::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

By Mona Austin (The Slice): In a press briefing at the White House on Friday Trump spoke out about the unrest that ensued following the death of George Floyd, a Minnesota man who was suffocated to death by a police officer placing his knee on his neck. Throughout his term in office, the president has been a person of ill repute concerning race relations, yet the nation wanted to hear directly from him.  He has tweeted and answered questions posed by reporters about it.  He spoke about the seemingly unjustified death in the at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Space X launch and during a round table discussion with business executives at the White House too.  However, until Monday evening appearance i the White house Rose Garden, Trump avoided making an official  statement  about the escalated racial tension in America due to Floyd's death to the dissatisfaction of many in the media and everyday citizens who wanted to hear from the leader of the nat...

buzzz worthy. . .#altonsterling By Mona Austin The shooting death of Alton Sterling is Eric Garner all over again. Police gunned down Sterling at point blank range on Tuesday in the parking lot of Triple S Alton Sterling was shot by Baton Rouge police. Food Mart in Baton Rouge, LA. Two officers from the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) responded to a call saying the victim was selling CDs and had brandished a gun at them. The disturbing fatality was caught on cellphone video. When two police arrive they yell, "Get on the ground!" Sterling was not immediately cooperative. A shot is fired, then one officer tackles him. The police wrestled the 37-year-old father of 5 to the ground. "You fu*cking move I swear to God!," an officer yelled while pointed the gun at Sterling's head. As the victim was pinned to the ground 5 more shots rang out, leaving multiple gun shot wounds in his chest and back according to the Coroner. The voices of two ...

buzzz worthy. . . PASTORS ASKS GOD TO SAVE HIS HOOD IN NEW ANTI-VIOLENCE SONG Los Angeles - Pastor Chuck Singleton has been involved in the civil rights movement since his youth.  He pastors Loveland Church in the Los Angeles area with a congregation of 5000.  For over 40 years Pastor Chuck and Loveland Church have been working to resolve racial disparity and bring hope to those who feel abandoned by society.  Now in an effort to help the masses in a new, fresh and compelling way, Pastor Singleton is creating contemporary and provocative music videos. The first of several is entitled MAN UP .    Pastor Singleton states “ Man UP speaks volumes through lyrics like another momma’s tears, graveside goodbye ... As a minister I've buried too many young hopes and dreams from misguided gangbangers to star high school quarterbacks. Then I've driven up on my own son with an officer’s pistol pointed at his head, while a smarter officer examined a toy pistol dis...

buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin "It's more to being a Black man than just being a Black man." Pastor Leandria Johnson Tensions came to a head in St. Louis Sunday as rioters responded to a policeman killing an unarmed black teen, 18-year-old Michael Brown.  Reports indicate this week would have been Brown's first day of college. In the above quote, Johnson prayed for a covering of protection over Black men during a concert at Bethune Cookman College in Florida earlier this year (Start at 1:41, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McOmuzTOozM). Eerily, her words seem to apply to the very event that transpired in St. Louis, but can apply to numerous news headlines involving the death or injury of individuals whose only "crime" appears to be existing while Black in America, whether they are male or female.     (Let us not forget there have also been numerous reports of Black women being the victims of police brutality recently.) Brown's death is the four...