Category: Activism

Donté Perez Jones Found Hanged in Pennsylvania. Family Searches for Answers.

CJ Lawrence

The information provided is transcribed verbatim from the official gofundme for Donté Perez Jones with minor edits for publication. We are seeking the truth about the death of Donté Perez Jones. His life was cut short on 6-17-2022. This is the official page approved by his parents. The purpose of the gofundme is so that we can obtain a lawyer, an independent investigation, as well as an independent autopsy on the body. . Allegedly the body they found was Donte, we still have not confirmed or identified for ourselves that…

Video of Mississippi High Schooler Dragged from SUV and Brutalized by Plainclothes Police

CJ Lawrence

Here’s what we know as of now. This video was recorded on 05/10/2022. This is Marcus Antonio Allen, Jr. in this video. He is a High School senior in Yazoo City, Mississippi. In the video, He is in his father’s SUV checking his cashapp when these men approach his vehicle and begin to assault him. As you can see in the video, the men are dressed in plain clothes. In the video it appears they never identified themselves and never asked him to identify himself before surrounding him on both…

For(bes) the Culture reports: Slutty Vegan valued at $100M

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Raquel Harris from For(bes) the Culture reports that Aisha “Pinky” Cole’s business, Slutty Vegan is worth $100 Million. “In a For(bes) The Culture exclusive, Cole says she has raised $25 million through a Series A funding round that values her four-year-old brand at $100 million. Cole plans to use the money to open 10 Slutty Vegan locations by the end of this year and another 10 in 2023. She’s also planning to hire a chief operating officer and chief marketing officer to help manage growth.” We’ve watched Cole open store…

Sundiata is coming home

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Sundiata Acoli, now 85, is home after 49 years in prison for murdering a New Jersey trooper. Many reported that he went before the state parole board four times to no avial. Sundiata received a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years and became eligible for release in 1993 because of good behavior. Since then, he has awaited this moment. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and the law enforcement community opposed the release of Acoli. Many have continued to point to “inconsistencies” in…

Kendrick Lamar’s The Heart Part 5 Video Takeaways:

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1.) Kendrick, like me, is an active member of the “N*ggas who can still keep a head full of a hair and a reasonable hairline intact well into their 30’s” Club. 2.) “There will never be a music video broken down more than Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’” Black Twitter: Hold my Casamigos 3.) That quote, “I am. All of us.” kind of left me stomped. What is Kendrick telling us here? Not exactly sure. At first glance, it seems easy to decipher. But it’s that period after “am” that…