Commitment March News Today

Four 20-somethings from NWI marched in D.C. in 2020 to support Black lives. Three years later, they reflect on how the experience changed their lives.

Support for the Black Lives Matter movement has dropped to its lowest level in the US since the police murder of George Floyd three years ago, according to a new poll.

The life of a community activist is not glamourous, but when a leader blasted the city on social media it sent shockwaves to those still in the fight.

Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd – is defending his attendance at a Washington, D.C. event where he was wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt. And now, Derek Chauvin’s lawyer is requesting a new trial. More inside…   A photo of one of the jurors on the Derek Chauvin murder trial wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt went viral. Now, Derek Chauvin’s lawyer is requesting a new trial. Juror #52 Brandon Mitchell is the first juror from the Derek Chauvin murder trial to speak o...

Yesterday, we called out Morning Joe for mentioning George Floyd six times but failing to breathe a word about the Chauvin trial juror who wore a BLM hat, and a T-shirt emblazoned "Get Your Knee of Our Necks" to a protest rally in Washington DC that Al Sharpton's organization had billed as the 'Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,' and at which several members of the Flo

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Mention "George Floyd" six times during todays show; but... fail to mention even once the major news about the trial of the man that a jury convicted of murdering George Floyd. Namely, that one of the jurors was a BLM supporter who: Who denied to the judge before being selected as a juror that he had attended any rallies against police brutality, whereas he had attended one while wearing a BLM hat, and a T-shirt that read "Get Off Our Necks--BLM." [See screencap.] Reportedly told the judge ...

$27 million settlement for George Floyds family approved by city council George Floyd’s family $27 million settlement approved by city council Replay Video UP NEXT A $27 million settlement to the family of George Floyd has been unanimously approved by Minneapolis City Council. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after being arrested on May 25, 2020. Video showed white police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the back of Floyds neck for more than nine minutes while Floyd repeatedly cried...

The inauguration, from sunrise to sunset, captured in one striking picture Sydney Combs © Photograph by Stephen Wilkes, National Geographic A composite photograph of President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration captures the entire historic day, from President Donald Trump’s morning departure in Marine One to the evenings memorial lights commemorating those who could not attend the ceremony due to the pandemic. On January 20, 2021, photographer and National Geographic explorer S...

Jaelyn Kennedy Let me first give you the definition of racism. Racism is prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. Why did I give you that definition, you may ask? To have a conversation about race in America and America’s progress when it comes to race, we must have a clear understanding of the racism that is very fluent and prevalent in...