Wakanda News Details

One bad apple spoils the barrel

This debate was sparked by the shocking videotape of George Floyd being casually murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.

Nationwide protests arising from Chauvin’s killing of Mr. Floyd were met with the usual minimalist argument from the Minneapolis Police Department declaring that Chauvin was just “one bad apple.”

During his career with the Chicago police, Burge rose to the rank of detective and was made an area detective commander before being suspended in 1991 and fired in 1993 for leading a team of officers in the violent abuse of citizens – most of whom were Black males.

When we are asked to believe that a campaign of terror led by a senior officer of one of the nation’s largest municipal law enforcement agencies went unnoticed for almost 20 years, the stench of a barrel of rotten apples assaults our noses.

There are numerous examples of police units and whole departments coming under the influence of vicious officers who never should have been given a badge.
Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

You may also like
'I don't care' - Another video of police pinning black man to death released
A newly released body camera footage from last year has shown a black suspect being pinned down to death in Oklahoma
Read more
Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice
Virginia Officer Charged With Assault After Using Stun Gun On Black Man During Arrest
This time, Fairfax County police Officer Tyler Timberlake has been charged with assault and battery after using a stun gun to arrest a Black
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Africa: "Every African-American Is Guilty As Suspected!"
The United States of America is officially a de-racialized society after several landmark revolutionary transformations, the Emancipation, desegregation and the civil rights
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
East Point citizens join together for protest and march against police violence
East Point, Georgia, June 10, 2020 … The citizens of East Point are joining together to shine a light on the recent events involving unarmed black men and women dying at the hands of police and vigilante citizens, including but not limited to, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Manuel
Read more
Source: Atlanta Tribune
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Black Men Letters to America…The Next Generation
Data News Weekly wanted to publish an open letter to America from young Black
Read more
Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper
Mayor-Elect Of Ferguson, Mo., On Where Her City Stands, After Michael Brown
Mayor-elect Ella Jones, currently a city council member who was elected mayor on Tuesday, will become the first black and first female mayor of
Read more
Source: Stories About Black History
Pittsburgh Editor’s ‘Dehumanizing’ Op-Ed Denies Reports Of Barring Black Journalists From Covering George Floyd Protests
Alexis Johnson, a Black reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was “removed” from covering any of the city’s protests over George Floyd‘s police killing in Minneapolis, according to the union representing the
Read more
Source: NewsOne
‘Reporting While Black’ is a storytelling responsibility
These last couple of weeks or so have been trying times for Black America, and for Black journalists as
Read more
Source: MN Spokesman Recorder
Sponsored by Pride Academy
Celebration of Life for George Floyd Held on Steps of S.F. City Hall
About 1,000 people who came to the plaza in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on Tuesday got more than a typical rally for George Floyd, a Black man killed by Minneapolis, Minn., police two weeks
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Sponsored by BARBinc
Death of Washington State Man In Police Custody Ruled a Homicide: ‘George Floyd Is Right Here In Tacoma, and His Name Is Manny’
Ellis died on March 3 in Tacoma, Washington, following a confrontation with four Tacoma Police
Read more
Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
George Floyd’s Brother: ‘Stop the Pain’ | Afro
By Lisa Mascaro and Andrew Taylor
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
‘We won’t tolerate’: Sports world unites behind Floyd
Dismayed by the death of Floyd and inspired by the actions of Colin Kaepernick, athletes from around the world have come together during one of the most politically charged periods in modern
Read more
Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Protesters brutalized across the nation; slave trader statue...
A Dallas police oversight board reported that it has had over 100 calls from residents complaining about police brutalizing protesters and reporting injuries as a result of police firing non-lethal but obviously harmful
Read more
Source: MN Spokesman Recorder
Newswire: George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, laid to rest
By: Juan A. Lozano and Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
Read more
Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper
PG reporter Alexis Johnson: ‘I felt like my voice was being silenced’
Post-Gazette reporter Alexis Johnson and photographer Michael Santiago gaining nationwide support after being banned from covering local George Floyd protests
Read more
Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
DONALD TRUMP A WANT-TO-BE TYRANT
He solicited the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the military Joint Chief of Staff to disperse peaceful marching demonstrators so they, the Secretary and the Chief of Staff could walk with him to a church nearby the White House so he could pose for
Read more
Source: The New Journal and Guide
Urban League marks 100 years
The Bay State branch of the national economic and civil rights advocacy group acted to counter the challenges, urging the Massachusetts delegation in Congress to support federal anti-lynching laws while firmly pushing open the door of hiring opportunities for black men and women throughout Greater
Read more
Source: The Bay State Banner
D.C. Council Passes Emergency Police Reform Bill | Afro
The Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, prohibits neck restraints and chokeholds, has restrictions on police hiring, emphasizes accountability procedures and punishments, and clarifies the meaning of deadly
