Editorials
Blacks in blue targeted too?
By FinalCall.com News BALTIMORE - The Vanguard Justice Society had a press conference and some people came but little was reported about it. You heard little because the Black police officers association in this city did more than offer support for Sgt. Alicia White, a Vanguard recruit and member, who is among six officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray, the...
Who framed Marilyn J. Mosby and what are we going to do about it?
By Richard B. Muhammad BALTIMORE- There are some predictable things in my hometown: Downtown crowds will drown their woes in beer after the Orioles major league team has a bad night. Baltimore Ravens football fans will paint their faces purple and black, donning like colored wigs to show support for the NFL team and sharing deep hatred for the Pittsburgh Steelers...
Hands off Marilyn J. Mosby!
By FinalCall.com News The decision by Baltimore's state's attorney to indict six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, an unarmed 25-year-old Black man, brought a predictable barrage of criticism and howls of a rush to judgment. Next came false assertions that the prosecutor kowtowed to demands of protestors and bowed to fears the city could go up in...
Running from the law or the lawless?
By FinalCall.com News The head of the Baltimore Police Department has admitted some clear violations in the handling of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who ended up with a severed spine, and whose death has focused national and international attention on a town that once dubbed itself “Charm City.” Speaking April 24 at a Friday afternoon press conference, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts and...
No end to assaults on Black life
By FinalCall.com News The death of a Black man arrested and allegedly abused police officers in Baltimore brought renewed anguish, sorrow and outrage to Black America. Well-known Baltimore attorney William “Billy” Murphy, Jr., told the press: “On last Sunday morning at about 8am, the police chased Freddie Gray, a 26 year old healthy man, without any evidence he had committed...
Lies, damn lies and media lies
By FinalCall.com News The bloodied face of Martese Johnson, a 20-year-old student at the University of Virginia, looked like a throwback to the 1960s as he lay down on a sidewalk surrounded by White officers. But it wasn't 1960 it was 2015 and the systems of White supremacy quickly went to work. The media spewed the account of police...
America’s divided house
By FinalCall.com News As negotiators for the United States and Iran sought an agreement on Iran's nuclear program and to lessen tension between the nations, the biggest fight was not in Lausanne, Switzerland among negotiators but inside the U.S. as Republicans, Zionists and war hawks tried to pummel the president over the yet to be completed deal. GOP leaders railed against...
False ADL charges and lies don’t change the truth
By FinalCall.com News Cover of Daniel Halper's book ‘Clinton Incorporated: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine Revealed.' With help from its lackeys and extremists on the right, the Anti-Defamation League has continued its false characterizations of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam as anti-Semitic for daring to speak to the incredible amount of power and influence...
The Day of Judgment –in which we now live
By FinalCall.com News All of the Abrahamic religions teach about the coming of God or a messianic figure at the end of the world. But teachings of God's coming and a day of judgment appear to be either an apocalyptic razing of the planet or day that will never actually come. When the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered his Feb. 22 Saviours'...
Economics and progress in Black History Month
By FinalCall.com News Each February there are celebrations, assignments, contests and even deals and promotions as Black History Month comes in. And while we look back at historical figures, enjoy recitations of speeches and dressing up to act out historic events and personalities, perhaps in 2015, this month can be devoted to looking forward. It's time we not only examine...