By Fighting Words Staff Detroit Will Breathe co-founder Tristan Taylor pleaded no contest before the Macomb County Court to misdemeanor resisting and obstructing, which will be erased from his record after a 6 month non-reporting […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Patrick Lyoya, 26, an African immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was shot in the back of the head by patrolman Christopher Schurr on April 4. This act of police […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe This is a link to the police bodycam video of the encounter with Patrick Lyoya which led to his death: (18) Bodycam footage from fatal Grand Rapids police shooting of Patrick Lyoya […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Amir Locke, a 22-year-old African American youth, was shot to death on February 2 in his bed by a Minneapolis SWAT team which entered his apartment without a warrant. Locke was not […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Ahmaud Arbery was murdered by white men in 2020 sparking national outrage. Unlike Wisconsin, where another vigilante was acquitted, these men were found guilty on multiple counts. Brunswick, Georgia in the southern […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe There can be no doubt that the African American electorate played a decisive role in the ascendancy of the current administration led by Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. […]
By Fighting Words Staff There was a rally held outside the Hazel Park Municipal Center on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 to demand that the authorities in Hazel Park and Ferndale, two suburbs right across the […]
By Fighting Words Staff A second annual rally and march to highlight the problem of racial profiling of Black and Brown motorists, cyclists and pedestrians by police was held in Detroit along the 8 Mile […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Demonstrations have taken place in Minneapolis since June 3 when news quickly spread throughout the city saying yet another Black man was gunned down by law-enforcement. On June 3-4 numerous businesses were […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the summer of 2020 there have been consistent calls for the resignation of Detroit police chief James Craig. Craig announced on May 10 that he was retiring from the Detroit Police […]
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