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New York Attorney General Letitia James Says She Will Form Grand Jury to Investigate Daniel Prude's Death
NY Attorney General Letitia James is forming a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died in March after Rochester police put a hood over his head, which suffocated him. The state prosecutor made the announcement on Saturday and said the grand jury will be part of an āexhaustive…
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Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Stop Funding Anti-Racism Trainings, Calling Them 'Un-American'
In another tacit admission that he believes American equates to whiteness, President Trump has ordered the cease and desist of any government funding for anti-racism federal training programs because they are āanti-American propaganda.ā The edict was delivered by Russel Vought, director of the White Houseās Office of Management and Budget in a chillingāand tellingāmemo on…
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All Charges Against Curtis Flowers Dismissed After 24 Years of Trials in Mississippi
Curtis Flowers, a 50 year old Black man in Mississippi, is finally free of the murder charges he was tried for six times over the past 24 yearsāand in front of mostly-white juries. On Friday, Mississippi prosecutors announced that they will not seek āan unprecedented seventh trial of Mr. Flowers,ā reports the New York Times.…
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Arkansas County Sheriff Recorded Ranting at Woman for Talking to a Black Person, Resigns After Outcry
A racist sheriff has resigned at the demand of his colleagues and community members in Arkansas County, after a recording of him dropping the n-word over and over again started making its rounds on Facebook. Sheriff Todd Wright was called to a quorum meeting of the county council on Friday to answer for an audio…
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White Man in Alaska Demonically Screams in the Face of Walmart Worker, 'You Have No Authority Over Me'
Yāall I am convinced there are demons walking around us. What else explains the terrifying monstrous behavior of a still unnamed white man who literally lost his shit in the face of workers at Walmart in Alaska this weekend? Videos posted on social media show the man yelling after seemingly being told he could not…
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Man Shot and Killed in Portland, Ore., Protests After Caravan of Trump Supporters Travel There to Rally
Violent confrontations between people protesting for racial justice and people who find the very concept offensive have been happening on the streets of Portland, Oregonāa hotbed of white supremacyāfor most of the summer. Following up last weekendās āBack the Blueā rally, which ended in violence between far-right protestors and anti-racism protestors, clashes again took place…
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Obama Advised NBA Players to Push for Social Justice Initiatives and Get Back in The Game
Advice from former President Barack Obama helped NBA athletes make their recent decision to return to the playoffs, alongside a suite of social justice initiatives from the organization, days after the Milwaukee Bucks launched an impromptu strike in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. According to ESPN, LeBron James and Chris Paul led…
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Ole Miss Football Players Walk out of Practice, Protest Police Brutality in Front of Confederate Statue
Sports has become one of the most viable avenues to force a spotlight on racial injustice, not least because so many of the most popular ones are dominated by Black men. On Friday, football players from Ole Miss at the University of Mississippi chose to walk out of their practice in protest of the racist…
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Chadwick Boseman, the Black Panther, Has Died at 43
Chadwick Boseman, the award-winning leading man who portrayed inspiring Black figures in movies like Marshall, 42, Get On Up, and the culture shifting Black Panther, has died from colon cancer at 43 years old. Bosemanās death was announced on his official Instagram page on Friday night, in a post which revealed that the actor had…
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Organizers Behind BreonnaCon Respond to Online Criticism, Say Breonna Taylor's Family Was Integral to Its Creation
As Until Freedomās BreonnaCon began underway in Louisville yesterday, so did the chatter on social media about the appropriateness of the eventāand more specifically the use of the deceased 26-year-oldās name as a portmanteau to promote planned activities āBre-B-Q.ā Much of the outrage also centered on promotional flyers for the event which showed Breonnaās faded…
