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The 4 Minneapolis Cops Who Arrested George Floyd Are Scrambling to Throw Each Other Under the Bus for His Death
All four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd are scheduled to appear in court Friday, where they will request four separate trials because each officerâs version of eventsâand their interpretation of who was in charge at the sceneâdiffer so greatly, reports the Washington Post. âThere are very likely going to…
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George Floydâs Medical Data Breached Multiple Times by âa Numberâ of Employees, Says Family
It wasnât enough for Minneapolis police officers to kneel on George Floydâs neck. In the months since, Floydâs character has been attacked by politicians, pundits and others invested in protecting police. While some of this behavior is (sadly) expected, the violations against Floyd and his family appear to go even further than anticipated. In a…
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South Carolina School Reels After 28-Year-Old Teacher Dies From COVID-19 Just One Week After Classes Began
A 28-year-old elementary school teacher in South Carolina has died of COVID-19 just a week after the start of classes. Demetria Bannister, who taught third grade at Windsor Elementary School in Columbia, was diagnosed last Friday and died on Monday, reports CNN. Affectionately known as âWindsorâs songbirdâ by her colleagues, Bannisterâs love for music set…
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With New Ruling Against Semenya Caster, Track and Field Upholds Restrictive Gender Norms Rooted in Racism
South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya experienced another setback in her years-long struggle to compete on her termsâwhich is to say, to simply run without having to conform to restrictive, arbitrary and racist perceptions of what a womanâs body ought to be like. On Tuesday, a Switzerlandâs Federal Supreme Court dismissed her appeal of a…
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Families of Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin Thank Naomi Osaka for Centering Their Loved Ones at U.S. Open
As with many prominent athletes this year, tennis star Naomi Osaka has felt compelled to use her platform to spread social justice messages. After sitting out a semifinal match tournament last month in support of the Milwaukee Bucksâ wildcat strike, Osaka chose to draw attention to the victims of police brutality and vigilante violence by…
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The Boldness of Barbara Lee: Why the Congresswoman Is Still Pushing âAgainst the Oddsâ for Systemic Change
Say what you will about Barbara Lee, but one thing you can never accuse the California congresswoman of is backing down from a fight. Despite a congressional stalemate that has left Americans without another aid package during a recession and a global pandemic, Lee is still putting forward legislative proposals that center Americans of color…
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Rochester, N.Y. Police Chief LaâRon Singletary, Commanding Officers Resign Following Accusations of a Cover-Up
Rochester, N.Y. Police Chief LaâRon Singletary has resigned after a week of sustained protests over the March extrajudicial killing of Daniel Prude. Singletary, who is Black, had received calls for his resignation after Prudeâs family released body camera footage of his death last week. Prude was detained by police on March 22 after his brother…
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Report on Fatal Police Shootings of Women Finds Black Women Disproportionately Killed by Law Enforcement
Since 2015, nearly 250 women across America have been shot and killed by police. Despite comprising just 13 percent of the population of women in the United States, Black women accounted for 20 percent of the killings, a new analysis finds. The report, published on Sep. 4, comes from the Washington Postâs Fatal Force project,…
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WNBA Co-Owner Sen. Kelly Loefflerâs Anti-BLM Remarks Were Disrupted by Protesters. Loeffler Probably Loved That
If youâre a Georgia Republican running for re-election, slamming Black Lives Matter is potent political currency. This certainly seems true for U.S. Sen. and co-owner of the WNBA team the Atlanta Dream Kelly Loeffler, who was a political nobody outside the state of Georgia until she criticized the league for making âBlack Lives Matterâ such a…
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Delta Stands in Solidarity With Black Passenger After She Was Harassed on Flight by a Blue Lives Karen
A Black woman harassed by a white passenger on her Delta flight to Washington, D.C., last week is singing the airlineâs praises after it upgraded her flight in response. Demetria Poe, 25, was flying from Minneapolis to D.C. on Thursday to attend the Commitment March, held last Friday on the anniversary of the 1963 March…
