Many Blacks feel they don’t receive enough support for racially charged issues. White coworkers can be left feeling unsure of what to say or do to provide comfort and avoid confrontation. Here’s what our White coworkers can do to be an ally without stirring the pot.
Castile's family and friends say that he was an upstanding man and was soft-spoken. His mother, Valerie Castile, told CNN that her son was a "laid-back," "good person."
It seems impossible to scroll through your Facebook timeline, Twitter feed, and news alerts without being bombarded with images of Black and brown men, women and even children being murdered in cold blood at the hands of police all over the country.
Nakia Jones' passionate reaction to the depraved killing of Alton Sterling has over two million views on Facebook with 144,783 shares. Jones, an officer at the Warrensville Heights Police Department in Ohio, uploaded the live broadcast after watching cell phone footage of Sterling being tackled to the ground by two cops then shot in the chest while he lay restrained.
“I don’t even go to sleep until my children come home, my grown children come home. I keep my clothes on in case my children need me in the middle of the day or in the middle of the night.”
Lavish Reynolds never imagined her Wednesday evening would end with the shooting death of her boyfriend Philando Castile, 32. But what happened to Castile in a Minnesota suburb right outside of St. Paul, just 48 hours after the shooting death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is becoming all too familiar in Black communities […]
Nakia Jones wanted to become a Cleveland police officer to serve and protect her community but the rash of police shootings has her speaking out. In a passionate Facebook Live video, Jones details the reasons she became n but tells “racist” police officers who are afraid or are one with a “God complex” need to leave the […]
The video opens with a gruesome scene--Reynolds can be seen first saying, "Stay with me," to Castile, while she explains the couple was pulled over for a busted tail light.
https://youtu.be/HNCbgJ55jQY (WARNING DISTURBING VIDEO & AUDIO) Philando Castile Dead after being shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in Minnesota. This shooting happened hours after Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Baton Rouge police in front of a convenience store. In the very graphic video, Castile’s girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds filmed the interaction […]
