Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Watch: Six Cops Accuse Black Man Of Breaking Into His Own Apartment In NYC D arren Martin spent many years working in Washington D.C. on Capitol Hill and in the White House with the Obama Administration. He recently moved back (Martin is originally from the Bronx) to the allegedly liberal New York City in a gentrified area called the Upper West Side. While moving into his apartment on Friday, a neighbor called the police and he was accused by the NYPD of being a burglar — in his own home.

Mother of Saheed Vassell rips NYPD cops for ‘unjustified’ shooting as hundreds attend vigil honoring her son The distraught family of  slain Brooklyn man Saheed Vassell  and hundreds of supporters gathered Thursday to mourn at the site of his untimely death.  The vigil in the 34-year-old’s honor began with a moment of silence at 4:40 p.m. — the time cops came rushing into Crown Heights after receiving three 911 calls about a man waving what appeared to be a silver gun.

Family of Kimani Gray, teen shot and killed by NYPD cops who thought he had a gun, reaches $250G settlement  The family of Kimani Gray, a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed five years ago by cops in Brooklyn who thought he had a gun, has agreed to a $250,000 settlement from the city. Gray, who was with several friends, was shot not far from his home in East Flatbush by two plainclothes cops who said he was reaching in his waistband when they sought to question him.

Meet Kromsby, the friendly alien who is here to save  The Cosby Show We recently reported  that Bounce TV had pulled reruns of  The Cosby Show , a decision that only came after Bill Cosby had been found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, but perhaps that wasn’t the right move after all. Bill Cosby is the one at fault, so much like how  Ridley Scott got Christopher Plummer to save  All The Money In The World  from Kevin Spacey , perhaps there’s also a way to save  The Cosby Show  from Bill Cosby? Writer/producer Jon Friedman ( Girl Code ,  Part Timers )  seems to have found the solution  in the form of Bol Kromsby, a green alien who he has digitally inserted into some clips from  The Cosby Show .

Kanye West Says Slavery Was a ‘Choice’ in Bizarre TMZ Live Interview Kanye West  took a break from tweeting to stop by TMZ’s Los Angeles, Calif. newsroom and share his opinion that slavery was a “choice.” During a conversation on  “TMZ Live”  with Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere, West said, “When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice. You was there for 400 years and it’s all of y’all. It’s like we’re mentally in prison. I like the word ‘prison’ because ‘slavery’ goes too direct to the idea of blacks. Slavery is to blacks as the Holocaust is to Jews. Prison is something that unites as one race, blacks and whites, that we’re the human race.”

Virginia newspaper prints ‘KKK recruitment flyer’ A Virginia newspaper sparked outrage after it reprinted a Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyer as part of its front-page story on the Klan’s recruitment drive in the area. The story details a recruitment campaign by a group calling themselves “Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” , which saw the group drop flyers and DVDs on front lawns in Colonial Beach, Virginia, two weeks ago.

Watch: Former NFL Player Beaten By Police In Georgia A former professional football player was reportedly the victim of police brutality,  according to reports . Desmond Marrow shared his story on social media, claiming that Henry County police in Georgia severely injured him while arresting him under questionable circumstances.