Once again, parents and teachers are faced with the challenge of discussing a tragic incident of community violence with children. Today we saw a tragedy…
Fed up with the level of senseless gun violence that is happening in many Black communities across the nation, Minister Louis Farrakhan (pictured center, in…
People between the ages of 15 and 24 are most likely to be targeted by gun violence as opposed to other forms of violence. From…
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Oakland California had a busy year with the Occupy Wall St. movement in 2011. We saw a lot of political talk, shut down ports and political unrest in the city. Ironically, in the shadow of “the movement” that created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Oakland saw a surge in homicide. Sadly, many of […]
NEW YORK — Several incidents of gun violence marred the annual New York West Indian Labor Day Parade on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. In all, more than 7 people were shot in and around the parade, according to the New York Post. One man was shot during the jurvee, pre-carnival celebration at a McDonalds near […]
The rate of firearm deaths among children under 15 years old is 12 times higher in the United States than in 25 other industrialized countries combined, according to statistics from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. With these alarming rates, parents must understand that prevention starts with them. Detroit police investigator Kimree Beckem suggests […]
Five people were fatally shot, and 27 others were wounded this past weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a rash of violence that Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey described as a “blatant disregard for human life.” There were a total of 9 incidents of gunfire, including one incident where a gunman targeted random patrons inside a […]
The right-wing and gun advocates are up in arms over the statement made by Chicago’s new police chief that gun laws in America are “government sponsored racism.” Garry McCarthy, who was brought in by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, said at a Black church in a violent neighborhood in the South Side of Chicago that slavery, Jim […]
