Carma Henry, Author at The Westside Gazette

Can’t Stay Home, Can’t Keep Curfew: People Experiencing Homelessness Caught in Pandemic, Curfews, Violence

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Now, various cities have implemented curfews as an effort to curb violence conducted outside of protests against police brutality. Unfortunately, curfews have created further challenges, as unsheltered people, already subject to laws criminalizing acts such as sleeping in public, are at risk of arrest for yet another “crime”—violating an order to stay inside after curfew when they have nowhere inside to go. […]

FAMU Mourns the Loss of Two Former University Administrators

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Florida A&M University (FAMU) mourns the loss of historian and former dean Leedell Neyland, Ph.D., and former director of athletics Ken Riley, who both passed last weekend. […]

Obama Thanks Protesters, encourages young people to take advantage of the moment

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Our forever President Barack Obama addressed the nation during a virtual town hall event on Wednesday afternoon to offer some words of reassurance as the nation protests race-based police violence. His calm, measured tone was the type of presidential response that’s been missing from a government that has vilified and threatened protesters with the type of police violence that got us all here in the first place. […]

A Black business owner was attacked by police officers after calling them over a robbery

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

According AL.com, the incident happened nearly three months ago on March 15, however, surveillance video of the attack was uploaded to social media over the weekend. The clip shows a cop walk into Star Spirits & Beverages — a liquor store in Decatur, which is located in north Alabama — and almost instantly punch the owner, Kevin Penn. […]

Here’s How Albert Einstein Responded to Racism

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Here’s How Albert Einstein Responded to Racism […]

Black Chocolatier Tired of Being Fired Created His Own Chocolate Company & Hired Himself

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

ired of getting fired and being paid less although having years of work experience, he decided to use his talents as a chocolatier to create a new and unique chocolate experience. That’s when he created 3 Some Chocolates, a chocolate brand that combines 3 flavors into 1, offers it in a pack of 3, and calls it a 3 Some which can be shared with everyone. […]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette denied claims about Alexis Johnson and Michael Santiago.

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Alexis Johnson, a Black reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was “removed” from covering any of the city’s protests over George Floyd‘s police killing in Minneapolis, according to the union representing the newspaper’s journalists. The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh claimed in a letter to its members that “the powers that be” told Johnson that “she showed bias and as such, could no longer cover anything related to the protests of the police murder of George Floyd and the systemic racism that for too long has been a dirty segment of our national fabric.” […]

Black woman expert launches program to train police officers on race and racism

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Dr. Anita Jack-Davies, an academic and cross-cultural expert with over 20 years of experience in training and instruction, has launched Badges2Bridges – an online program that trains police officers on race, racism, and anti-Black racism. […]

Joe Biden Takes Firm Stand Against Police Murder of George Floyd

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Between 2013 and 2019, police in the United States killed 7,666 people according to data provided by Mapping Police Violence, a research and advocacy group. The number of police killings in America disproportionately affects African Americans, who despite only making up 13 percent of the U.S. population, are two-and-a-half times more likely than whites to be killed by police. […]

Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd’s Alleged Murder

June 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

“I was horrified,” Garza said of viewing the video of Floyd’s life being taken by a white police officer with his knee on Floyd’s neck. “Every time a Black person is murdered by police there is something disturbing about it.” She added, said in this case, “just the callousness of it; and him calling for his mother. There is just so much in there that is horrifying. It’s just a brutal reminder of how Black lives don’t matter in this country.” […]