Tea Party favorite Ben Carson defended suspended running back Ray Rice during an interview with the ultra-conservative NewsMax TV. Alternet put it best when they noted, “As Americans react with horror to the newly released video of Ray Rice assaulting his fiancee in a Las Vegas elevator, there’s one prominent voice defending the former running […]
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) blasted the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision on the Senate floor on Tuesday, calling it the “worst” ruling in the history of the court. “Citizens United was one of the worst decisions in the history of the Supreme Court,” Franken said. “It was a disaster.” Sign Al Franken’s Petition, Today! PUT […]
How Police Became Soldiers With the Pentagons 1033 Programs, “Protect and Serve” Became “Search and Destroy” You can fight back. SIGN ONE OF THE PETITIONS: Daily Kos Campaign: Stop militarizing our police CARE2 Petitions: Stop the Militarization of Police in America Immediately ForceChange.com: Stop the Militarization of U.S. Police Quick facts on Police Militarization: • […]
“You had an ice cream cone you tried to kill me with. That will stand up in a court of law. There’s not a court in the land that would convict me for blowing your head off!” Key & Peele are back in a new Funny or Die comedy sketch entitled “Cop vs Black Guy,” […]
A 23-year-old Bronx man is claiming he was assaulted by police while waiting at a doorstep to meet a friend. According to WABC-TV, “Santiago Hernandez says he was assaulted by up to half a dozen uniformed New York police officers after he was stopped and frisked in the Melrose section of the Bronx” on August […]