Video: #NewsOneNow Asks “Is Violence Against Black Women Taken Seriously???” [9.9.2014]

Roland Martin & the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel discuss the Ray Rice domestic violence incident. Until the video of Ray Rice hitting his them-fiancé in the face surfaced, many did not take the domestic violence incident seriously. Now that the video is being circulated in the media, a new level of outrage has sprung up.

Did we have to see the footage to know what happened & to become even more upset about this incident??? Does society take violence against African-American women seriously??? Listen to Martin & the panel tackle this troubling subject below.

Today’s “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel features Jarvis Stewart, Christy Winters-Scott, & Mike Muse.

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