Racism
[News] Oscar Grant Police Murderer, Johannes Mehserle Released After Less Than A Year!
I know this is slightly old news but still had to acknowledge this absolute travesty. Unbelievable….
[Video] An Obama Impersonator Entertains a GOP ‘Leadership’ Gathering
Besides a lot of really lame jokes, does this dude even really look like Obama?? Maybe if he went on an all-ice cream diet for a month and started wearing make-up! But is this racist like Think Progress claims?
[via The Root]
“Show me your papers, Negro!” – Goldie Taylor on this Obama Birth Certificate F-ckery!
I got mad all over again after watching this. Read the Op-Ed as originally published on The Grio HERE.
Related:
Why Barack Obama Is the Real Donald Trump. [The Root]
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[News] Toronto Rapper P. Reign Pleads Not Guilty to Gun Charges
“A Toronto rapper who has toured with global hip hop phenom Drake is hoping a judge will soon clear him of gun possession charges that have prevented him from travelling outside Canada.
Wearing a suit and tie — minus his signature large pendant — Raynford Humphrey, a.k.a. P. Reign, pleaded not guilty Monday to nine firearms-related offences in Ontario Superior Court.
His lawyer, Edward Greenspan, is asking the judge hearing the case without a jury to stay the charges on the grounds police committed numerous Charter violations after they stopped Humphrey driving his Cadillac CTS three years ago.
Humphrey’s brother Jason, who was in the back seat, and Raymond Powell, a passenger in the front, have pleaded guilty to possessing three semi-automatic pistols.
The location of the guns will be the “sole issue” at trial, Crown attorney Ryan Wilson told Justice Michael Code who is first hearing evidence on the Charter application.
Toronto police Const. Oliver Ho testified Monday that early March 8, 2008, he noticed a Cadillac stopped at a red light had an expired January 2008 validation sticker. Ho said he pulled it over as a “routine traffic stop” under the Highway Traffic Act.”
CLICK HERE for the full article.
Sounds like more of that usual Police DWB f-ckery. In my hood, indeed!
[Music Video] Hiatus – Insurrection (feat. Linton Kwesi Johnson)
This is my roots right here in a video! Peep game:
“This track is called ‘Insurrection’ and features vocals from the legendary dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson. This track remembers the Brixton Riots of 1981. Both Hiatus and Linton Kwesi Johnson call Brixton home. Though the area has changed over time, when people go on about 1981 being the year of the Royal Wedding of Charles & Diana, they should remember that the folks in many cities had more pressing concerns: Unemployment, racial harassment, police harassment, inner cities burning… plus ca change la meme chose, as the French say.
This video looks like it’s from news footage of the time, and if this doesn’t make you burn with righteous indignation…God help you. The Tory politician Norman Tebbit had the insolence at the time to say that ‘My Father didn’t riot. He got on his bike and looked for work.’ (Screw you, Tory scum.) My A-Level Politics teacher used to say that ‘Riots are the ballot box of the poor.’ She was unquestionably right.”
[via Rock the Dub / 17 Seconds]