Nipsey Hussle’s last moments detailed at murder trial
LOS ANGELES—Rapper Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing shop in a calculated, premeditated fashion by a man upset over a discussion about snitching, a prosecutor told jurors at the outset of a long-delayed murder trial. Deputy District Attorney John McKinney said during his opening statement that there’s “no doubt” Eric R. Holder knew in advance that he would...
Are Black issues being abandoned on the John Kerry bandwagon?
Have Black Democrats given up on the system? (FCN, June 1, 2004)Minister Louis Farrakhan: Guidance To America and the World (FCN Webcast, May 3, 2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The desire among Black Democratic Party leaders to defeat incumbent Republican President George W. Bush may be so strong as to give Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) a “free pass” on tough...
21st Century Lynching: Blacks, Latinos disproportionately executed on death row, new report states
On April 17, 1997, 19-year-old Billie Allen, a Black man, was convicted on two charges: killing a security guard while committing an armed bank robbery and the use of a firearm to commit a crime. A year later, a judge imposed the federal death penalty. A new report by Amnesty International goes into detail about Mr. Allen’s case. Upon his...
In Harlem, a discussion on the Sudan
Sudan needs help, not sanctions - A report from Darfur (FCN, 09-23-2004)Sudan Government and southern rebels sign peace pledge before Security Council (UN News Center, 11-19-2004) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - “The question of the Sudan is a complex issue,” Elombe Brath, of the Harlem-based Patrice Lumumba Coalition, stated during a forum on the Sudan in the Dempsey Center on West...
Officer fatally shoots Black man running away
LOS ANGELES—Southern California police shot and killed a Black man as he ran away from them while allegedly holding a gun, video showed. The family of 23-year-old Rob Adams, however, says he was likely holding his cellphone instead of a gun because he had been talking to his mother when police arrived. His family expects to file a legal...
NYC Black and Latino cops file discrimination complaint
Black U.S. Capitol Police threaten second lawsuit (FCN, 08-15-2003) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Nine Black and Latino police officers claimed, in a complaint filed on Dec. 17 with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), that they have been victims of workplace racial discrimination and retaliation. They claim the discrimination took place from October 2003 to November 2004 in their command...
Shawn Michelle’s Homemade Ice Cream Opens 2nd Location!
CHICAGO–Inspired by the homemade ice cream he enjoyed while playing little league baseball as a child on the South Side of Chicago, Yahya Jabril Muhammad has spent decades perfecting his signature homemade vanilla ice cream and experimenting with new flavors. “One day after practice there was an old lady with a bucket on a bench and she had cups of...
Supreme Court bans death penalty for minors
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - In a major, but razor-thin, victory for children's rights advocates, five of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court Mar. 1 declared that executing convicted murderers for crimes committed before their 18th birthday constituted “cruel and unusual punishment,” and was therefore banned under the U.S. Constitution. The majority ruling, which reversed a 1989 Supreme Court...
EXPOSED! The Scientific Assault on the Black Community: Part 1
Brother Rizza Islam, independent researcher and member of the Nation of Islam, has been crisscrossing the country and the world via social media, raising awareness about the harmful effects of the COVID-19 injections and the myriad of safe ways to prevent and treat SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection. Despite being a number one target among those being censured and attacked by the...
America, we have an image problem
Global Opinion: The Spread of Anti-Americanism (PEW Research, 01-24-2005) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - In March 2003, Dr. John Brown resigned from the U.S. State Department after 20 years as a senior Foreign Service officer, telling then-Secretary of State Colin Powell that he could not “in good conscience” support President George Bush's war plans against Iraq. In his letter of resignation,...