Philando Castile

Rickey Smiley expressed his sadness after talking about the funeral held for Philando Castile. Smiley believes the media paints black people in a bad light, conditions people to be fearful and think every black person is bad. He mentioned they never have positive news about black people and it’s disappointing. Smiley also wants to go […]

The mother of three from Blue Island, just 16 miles outside of Chicago, says she is unsure where we will go as a country from here, but her protest exemplifies the notion that in the fight for social justice and equality, it is deadly to be silent.

Plus, Donald Trump taps Indiana Governor Mike Pence for the VP slot and Melissa Harris-Perry to join BET News as "Special Correspondent."

Mic published a video on Facebook of celebrities like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Chris Rock, Pharrell Williams, Pink, and others naming reasons why Black people have been killed by police officers.

Police have not identified the victims, but the Facebook Live stream was uploaded by a T.J. Williams around 9 p.m. on the social media site, and has over 97,000 views.

In the wake of an extremely violent week, which saw two Black men killed at the hands of police, as well as five police officers in a mass shooting in Dallas, Texas, thousands of protesters took to the streets in support of Black Lives Matter. But one image stood out to many on social media […]

Reynolds remained vigilant that Castile did two things--followed proper protocol and informed the responding officer that he was in possession of a firearm. Reynolds repeatedly says he never brandished the weapon at any point during the traffic stop.

Rickey Smiley discussed having a Town Hall Meeting about the recent tragedies that left Alton Sterling and Philando Castile dead. Smiley mentioned that he spoke to officers around Atlanta about community policing and good cops not calling out the bad cops. He also talked about the media and the negative stories surfacing about Black Lives […]