#RolandMartinUnfiltered

8.29.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jim Crow voting law upheld; Black Duke volleyball player called n-word; Tabitha Brown fires back The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is upholding a voting law it knows is steeped in racism. It's an1890 Jim Crow law that white supremacist state leaders designed to disenfranchise Black voters. I'll be talking to one of the lawyers from the Mississippi Center for...

8.26.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ala. Pastor arrested for watering plants, TX Cop Paralyzes Black Man, Teacher Shortage, Trump Search An Alabama Pastor arrested while watering a neighbor's flowers has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Childersburg Police Department. Michael Jennings and one of his attorneys are here tonight.  Attorneys for a black Texas man say a Beaumont police officer...

8.25.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Jobs & Wages,Black Drs Get Fired,White Men Threaten Black Woman,Nat'l Black Breastfeeding Week Since the pandemic and the recession's end, Black women and men are seeing significant increases in employment and labor force participation. I talked with Joelle Gamble, Chief Economist from the U.S. Department of Labor, about the latest report from the Counc...

8.24.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Biden's Student Debt Relief, La Delays Juvenile Angola Transfer, RainbowMe Kids President Joe Biden detailed his plans to deliver on a campaign promise to provide student debt relief for millions of Americans. We're going to break down his plan with Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley, Jared Bass, the Senior Director of Higher Education Policy at the Cen...

8.23.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Fla. State Atty Suspended, Breonna Taylor Cop Pleads Guilty, GA Cops Charges Dropped One of the officers connected to the death of Breonna Taylor pleaded guilty today in federal court for lying on the affidavit for the March 2020 search of Breonna's apartment. Two white Georgia officers will not be charged in the June 2020 death of black motorist Rayshard Brooks....

8.22.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jordan Waddy Shooting,Miss. Town Faces Civil Rights Lawsuit,Demings Leading The Polls,Teens & Vaping Denver, Colorado, police say Jordan Waddy, a black man, pointed a gun at them, and that's why they shot him and injured six others. But the bodycam video shows that's not exactly what happened. We have Jordan Waddy's attorney here to walk us through what reall...

8.18.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Inflation Reduction Act & the black community,Trump's Warrant, Black Census Month, Gen Z & TikTok Now that the Inflation Reduction Act is law, how will it address our climate crisis and impact the black community? Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, a former senior advisor for Environmental Justice of the EPA, will be here to explain it all.   We'll also look at ho...

8.17.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Fmr VA Lt. Gov. defamation suit, Facebook profiting off White Supremacy, Who Killed Cary Owsley? Former Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax drops a $35 million lawsuit against "New York Public Radio" for defamation. He's here to give us the details.  Facebook is profiting from white Supremacist Groups. We'll talk to the folks from Tech Transparency Project, who...

8.16.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Breaking out of "debtor's prison, La Dems Endorse 3 Candidates, Melanated Mindz Repping Blackness A huge problem for those trying to reenter society is restitution. Paying those fines can create a life sentence for many returning citizens. We'll talk to the  Founder, and Executive Director of  The Ladies of Hope Ministries, who is teaming up with REFORM Alliance...

8.15.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: More Trump Docs? Election Deniers running for office, Black Women’s Equal Pay, Covid, Kids & Vaccines There could be more documents Trump took from the White House. What does that mean to our national security? We'll explore that with Dr. Nola Haynes, a National Security and Foreign Policy Expert. Tomorrow is primary Tuesday. And many election deniers are run...

8.12.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Unsealed Trump Warrant, KY Cop to Plead Guilty in Breonna Taylor's Death, Poll Worker Shortage, BMiT whiny GOP Trump supporters wished they kept their mouths shut! It's confirmed by the unsealing of the warrant that the FBI found four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents, and three sets of confidential documents during Monday's search. The...

8.11.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Missouri Family Party Gets Canceled, White Woman Demand Black Man's Lease, Trump Search Warrant A Black Missouri family says birthday party cancellation at a waterpark was racially motivated. We'll talk to that family and their attorney. Have ya'll seen the video of the white woman who called the police on a black man standing outside his Seattle area home?...

