Doris Hudson Lost Her Soul Mate Because of a Seat Belt Violation
Robert Hudson (right) with family members. by Joanna (JuJuBe) I heard this story about a week or so ago, but have not had the opportunity…
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Chicago Artist, Chris Drew Faces 15 Years in Prison for Recording His Own Arrest
by JuJuBe (Joanna) Chris Drew was arrested in 2009 for selling items on the Chicago streets without a peddler’s license, which is a misdemeanor. While…
Black Barbershops: New Target in the So-Called “War on Drugs”
by JuJuBe(Joanna) Most Black men who I know consider the barber shop a special spot. It is where they are able to gather in a…
Who Knew Walking Down The Street Could Be This Hazardous For A Black Woman?
See the lady in the picture above? Yeah, that’s not make up; her face is actually black and blue. Uh-huh, and yes, those are scars…
Racial Profiling in Brooklyn, NY: Where Stop-And-Frisk Leads to Community Mistrust
So anyway, about that “reasonable suspicion” thing again? Umm, yeah, see how that works? Of course I’m willing to bet nothing like this occurs on…
Police Gone Wild: 15-year-old catches a bad one at the hands of Indianapolis police
I read the story of 15yr old Brandon Johnson’s encounter with a few police officers in my old college stomping grounds of Indianapolis, IN. My first reaction…
White House is concerned about inner city violent crime
So apparently Newark, NJ. mayor, Corey Booker, has been doing great job of transforming the once crime riddled city. So much of a good job…
Video evidence from ‘The First 48’ shows police cover up, in the ‘accidental’ shooting of 7yr old Aiyana Jones by Detroit police
I heard the news of the death of Aiyana Jones at the hands of a Detroit police officer on Sunday night and I was a…
Look, it’s a bird, it’s a plane! It’s… Police unmanned drones over the hood??
I don’t exactly consider myself to be one of those black helicopter/conspiracy theorist/”Big Brother-is-watching” type of individual. Nope, I’m not in the process of building…
So apparently ‘Mexican Piss’ makes police officers cry
Of course I realized that I haven’t blogged about the story out of Seattle where racist adrenaline junkie cop assaulted a Hispanic man; and, well,…