Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Colin Kaepernick's lawyer: John Elway violated gag order in collusion case Last week,   Denver Broncos  general manager John Elway talked with media about the prospect of signing Colin Kaepernick in light of the team’s struggles at backup quarterback. “Well, you know what, and I said this a while ago, Colin had his chance to be here,” Elway said. “We offered him a contract. He didn’t take it.” Elway was referring to failed 2016 trade discussions with the  San Francisco 49ers  that Kaepernick  nixed when he was asked to take a a pay cut from $11.9 million to $7 million. Elway admitted he might have violated confidentiality order While talking about Kaepernick, Elway appeared to  violate a confidentiality order  from his deposition in Kaepernick’s  collusion case against the NFL . And he recognized that potential violation as he spoke. “As I said at my deposition – and I don’t know if I’m legally able to say this – hey, he’s had his chance to be here,” Elway said.

WATCH: Tearful black girl booted from class at Christian school over ‘unnatural’ hair A black girl was pulled out of class and humiliated in front of her classmates over her “unnatural” hair extensions. A video of the incident was posted on Instagram, showing the tearful girl gathering her books and other belongings before leaving school with her parents,  reported WGNO-TV . Christ the King Parish School allows only “natural” hair, and the girl had already gotten her braided hair extensions redone last week in an attempt to comply with the policy. “The new hairstyle was still not in compliance with the new hairstyle policy,” said Archdiocese Catholic Schools Superintendent RaeNell Billiot Houston. “At that point the parent made the decision to remove her child from the school.” The Instagram video shows a white teacher or school official explaining why the girl was removed from class.

Remember Steven Rosenthal: Remember Steven Rosenthal: More than 100 people gathered in Chicago on Sunday evening to protest the death of Steven Rosenthal, a 15-year-old boy who police say shot himself in the stairwell of his West Side home, Aug. 18, 2018 following a brief chase with officers. Police say that officers tried to question the teen after seeing him with the weapon just before 7 p.m. on Friday. The teen ran, officers gave chase, and a short time later, Rosenthal had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head, the Chicago Tribune reports. The medical examiner’s office ruled the death a suicide. However, Rosenthal’s family members are not so convinced, rejecting the notion that the teen would have killed himself, and blaming officers instead, whom they accused of shooting the teen. “Steven was on the stairwell of his grandmother’s house on the West Side of Chicago when police officers stormed up the stairwell chasing,” the family’s attorney, Andrew Stroth, said at a n

WV among worst states for police shooting African-Americans Police killing black Americans is one of the oldest forms of structural racism in the USA. The act traces its roots to slavery.” — The Lancet, June 21, 20118 From 2013-2016, 303 unarmed African-Americans were shot and killed by police in the U.S. Women accounted for 25 of these deaths. And, of the 50 states, West Virginia had one of the highest rates of African-American deaths (19 per million) by law enforcement, more than triple the shootings of white people (5.8 per million) by police (per 2017 report: “Mapping Police Violence”). For those of you unfamiliar with The Lancet, it is a British academic medical journal, one of the most respected in the world. The above quote was a description of the findings of a recently released report, as described below. In that June 12, 2018, Lancet report, researchers found: “Police killings of unarmed black Americans have a meaningful ... impact on the mental health o

POSTED: AUG 08, 2018 06:22PM EDT Man walks to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness about police brutality and community violence FOX 29's Bill Anderson has the story.

Trump speechwriter fired after he was outed for appearance at conference beside white nationalist President Donald Trump’s speechwriter was fired last week after news broke that he had spoken at a news conference attended by well-known white nationalists. According to  The Washington Post ,  Darren Beattie was ousted Friday  after it became public that he appeared at the 2016 H.L. Menchen Club conference. Bettie spoke on a panel with Peter Brimelow, who founded the anti-immigrant website Vdare.com. The Southern Poverty Law Center cited Brimelow  as a “white nationalist” and “regularly publishes works by white supremacists, anti-Semites, and others on the radical right.” Brimelow described himself as someone who believes in “racial nationalism” hopes the future of the United States precipitates along “racial lines.” CNN’s KFile reported Sunday  that infamous white nationalist Richard Spencer is a prominent figure at the Menchen event. When the KFile reached out to the Whi

Kofi Annan death: World leaders honour former UN chief World figures have been paying tribute to former UN secretary-general and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan, who has died at the age of 80. Current UN chief Antonio Guterres hailed him as "a guiding force for good" and Russian President Vladimir Putin described a "remarkable person". Ex-US President Barack Obama said Annan had always pursued "a better world". The Ghanaian national served as UN chief from 1997 to 2006 and is the only black African ever to hold the post. Since then he has served as the UN special envoy for Syria, leading efforts to find a solution to the conflict.