Tag: Black Lives Matter

Chris Kaba Shooting Investigator to Consider Racial Factor, UK Police Watchdog Says

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will consider whether Chris Kaba’s race influenced police actions that led to the fatal shooting of the black rapper, the watchdog said on Friday. The IOPC also said it’s aiming to complete the homicide investigation within six to nine months. Separately, a coroner’s inquest into the death will…


Pastor Takes CRT to Church | Church & State

Reports exist from across the country of formerly biblically-minded pastors abruptly introducing tenets of critical race theory (CRT) into their Sunday messages. Should Christians view CRT as orthodox Christian teaching or dangerous heresy? In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles holds CRT up to scriptural truths to see if it holds water biblically or not. –…


[Premiering at 8PM ET] Pastor Takes CRT to Church | Church & State

Reports exist from across the country of formerly biblically-minded pastors abruptly introducing tenets of critical race theory (CRT) into their Sunday messages. Should Christians view CRT as orthodox Christian teaching or dangerous heresy? In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles holds CRT up to scriptural truths to see if it holds water biblically or not. –…


[PREMIERING NOW] Pastor Takes CRT to Church | Church & State

Reports exist from across the country of formerly biblically-minded pastors abruptly introducing tenets of critical race theory (CRT) into their Sunday messages. Should Christians view CRT as orthodox Christian teaching or dangerous heresy? In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles holds CRT up to scriptural truths to see if it holds water biblically or not. –…


Thousands of BLM Protesters Descend on Central London Following Police Shooting of Black Rapper

Thousands of demonstrators marched on Saturday in Central London in a protest organised by Black Lives Matter UK (UKBLM) after police killed a black rapper. Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old father-to-be, was fatally shot in Streatham Hill, South London, on Sept. 5 when specialist firearms officers from the Metropolitan Police (Met) cornered a car he was driving. According…


UK Police Watchdog Says Rapper, 24, Shot by Police in London Was Unarmed

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said in a statement on Sept. 7 that a detailed search of the scene where a 24-year-old man was killed by police in south London on Sept. 5 had been completed, “No non-police issue firearm has been recovered from the vehicle or the scene.” Chris Kaba, a rapper…


Widow of Capt. David Dorn Is Determined to Hold Black Lives Matter Accountable

When George Floyd was killed by police in the summer of 2020, his wasn’t the only black life that was lost. As rioting erupted across the country, mostly in black communities under the banner of Black Lives Matter (BLM), another black life violently taken was that of a dedicated public servant of 38 years—Capt. David…


Brian Giesbrecht: Does Canada Have a Two-Tiered System of Justice?

Commentary The FBI raid on the home of former U.S. President Donald Trump has emphasized existing concerns that the United States now has a two-tiered justice system—one for those in power and another for those who aren’t. But here in Canada, we have a quieter version of that same debate, revealed during the convoy protests….


Hobart City Council Pushes to Remove Statue of State Leader Over Mutilation of Aboriginal Man

The Hobart City Council in Australia’s island state of Tasmania is proposing the statue of its first premier, William Crowther, in the city’s Franklin Square be removed—a move estimated to cost the council tens of thousands of dollars. Crowther was a surgeon, naturalist, and the first medical practitioner to serve as Tasmania’s state leader. He…


Australia’s City Council Pushes to Remove Statue of Premier Over Mutilation of Aboriginal Man

The Hobart city council in Australia’s island state of Tasmania has suggested the statue of William Crowther in the city’s Franklin Square be removed, with plans for the partial removal and interpretation project costing $20,000 in total. Crowther was a surgeon, a naturalist, and the first medical practitioner to serve as Tasmanian Premier. However, he…