8.8.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: MS State Trooper Beats Handcuffed Black Man, Ala PD Disband, The Real Herschel Walker, Diet v. Fast An alarming video goes viral showing a Mississippi trooper assaulting a handcuffed Black man. We'll talk to a Mississippi State representative and the town's mayor where it happened. A racist text causes an Alabama town to lose its entire police department. I'll sho...

8.10.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ill. Convictions Overturned,Illegal Voting Maps,Darius Cooks Petition Denied, Sesame Place Diversity They spent 174 years in prison because of alleged misconduct by a disgraced former Chicago police detective. Now the convictions of seven people have been overturned. Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is here to tell us about these cases and how many more conv...

8.9.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ill. Convictions Overturned,Illegal Voting Maps,Darius Cooks Petition Denied, Sesame Place Diversity They spent 174 years in prison because of alleged misconduct by a disgraced former Chicago police detective. Now the convictions of seven people have been overturned. Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is here to tell us about these cases and how many more convi...

8.5.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: July Jobs Report, OK Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Trial Proceeds, HBCU National Center We're LIVE from Las Vegas at the NABJ-NAHJ Conference.  An Oklahoma judge gives the green to the three remaining Tulsa Race Massacre survivors to enter the discovery process of their lawsuit. Their attorney, Damario Solomon Simmons, will tell us what this means and the next ste...

8.4.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: KY Four Officers charged for Breonna Taylor Death, Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 years, Monkeypox Crisis? "Today is a good to arrest the officers who killed shot and killed Breonna Taylor," and that dream became reality as the Department of Justice announced it's an indictment of four officers involved in Taylor's 20202 death. We'll speak with Attorney Ben Crump...

8.3.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black workers' bill of rights; Billions for Underserved Communities; Beyonce lyric change The Biden Administration promises billions of dollars to underserved communities through its new initiative, but what will this look like?  And we'll take a look at black labor and how it has shaped the structure of the American workforce, asking what about the rights of the...

8.2.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Monkeypox Cases Soar, LA Shreveport mayor disqualified, Black-owned bandaid company 'Browndages' A spike in Monkeypox cases is forcing the state of California into a state of Emergency, I'll talk to an Infectious disease specialist about what you can do to stay safe. More stories of racial discrimination at entertainment parks are popping up after news of the sesa...

8.1.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Remembering Icons, Nichelle Nichols & Bill Russell, St. Louis Flooding Relief, OH Cop Convicted Massive Rainfall and flooding have overtaken parts of the midwest, leaving several people dead. We'll speak with the Mayor of St. Louis about the recovery efforts. This weekend, we lost two legends: actress Nichelle Nichols and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell. Tonigh...

7.28.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Sesame Place Class Action Suit, Black Voters Poll, Jon Stewart Rips GOP Senators The family who says their child was discriminated against at Sesame Place in Philadelphia is hitting the park with a class action lawsuit. We have the family's attorneys on to break down the case. Anew poll shows the issues that concern Black Voters the most! We'll speak with Alicia...

7.27.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jackie Robinson Museum Grand Opening, Brittney Griner testifies, Tiffany Haddish talks The Bizio LIVE from New York City on day 3 of the Jackie Robinson Museum's grand opening. The United States proposes a deal for the safe return of Brittney Griner and another U.S citizen detained in Russia. We'll hear what Secretary of State Anthony Blnken said about the nation...

7.26.2022 Jackie Robinson Museum Grand Opening , Voter Fraud Canvassing, MP: Africa On My Back Today we witnessed the grand opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum and streamed the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was jam-packed with legendary voices. We'll share some of what happened today. The country is still really reeling from the effects of Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 elections, and...

7.25.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jackie Robinson Museum Opens, Ind Abortion Debate, NC PD Quits, Black & Missing Update, Heart Health While Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Indiana lawmakers about reproductive rights, protestors fill the state house as the special session on the abortion-banning process begins. An entire North Carolina police department resigns, saying the new black t...

7.22.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: IL 13-year-old Paralyzed by Police Shooting, Jan 6th Hearing, UMBC President Retires In Chicago, body cam footage of a 13-year-old teen shot by a police officer gets released, and that black teen is now paralyzed. I'll talk to the family's attorney, who says the footage clearly shows the victim raised his hands in the video. Recap of the summer's last hearing for...