Tag: Police Shootings

News Roundup

University Police Shoot Student Wielding Metal Pipe

CHICAGO — Officials say a University of Chicago police officer responding to a call about a burglary shot and seriously wounded a student who was wielding a metal pipe. The Chicago Tribune reports that university officials said in an email that three university officers responded just before 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in the city’s Hyde Park […]

April 5, 2018

Opinion

Refusing To Call a Terrorist a Terrorist

When serial bomber Mark Anthony Conditt blew himself up as police officers closed in on him, most if not all residents of Austin, Texas breathed a sigh of relief. But nobody in mainstream media seemed willing to call him a terrorist.

March 28, 2018

Opinion

The Battle for America’s Soul

Citizens of America, we are under siege and on the battlefield against each other. We live in the same United States, but we live in a divided country. America, what is happening to us?

March 26, 2018

African-American

‘Just in Case,’ Is That Our New Anthem These Days?

In 2017, Black men in America walk a dangerous walk. The relationship between Black men and the police is problematic, at best.

July 17, 2017

African-American

Rodriguez: The Miscounted of 2016 and False Media Narrative of Police Abuse

If one was relying on the mass media, one would never know that along with Blacks, Red-Brown peoples are getting killed at outrageous and unacceptable rates.

January 10, 2017

African-American

Hands Up, Hands Down! It Doesn’t Matter

I was talking to one of my childhood friends today about the shooting of an unarmed African-American male in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His remark about the shootings of Black men by police officers made me realize one thing. These shootings will not stop. There may be a temporary respite from time to time but the shooting […]

September 21, 2016

Students

Sociology Professor: Milwaukee Riots Not a Surprise

Even before Milwaukee erupted into violence this weekend over a police shooting, the highly segregated rust-belt city had long been considered a powder keg just waiting to explode.

August 14, 2016

Students

The Racial Divide: Time for that Long Overdue Discussion

As Americans, we now must redouble our efforts to have an open and honest conversation about race relations.

July 13, 2016

African-American

Dallas Police Shooting — Trading Calm for Reason and Truth

The tragic events that recently occurred in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas combine to teach a sad and painful message about the fragility of American society and how far we have not come in the last half century. The occurrence of the tragedy is the first part of the story. The way in which that […]

July 12, 2016

African-American

Study: Blacks Less Likely to be Shot by Police Than Whites

There is no evidence of racial discrimination in officer-involved shootings, according to a recent study by Harvard economist Roland G. Fryer, Jr.

July 11, 2016