by Yvette L. Craig | September 25, 2020 | Feature
Milwaukee’s Black Lives Matter Protesters Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Remove National Guard presence from Black Lives Matter marches.Declare racism as a statewide emergency.Remove community resource police officers from public schools.Defund the police.Hire more Black...
by Yvette L. Craig | September 25, 2020 | Feature
Amadou Kromah witnessed the birth of a new civil rights movement through his camera lens. Long hours of hauling camera equipment and dodging police launched tear gas didn’t stop him. The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer ignited protestors of all...
by Yvette L. Craig | September 25, 2020 | Feature
These are the names of Black men and women who have died at the hands of police. The list is not complete, but paints a picture as to why Black lives should matter. 2001 Timothy Thomas 2010 Danroy Henry Jr. 2012 Trayvon Martin 2014 ...
by Yvette L. Craig | September 25, 2020 | Feature
Brandi Grayson’s cellphone buzzed with back-to-back texts and posts on her Facebook page filled up. Minutes earlier a video was making the rounds. A smug faced, white cop using his knee to crush the life out of a restrained Black man, flooded social media and...
by Claude Gilmore and Yvette L. Craig | September 25, 2020 | Feature
A Tipping Point in Our Nation George Floyd plead for his life for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, as a cop knelt on the handcuffed man’s neck, until he stopped moving. Floyd was suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill. Breonna Taylor was killed in a hail of bullets by...
