Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

WATCH: Black people respond to Prada’s sambo-like holiday merchandise BLACKFACE BACKLASH CAUSES PRADA TO TWEET STATEMENT ABOUT THEIR RACIST HOLIDAY MONKEY GIFTS—BUT THEY DIDN’T PULL OFFENSIVE PRODUCTS FROM STORES The degrading display at the SOHO location, in New York City, went viral after a Facebook user,  Chinyere Ezie,  posted a status in disgust: “I don’t make a lot of public posts, but right now I’m shaking with anger. Today after returning to NYC after a very emotional visit to the  Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture  including an exhibit on blackface, I walked past  Prada ’s Soho storefront only to be confronted with the very same racist and denigrating  #blackface  imagery. I entered the store with a coworker, only to be assaulted with more and more bewildering examples of their Sambo-likeimagery.”

Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media After shooting and killing a 16-year-old during a sting operation, police in Columbus, Ohio have charged another 16-year-old girl with the murder, alleging that even though the teen was killed by a member of their SWAT team, it was all her fault. According to the Columbus Dispatch , on December 7, Columbus police set up an undercover operation in an effort to stop a series of robberies that had been taking place throughout the city. Officers used social media to arrange a transaction with 16-year-old Julius Tate Jr. to purchase an item Tate had offered for sale on the site. When the officers met with Tate, he allegedly pulled out a gun and robbed the agent. That’s when backup SWAT team member Eric Richard shot the teenager. Tate was pronounced dead at a local area hospital, according to Sgt. Chantay Boxill, a Columbus police spokesperson. But others say that’s not what happened. On December 12, the f

Police Shoot Ohio Teen, Charge His Teenage Girlfriend With the Murder After shooting and killing a 16-year-old during a sting operation, police in Columbus, Ohio have charged another 16-year-old girl with the murder, alleging that even though the teen was killed by a member of their SWAT team, it was all her fault. According to the Columbus Dispatch , on December 7, Columbus police set up an undercover operation in an effort to stop a series of robberies that had been taking place throughout the city. Officers used social media to arrange a transaction with 16-year-old Julius Tate Jr. to purchase an item Tate had offered for sale on the site. When the officers met with Tate, he allegedly pulled out a gun and robbed the agent. That’s when backup SWAT team member Eric Richard shot the teenager. Tate was pronounced dead at a local area hospital, according to Sgt. Chantay Boxill, a Columbus police spokesperson. But others say that’s not what happened. On December 12, the famil

BUSTED: White man caught completely fabricating story about a black man kidnapping his baby Police in Illinois over the weekend determined that a white man had completely fabricated a story about a black man kidnapping his baby in apparent revenge for an alleged drug deal gone wrong. Local news station WJBC reports  that Mitchell Dutz of Fulton County, Illinois, called police over the weekend and told them that a black man named James Jackson had stolen his car with his 13-month-old son Bentley Dutz in the backseat. However, an investigation by police revealed that no baby had been kidnapped and that Dutz’s car had never been stolen. Police then determined that Dutz had fabricated the story as a way to get back at Jackson for what police described as a drug deal gone wrong. “Dutz was allegedly robbed during a drug deal and had used the infant as a way to pursue charges against the alleged persons who robbed him,” reports WJBC. After discovering that he had lied to

In a landmark decision, Florida’s State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that its police officers can use the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law. In a landmark decision, Florida’s State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that its police officers can use the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law. In doing so, officers will be able to shield themselves from prosecution in instances involving disputed shootings. In its ruling, the court determined that police officers have the same rights as other Florida citizens who win immunity from prosecution under the law, according to the New York Times . Lawyer Eric Schwartzreich, who successfully argued that police officers shouldn’t be excluded from the protections that “stand your ground” offers, was elated at the news. “It’s a landmark, ground-marking case,” he said. He recently represented a sheriff’s deputy who was involved in the fatal shooting of a black man. “It’s the first time Stand Your Ground is used in the st

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