 9 p.m. and viewers heard the famous “dun dun,” the season premiere of the series began on NBC. At the start of their […]
Photo courtesy of Chris Montgomery, Billy Penn On Oct. 26, Walter Wallace Jr. was shot and killed by police on the streets of Philadelphia. His death made national headlines and caused protests across the city. This Wednesday, bodycam footage and 911 calls were released. "The Wallace Family, the Mayor, District […]
Photo courtesy of Ken Fager, Flickr 194 days after Breonna Taylor was shot dead by police officers in her home, a grand jury came to the decision that the lives of her neighbors mattered more than her own. In the early morning of March 13, Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker heard […]
Photo courtesy of FloNight, Wikipedia Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old African-American woman who worked as an emergency medical technician. Before her untimely death, she aspired to advance her career in healthcare. On the night of March 13, Louisville officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove forcibly entered Taylor’s home […]
Photo by Hannah Reasoner The vigil and Black Lives Matter banquet on Friday night was one of the closing events for Black Solidarity Week, which held a series of events from Sunday, Nov. 6 through Saturday, Nov. 12. The week started with a church service and community cleanup on Sunday […]
Photo by Hope Patti In the latest deliberation by the SCOTUS discussion group, Dr. Paul Deck, professor of sociology at Ramapo College, brought the group’s attention to police brutality and its relation to legal precedents and processes. Deck first brought up a few legal cases relevant to the subject of […]
Photo courtesy of Cezary Piwowarsk, Wikipedia Generally speaking, mainstream media has a tendency to seek a scapegoat to subsidize public unrest over a specific issue. In fact, the media always plays a vital role in cornering the scapegoat. Police brutality, specifically police brutality against African-Americans, is a highly controversial issue in […]
Photo by Nicole Williams Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland: these are a just a few of the many victims who have lost their lives due to police brutality. Professor Jillian Weiss, professor of law and society at Ramapo College, led a discussion […]
