On Tuesday Attorney General Eric Holder took issue with the so-called ‘Stand Your Ground’-type of laws during a speech at the NAACP Annual Convention in Orlando. Meanwhile, demonstrations over the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial continued, with one protest in Los Angeles turning violent on Monday night. NBC’s Ron Mott reports. Visit NBCNews.com for […]
Mychal Denzel Smith, a social commentator and contributor to The Nation magazine, claimed during a Sunday morning broadcast of MSNBC’s “UP” that Zimmerman’s defense team invoked the same strategy that one would for a lynching and went on to note that they attempted to inflame the all woman jury by showing them a shirtless photo […]
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) blamed President Obama for George Zimmerman being brought to trial during an interview on Fox News Sunday, yesterday. WALLACE: Congressman King, let me start with you. Should George Zimmerman ever have been prosecuted? KING: From what I have seen of the evidence, I would say no. My sympathy goes out also […]
Reports are flowing in that protesters are clashing with police in nationwide demonstrations. LAPD Commander Andrew Smith told NBC4 Southern California that “Los Angeles Police Department officers fired bean bags at protesters after some people threw objects at officers.” KTVU from Oakland, Calif. is reporting that one of the station’s cameramen has been attacked by masked protesters: #BREAKING: […]
VICE followed the story of the Westboro Baptist Church as families split and children were brainwashed into picketing funerals and bashing homosexuals. During that time, VICE interviewed more than a dozen members of the reviled group, including some of the only members not related by blood, the Drains. They welcomed the filmmakers into their homes […]