Rapper Meek Mill isn’t the only rap artist working with Jay-Z to help the prison population. According to TMZ, Yo Gotti has sent a letter to Mississippi’s Gov. Phil Bryant and said if he doesn’t improve the state’s prison conditions, he and Team Roc will file a civil rights lawsuit. Yo Gotti (L) and Jay-Z…
Tag: Civil Rights
Civil rights groups slam Comcast for trying to weaken a key protection against racial discrimination
Comedian and media mogul Byron Allen filed a $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast. The Supreme Court will hear arguments Nov. 13. (Chris Carlson/AP) A coalition of civil rights organizations this week accused Comcast of undermining Reconstruction-era protections against racial discrimination, weighing in on a lawsuit against the company that is now before the U.S. Supreme…
Video: Hispanic Civil Rights Investigator Calls Black People ‘Low-Lives of Society’ When Bartender Takes Her Beer, Now She’s Unemployed
When a Black Ohio bartender tried to quiet and take a beer away from a Hispanic senior civil rights investigator, she allegedly told him she “hated black people” and hoped he would “get a call from the KKK.” Julia Acosta-Grommon, who was hired by Dayton’s Human Relations council back in April, was attending a…
Officers in Stephon Clark’s Fatal Shooting to ‘Return to Full, Active Duty’ as Feds Decline to File Civil Rights Charges
Civil rights charges will not be filed against the officers accused of shooting and killing Stephon Clark. In a press release issued Thursday, federal officials announced there was a lack of evidence in order to follow through on filing federal criminal civil rights charges against the Sacramento Police Department officers who shot and killed…
Outrage At Ole Miss Over White Students Posing With Bullet-Riddled Emmett Till Sign
“It makes it harder to say it’s not bad,” one recent black graduate said. “To say ‘I’m safe here, Mom, don’t worry.’” Courtesy ProPublica and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting Ole Miss students Ben LeClere, John Lowe and Howell Logan pose with guns by a bullet-riddled plaque marking the place where Emmett Till’s body…
Florida Governor Signs Bill Requiring Felons To Pay Off Fines Before They Can Vote
Critics say the new law is akin to a poll tax and undercuts a state constitutional amendment to expand voting rights. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation that will require people with felony convictions to pay all of their outstanding fines and fees before they can vote again, a move that critics say significantly undermines…
