#BlackLivesMatter: Waiting on the Movement
Last August, as the steam gathered behind the national sentiments of anger following the death of Michael Brown, I kept waiting for the moment that…
Eric Garner
The NYPD and their Roosting Chickens
I had always wondered why the idiomatic phrase “the chickens have come home to roost” was used in reference to karma and cause and effect…
Rudy Giuliani and Pat Lynch: New York’s Finest Covones
By Mike Caccioppoli How predictable that right wingers would use the tragedy of the assassination of two police officers to go after police brutality protesters…
Dear America: Black People Want A Divorce
Dear America, I must admit: lately, our relationship has been pretty awful. These past few years have been tumultuous at best. What the world has…
Eric Garner, Bad Cops, & Useless Grand Juries
By Mike Caccioppoli I’m so tired of writing about this crap. I’m sure you are tired of reading about it. None of us are surprised…
Police Violence: When Did Cops Become so Trigger Happy?
Someone needs to tell me why cops have tasers. Are they for when a kid kicks them in the shin? Or maybe when a woman…
ForHarriet.com’s Founder Shouldn’t March for Eric Garner Or Anyone Else
Eric Garner and the horrific way that he died have made its rounds through the media. Whether it was Spike Lee’s rendering the video in correlation to Radio…
Eric Garner, NYPD Blues and Other Cop Crap
I was raised on Staten Island. I won’t say I hated every minute or it because that wouldn’t be true. Every other minute. Staten Island…
Eric Garner and Knowing Your Rights
So, my news feeds have been ablaze with the story about Eric Garner. He died because he was put in a choke hold by NY…
Eric Garner – I Can’t Breathe….Either
“I CAN’T BREATHE” After watching the video of Eric Garner being brutalized for no apparent reason, was not being violent was not out of control…