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Chair Bass, Senators Booker and Harris, and Chair Nadler Introduce the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-CA), Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police
Read more
Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
23-Year-Old Arrested In Connection With Fire At Minneapolis Police Station
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Michael Wolfe, a 23-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota, is facing charges in connection with the fires that were set to Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct during early protests two weeks ago following the police-involved killing of George
Read more
Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Police officers wash feet of black pastors in N. Carolina
Cary, N.C. (AP) – Police in North Carolina have washed the feet of black religious leaders during a prayer walk that was aimed at ending
Read more
Source: South Florida Times
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
Two more Atlanta officers fired after students pulled from car | Dallas Weekly
ATLANTA (AP), June 10, 2020 — Two more Atlanta police officers were fired Wednesday over an incident in which two college students were pulled from a car in traffic during a large protest against police brutality, authorities
Read more
Source: Dallas Weekly
Kente Cloth: From Royals To Graduation Ceremonies ... To Congress?
Kwasi Asare grew up weaving kente — his father created the kente piece commissioned by Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president after declaring independence from Britain, to hang outside the United Nations General Assembly building in
Read more
Source: Stories About Black History
COMMENTARY: Law And Order And White Supremacy
The rape of my African American great-grandmother by a white man was ignored by law enforcement authorities in the western North Carolina county where the crime was committed because it was not that unusual an
Read more
Source: The Orlando Advocate
An Open Letter On Racial Justice
– Journeys of Conscience, Curtis L. Ivery
Read more
Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
LA Pride No Longer Hosting Black Lives Matter March After Backlash
Los Angeles Pride is withdrawing from hosting an LGBTQ+Black Lives Matter march following criticism it was working with police for the
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Africa is home to nine of the world’s 10 most neglected crises: ‘Is there some racism here?’
Nine of the world’s 10 most neglected displacement crises are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an international aid group, the Norwegian Refugee Council
Read more
Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice
A loud demand for change
Court cases were proceeding at a snail’s pace and the municipal and county police forces effectively replaced the lynch mobs as agents to control the
Read more
Source: The Bay State Banner
Mental Health, Police Brutality, and Black People
A 2016 Pew poll found that 7 in 10 white people thought police usually use the right amount of force, versus just 1 in 3 black
Read more
Source: The New Journal and Guide
No Policy, No Peace: It's Time For Police Policy Reform
“Our analysis finds that each additional use of force policy was associated with a 15 percent reduction in killings for the average police
Read more
Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
More from African American News | Black News | Afram News
Saluting Houston mothers on the front line
Too much of a risk, too soon?
Booker T. Washington HS, STEM program launch COVID-19 video challenge
Partin the Waters: Do not give legs to creeping fascism
Legendary “After the Pain” soul singer Betty Wright dead at 66
Iconic Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell dies
‘Architect of Rock ‘n Roll’ Little Richard dead at 87
Black press hit hard by COVID-19 but we will not shut down!
MASK ON during COVID-19
Tina Knowles Lawson, Beyoncé launch Houston campaign to fight COVID-19
Astros legend Bob ‘The Bull’ Watson dies at 74
You Must Understand: Know your place???
Citywide celebration to be held for 2020 high school seniors
Acres Home funeral director on COVID-19 deaths: ‘We are the last responders’
Phase II of ‘Reopening Texas’ underway
Grief coach helps women get over loss of spouse, gives tips on pandemic
Mental health and the black community
Manmade Law Without God Conscience: Justice!
Senior advisor to Houston mayor, Keith Wade, dies due to COVID-19
TSU interim president: ‘I’ve come from behind the curtain’
Beloved Holman Street ‘Shepherd’ Manson Johnson dies due to COVID-19
‘We must save lives now!’: Congresswoman leading charge for more COVID-19 testing
George Floyd: Policing as property rights policy
The virus back to hell: Struggle, Educate, Innovate
Legendary TSU debate coach Dr. Thomas Freeman dies at 100
Details on the Celebration of Life in Houston for George Floyd
Jack Yates High Alumni Candlelight Vigil Honoring George Floyd
Sick and tired of being sick and tired: Time to fight RIGHT!
‘The Shepherd’ Manson Johnson: Rest in peace, my friend
RIP ‘The Shepherd’: Honoring Rev. Manson Johnson
Being black is not a crime
Has Turner lost his damn mind? Racist statues to be placed in African American museum?
Uncle Ben’s, Aunt Jemima’s to remove racial stereotypes
Weekly food distribution resumes at Power Center in SW Houston
Children’s Museum Houston spotlights renowned jazz guitarist
Ransome’s ‘Everyday People’ on display at Children’s Museum of Houston
Legend says first ‘Statue of Liberty’ was black woman honoring abolition of slavery
My Daddy Changed the World!
The ‘Mis-education of the Negro’ remains in full effect today
Youth scream out, ‘We are not our ancestors!’
WARNING to Black Fathers
Students can win with fall registration at Lone Star College-North Harris
Lone Star College-Houston North, Comcast provide free internet access to students during pandemic
Congratulations to Thomas H. Routt scholarship recipients
Black Lives Matter: Local beauty brand owner creates Makeover racism workshop | Afram News
What happened to the 40-acres and a mule? | Afram News
$65M plan approved to help get homeless off streets during COVID-19 | Afram News
Partin the Waters: Serve the people, not yourself | Afram News
Whats the difference between a noose and a chokehold? | Afram News

Education Facts

I have a Dream - MLK

Southern United States Facts

Arts Facts

Recent Facts

Facts About Women