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Troll Tide: University of Alabama Dedicates Building Name To First Black Student AND KKK Member

What in the name of crispy white sheets is going on down in Tuscaloosa?!? Source: Wesley Hitt / Getty Listen, you can only expect so much progressiveness from any entity rooted in the state of Alabama but even this is pretty low for the heart of dixie. According to USAToday, there is outrage on the … Read moreTroll Tide: University of Alabama Dedicates Building Name To First Black Student AND KKK Member

Troll Tide: University of Alabama To Dedicate Building Name To First Black Student AND KKK Member

What in the name of crispy white sheets is going on down in Tuscaloosa?!? Source: Wesley Hitt / Getty Listen, you can only expect so much progressiveness from any entity rooted in the state of Alabama but even this is pretty low for the heart of dixie. According to USAToday, there is outrage on the … Read moreTroll Tide: University of Alabama To Dedicate Building Name To First Black Student AND KKK Member

Hueless & Clueless: White Sorority Suspended For Mayo-ly Mocking Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Member’s Movements

In today’s episode of IKYFL, a sorority at Southern Connecticut State University was suspended on Tuesday when a group of white students was caught on camera mocking the movements and rituals of a Black sorority. EBONY magazine reported that over the weekend, university administrators discovered the video of white Omega Zeta Pi members mocking the … Read moreHueless & Clueless: White Sorority Suspended For Mayo-ly Mocking Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Member’s Movements

Oh Word?? Minnesota Judge Who Presided Over Derek Chauvin Trial Signed No-Knock Warrant In Amir Locke Death

Do tell… Source: boonchai wedmakawand / Getty Well, this is awkward. We spent a lot of time discussing Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill last year. He was the magistrate who presided over the most socially significant case of police brutality in the modern era, the case against former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of … Read moreOh Word?? Minnesota Judge Who Presided Over Derek Chauvin Trial Signed No-Knock Warrant In Amir Locke Death

Shook Ones: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Brings In National Guard In Midst Of Amir Locke Killing And George Floyd Trial

Nothing to be scared of if everything is just and transparent. Source: Nathan Howard / Getty The shooting death of Amir Locke at the hands of Minnesota Police during a no-knock warrant raid a la Breonna Taylor is making the governor of Minnesota a very scary Larry. Tim Walz has activated the National Guard according … Read moreShook Ones: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Brings In National Guard In Midst Of Amir Locke Killing And George Floyd Trial

Black Cops And NAACP Call For Federal Oversight Over Bridgeport PD That Botched Lauren Smith-Fields Investigation

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Even some of Bridgeport’s finest raised the alarm about racism in the police department before they fumbled the Lauren Smith-Fields investigation. Source: JOSEPH PREZIOSO / Getty Buzzfeed reports the Connecticut police department that recently failed to properly or respectfully investigate the deaths of two Black women, Smith-Fields and Brenda Rawls, has a … Read moreBlack Cops And NAACP Call For Federal Oversight Over Bridgeport PD That Botched Lauren Smith-Fields Investigation

Amir Locke Update: Minneapolis Suspends No-Knock Warrants After Cops Insisted On Reckless Raid And Fatally Shot Up Wrong Residence

Too little, too late… Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty If Minneapolis police were as competent as they are trifling and trigger-happy, Amir Locke would still be alive. The Star Tribune reports that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on no-knock warrants after the fatal police shooting of Amir during a raid. “No matter what information comes … Read moreAmir Locke Update: Minneapolis Suspends No-Knock Warrants After Cops Insisted On Reckless Raid And Fatally Shot Up Wrong Residence

Lyncher Woes: Travis McMichael Withdraws Guilty Plea After Judge Rightfully Rejected Fed Deal In Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crime Case

There’s a saying that goes: “Every time a white supremacist murderer loses in court, a Black angel gets its wings—and uses them to fly down and fart in the defendant’s face.” OK, that’s not a saying, but you giggled a little and now you’re thinking it probably should be. Source: Pool / Getty Anyway, as … Read moreLyncher Woes: Travis McMichael Withdraws Guilty Plea After Judge Rightfully Rejected Fed Deal In Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crime Case

This City Ain’t Right: Minneapolis Police Gun Down Legally Armed Black Man Amir Locke During No-Knock Warrant

Seriously, what’s really going on in Minneapolis?! Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty The fatal police shooting of Amir Locke has drawn a tragic comparison to the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. The issue of no-knock warrants has become a major point of contention since police in Louisville, Kentucky killed the 26-year-old who had nothing … Read moreThis City Ain’t Right: Minneapolis Police Gun Down Legally Armed Black Man Amir Locke During No-Knock Warrant

HBCU Bomb Threats: FBI Identifies 6 “Tech Savvy” Individuals Linked To Neo-Nazi Group “Atomwaffen Division” As Persons Of Interest

That didn’t take nearly as along as we thought… Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty The news of bomb threats at over a dozen HBCUs on the first day of Black History Month was as disturbing as it was poignant. No one is under the disillusion that America has reached the potential that she claims to … Read moreHBCU Bomb Threats: FBI Identifies 6 “Tech Savvy” Individuals Linked To Neo-Nazi Group “Atomwaffen Division” As Persons Of Interest

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