THE RETURN OF UNEEK RADIO SEASON 14 EP.11 “PANDEMONIUM”. #BlackLivesMatter TUNE IN with DJ Kween Uneek, Calikoo, Cliff The Cause & Afatasi as they express their views, spread knowledge & share important information about the issues we are facing in todays world! No Lives Will Matter Until Black Lives Matter! We Support The Movement. We Support A Better Future For The Next Generation. Enough is Enough. End Systemic Racism Now. PERIOD.
pan·de·mo·ni·um | \ ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm \
Definition of pandemonium
1: a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.The game is stopped on account of pandemonium: players and spectators are screaming and staggering around the court …— Darcy Frey
With the current situation going on in our country, it’s pretty obvious why DJ Kween Uneek called this episode “Pandemonium“. #BLACKLIVESMATTER Tap in with the Kween along with her co-host “Calikoo“,”Cliff The Cause” & the talented Afatasi.
Black Lives Matter: An Activist Movement
Black Lives Matter is an activist movement which began as a hashtag (#BlackLivesMatter) after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager killed in Florida in July 2013. The movement became more widely known and popularized after two high-profile deaths in 2014 of unarmed African-American men (Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY and Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO). Neither of the police officers involved in their deaths were indicted (i.e., formally charged with a crime).
Violence against African Americans
There is a larger context and history of African American men and boys who were killed at the hands of the police, many of whom, like George Floyd (2020), were unarmed. Since 2014, other high-profile deaths include Tamir Rice (2014), Laquan McDonald (2014), John Crawford (2014) Freddie Gray (2015), Walter Scott (2015), Alton Sterling (2016), Philando Castile (2016), Terence Crutcher (2016), Antwon Rose (2018) and others. Black women and girls are also targets of police violence, a reality that sparked the “Say Her Name” movement to highlight how this violence often goes unnoticed. Women who have died as a result of police interactions include Sandra Bland (2015), Deborah Danner (2016), Atatiana Jefferson (2019) and Breonna Taylor (2020).
From Protests to Policy Solutions
Ongoing local and national protests and other actions—often sparked by the deaths of other unarmed African Americans—have brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the public consciousness and conversation. Black Lives activists released “Campaign Zero,” which includes ten policy solutions developed in conjunction with activists, protestors and researchers across the country, integrating community demands, input from research organizations and the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
On March 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the findings in two separate investigations related to Ferguson. One report found a pattern of civil rights violations on the part of the Ferguson Police Department. A second report determined that “the evidence examined in its independent, federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Michael Brown does not support federal civil rights charges against Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson.
