Black Talk Radio News w/ Scotty Reid
A podcast covering social, political and cultural issues in topic as they related to the global Black community and those who identify as being part of a larger African Diaspora.
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Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
BTR News - NBC News published a special report from inside a detention facility where Muslims are being held. Western media has described these facilities as "concentration camps" and the US Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio said China is trying to erase the identity of the Muslims being detained. Within 24hrs, the Miami Herald published video from a documentary made inside a Florida prison that was smuggled out. Let us engage in an exercise of compare and contrast concerning the two facilities.
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Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
BTR News - Amber Guyger murder trial witness, Joshua Brown was murdered last night. No other details have been shared by the Dallas police at this time who are likely suspects as any. However, Mr. Brown, according to attorney Lee Merrit, feard being murdered by police and someone in the community. Joining in conversation over this tragic story is Kwabena Rasuli of Clear The Airwaves Project, an effort to expose and rid the public airwaves of "music" that promotes violence and other social ills to the Black community on a daily basis.
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Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
BTR News - In September 2019, I published a podcast questioning whether a Ukranian or an actual Black person who identifies as ADOS was behind a political cartoon that was being circulated on Facebook that was targeting Sen. Bernie Sanders on the issue of reparations. After participating in a discussion with a Twitter friend who was being targeted with vitriol by accounts using the ADOS hashtag, questioning whether or not she was Black. I told her that is rich considering research has shown that white supremacists had adopted the hashtag to further their racist agenda.
I started looking for articles based on that research and came across an article on Media Matters which mentioned Sanders as a target of white supremacists on the 4 Chan message boards. That led me to conclude that the political cartoon I had traced back to a Ukrainian student was likely a Neo- trying to suppress Black votes for the only Jewish candidate in the race for the Democratic nomination.
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
BTR News w/ Scotty T Reid - It has been evident since 2016 that Black corporate media and Black professional pundits have a bias against Bernie Sanders. Perhaps they are angry he challenged the Queen of Entitlement Hillary Clinton when everyone else stepped aside for her historic run.
It was like everyone knew before the DNC email leaks, or stolen emails depending on who you ask, she made a crooked deal with the DNC to rig it's primary and just hand her the nomination instead of her having to work for it. In fact you could say she bought the nomination by helping to pay off the DNC's massive debt by calling on her Wall Street and Hollywood friends. Perhaps the news pundits were buck dancing for Clinton hoping to position themselves for some high paying job inside a second Clinton administration or some other tangible benefit. Many of them blame Sanders, and of course the omnipotent Vladimir Putin, for costing her the election instead of blaming it on her laziness in not campaigning in key states.
Whatever it is was, it is apparent the Black gatekeeper class has carried over their unwarranted disdain for Sanders to 2016 even though he is the only candidate in 2019 with a majority non-white base and the author of transformative policies that would help non-white and poor people the most.
The latest episode of shenanigans directed at Sanders concerns his procedure to remove a single blockage of an artery which has caused some of the outlets that target Black people to suggest that his campaign it perhaps at its end. If not implying Sen. Sanders is on his deathbed, they certainly questioned if his campaign is over.
Never mind that Joe Biden, the supposed front runner, had blood fill up his left eye during a debate, and has a history of aneurysms, there were no headlines asking if Biden's campaign was nearing its end.
If you recall Hillary Clinton's "Weekend At Bernie's" impression when she was dragged to her car from a public event in 2016, no one was declaring her campaign was over at the time. Well, at least no Democrats implied her campaign was dead, conservatives certainly had fun with it.
Given the propensity of fake news from news outlets on the right and left, the Black community seriously needs a fact-checker to hold Black journalists to a higher standard than their employers.
The procedure Sanders had to open up one reported blocked artery reportedly will only require him to rest up for a few days. There is no cause at this time to call the coroner on his campaign.
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
BTR News - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in Texas supporting a Pro-NRA and Anti-Abortion Democrat who is facing a primary challenge from a Justice Democrats nominee. She went further in stating that the Democrat leadership has an anti-democracy strategy and have pledged to support all incumbents despite their records on issues important to voters.
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Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
The 12 yr-old Black girl who said 3 white boys attacked her and cut her hair on a playground at school was apparently lying as the family is now apologizing for the incident which occurred in Springfield, Virginia.
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Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Amber Guyger, the former Dallas Cop turned cold-blooded killer took the stand today in her murder trial and it should have been obvious to all this woman was lying about various aspects of the case.
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Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
The trial of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is underway and there seems to be some confusion on whether or not the Grand Jury that indicted her possibly overcharged her and could result in a not guilty verdict by the jury hearing the case.
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Alabama prisoners, women, and children with incarcerated loved ones, state and national Prison Slavery Abolition Organizations will hold a rally and press conference in Washington, DC. The "Alabama to DC: End Prison Slavery" rally will feature speeches from prisoners inside, attendees will share their personal stories and there will be music. The rally is on September 20th from 4 pm to 6 pm at Pershing Park, corner of 14th St NW & Pennsylvania Ave NW, in Washington DC.
A press release for the event reads as follows:
Unheard Voices OTCJ, along with DC Abolition Coalition and allies will gather from 4 PM to 6 PM with a delegation of women and children from Alabama who have been personally impacted by the Alabama DOC to confront the Department of Justice for their inaction after finding ongoing, egregious 8th amendment violations in Alabama prisons earlier this year. As one voice from the inside declares, “the prisons in Alabama are functioning in the same exact manner. Men are being murdered, assaulted, raped, overdosing and being denied mental and medical care constantly. These conditions have become frequent and ADOC is failing to report the many incidents that take place in order to gain favor in the eyes of the Federal agencies involved in investigating ADOC and to gain favor with you, the public.”
We demand that the DOJ follow through on their commitment to file suit against the Alabama prison system! We demand that U.S. Attorney General William Barr uphold his oath of office, and we demand the removal of US Attorney Jay Town. We demand #NoNewPrisons!
We know that Alabama politicians and US Attorney for the Northern District Jay Town are not going to protect the rights of incarcerated individuals and hold their own accountable and prosecute the civil rights violations of prisoners and criminal activities of the ADOC. We know that their priority is only building three new private prisons which will exacerbate the human rights abuses and expand prison slavery in Alabama.
Those gathered at this family-friendly event will amplify the cry heard from behind the walls: “We are MEN!” These words are an echo of those spoken on the first day of the 1971 Attica Rebellion — a reminder of our past, a call to action, and an insistence on the humanity of incarcerated individuals whose constitutional rights require equal protection and enforcement by the Department of Justice.
If you are in the DC area, please attend the rally and show your support for bringing an end to the terrible conditions that exist within the Alabama prison system.
Press Contacts:
Mona Song
mona@unheardvoicesotcj.com
256-212-0443
Mei Azaad
fighttoxicprisons@gmail.com
Fariha Huriya
202-643-6256