By Khimmoy Hudson and Ajmaanie Andre From Our May/June 2020 Issue George Floyd was a brother, a son and a victim of police brutality. He took his final breath on Monday, May 25, 2020. And the world watched. For the nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck, and…
By Khimmoy Hudson On March 13th, after midnight hours, Louisville police arrived at 3003 Springfield Drive, Apt. 4 on an attempted drug raid. No drugs were ever found. Still, the events that unfolded would lead to the tragic death of 26-year old Black woman, Breonna Taylor. She had been a medical worker — an EMT…
By Juanita Cardona People’s chants of “no justice, no peace” echoed along the streets of Baton Rouge, Wynwood, Ft. Lauderdale, downtown Milwaukee, and other cities across the nation as they stood together in solidarity and in protest of the latest black lives taken by the police: Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. On July 5, the…