The City of New York has reached a $5.9 million settlement with Eric Garner’s family in a wrongful death claim stemming from his death last July at the hands of Staten Island Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo.
In a new video called "I Can't Breathe," the Russian punk group Pussy Riot make a statement about Eric Garner, the Black Lives Matter movement and their own struggles with Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership.
On Saturday, protesters gathered inside the Mall of America to draw attention to police violence, just like many groups of people have, in many different cities, to increasingly alarming levels of backlash and resistance. The Mall of America is a public space big enough to hold Yankee Stadium seven times over, but it…
Anonymous, the digital crusaders who have doxxed rapists and Darren Wilson (before we knew Darren Wilson) have found their newest target: Iggy Azalea.
The Smoking Gun reports that 57-year-old Catherine Crump of Waukegan, Il. has filed a trademark petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office to register Eric Garner's last words for use on "Clothing, namely hoodies, t-shirts for men, women, boys, girls and infants."
Bill O'Reilly remains a fool on a soap box and this time he decided to throw respectability politics, racist stereotypes and what I'm sure he'll dismiss as "humor" at the son of Martin Luther King Jr. Instead of "I Can't Breathe" shirts, O'Reilly said protestors should wear "Don't Get Pregnant at 14" shirts. Because…
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
Sam Jackson has a real challenge for all the celebrities who ever-so-boldly dumped a bucket of ice water on their head for ALS—he wants them to sing a song inspired by Eric Garner calling for the end of police violence. Awesome.
After advising members not to wear their Greek letters while protesting police brutality on Saturday, the first black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha has changed their position—twice.
Amid nationwide protests against police brutality and the failed indictments of Officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo, the oldest black sororities Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta are instructing their members not to wear their Greek letters while marching. The directive is pissing off some members and…
Fox News is at it again as Justice with Judge Jeanine host Jeanine Pirro says the American public needs to learn how to better deal with police, instead of the other way around. Because between Mike Brown, Eric Garner and Akai Gurley, it's wild how many civilians are fatally shooting cops these days.
