This has been a good week for music, especially on the video tip as we’ve had three stellar offerings to raise your awareness and peak your conscience.  Two of the videos deal directly with police brutality and I’m hoping folks will pay close attention, being that much that is shown happened over the past couple [...]

Last night hundreds of San Francisco police showed up at Justin Herman Plaza in riot gear to forcibly remove a hundred or so people at the encampment of OccupySF… Occupiers described it as a sneak attack as police swarmed in from all directions including cops on motorbikes.. 70 people were arrested as police stood guard [...]

Here’s an intense breakdown of the murder of Kenneth Harding, put together by Jazmayne.. It’s composed of witness accounts of the aftermath to the daytime shooting. Featuring the poetry of the late, great Gil Scott Heron. http://vimeo.com/26708722 Thus far we have few bewildering things going on.. Follow this if you can..We initially heard that SFPD [...]

Here’s some additional coverage of the SFPD and protests on July 19, 2011 in downtown SF on Powell St. Hundreds of people came to the famous cable car turnaround to protests the recent SFPD shootings that resulted in deaths. Shout out to Rome Diggs and the crew from OLM News… We are also including another [...]

By now most of us have heard the troubling story of former NFL player David Lee ‘Deacon’ Turner who was gunned down by police after being questioned about whether or not he brought beer for teenagers.. According to Kern County sheriffs, Turner struck an officer upon being questioned. According to his 19 year old son [...]

Here’s a few stories and updates on the recent tragic shooting of 19 year old Kenneth Harding this past Saturday in the SF Bayview district… First we have our Hard Knock Radio coverage where we spoke to several witnesses to the shooting along with community activists. Folks we talk to in the Bayview vehemently refute [...]

Every week, a new story emerges of a local community rocked by police violence. These stories typically follow a similar pattern: a young man of color, alleged to be carrying a weapon that is never recovered, gunned down by police officers in a mysterious altercation that, too often, disappears under a mountain of police pressure [...]

I was peeping this article in Alternet about the increased militarization of police and what that means for all of us at the end of the day…It’s a trend many may not have noticed , but its nevertheless there.. I saw this first hand during the Oscar Grant rebellions in Oakland and later during the [...]