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Bodycam Footage of Florida Deputy Grabbing Black Father by the Throat and Calling Him 'Boy' Sparks Investigation
According to the Daily Beast, a Florida deputy is the focus of an internal affairs investigation after body-camera footage from 2017 recorded him not only repeatedly calling a black father âboyâ, but grabbing him by the neck during a profanity-laden confrontation. The internal investigation into Deputy James Cady, who reportedly has a history of making…
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Extra's A.J. Calloway Suspended Amid Sexual Assault Investigation
Warner Bros. Television announced on Saturday that Extra host A.J. Calloway, whoâs been accused of sexual assault and other acts of misconduct by multiple women, has been suspended pending further investigation of the allegations. âUpon becoming aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against AJ Calloway, we began an internal review to determine whether there had…
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Meet Eric Porterfield, the GOP Lawmaker Who Believes the LGBTQ Community 'Is a Modern Day Version of the Ku Klux Klan'
I never thought Iâd live to see the day where the gay communityâa group that has incurred insane amounts of violence and discriminatory behaviorâwould be compared to the KKKâa hate group that has administered insane amounts of violence and discriminatory behavior. But if America has taught us anything, itâs that where thereâs a delusional white…
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T.I., Soulja Boy, and Others Call for Gucci Boycott After Blackface Scandal: 'Apology Not Accepted'
I would imagine this puts trap extraordinaire Gucci Mane in quite the precarious situation, but a host of rappers, creators, and otherwise influential individuals are letting it be none that their allegiances to luxury brand Gucci are a thing of the past. On Thursday, Gucci got dragged to Pluto and back for dropping this: A…
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Rape Declared a 'National Emergency' by Sierra Leone's President
Trigger Warning: This article details sexual violence and child sexual abuse. Rampant rape and sexual violence in Sierra Leone has become so prevalent that its president, Julius Maada Bio, has declared a national emergency, according to CBS News. The rallying point of this declaration is the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl by her uncle.…
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How Much Does 21 Savage Hate ICE? A Lot. Faces Deportation After Arrest
With the announcement that rapper 21 Savage was arrested in Atlanta on Sunday morning by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, itâs safe to assume that the âBank Accountâ spitter isnât enjoying his Super Bowl Sunday. But while his arrest is concerning, itâs the reasoning thatâs the real surpriseâas the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the alleged…
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Days Before the Super Bowl, Colin Kaepernick Mural in Atlanta is DestroyedÂ
As the shadow of Colin Kaepernick looms over the NFL, it comes as no surprise that in the days leading up to Super Bowl LIII, an iconic mural bearing his likeness is no more. The mural, which was painted on an abandoned building in Atlanta across from celebrated HBCU Morehouse College, was demolished on Friday…
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Meek Mill, Justice League NYC Demand Action as Hundreds of Inmates Go Without Heat, Hot Water at Brooklyn Detention Center
With its spate of polar vortexes and record-breaking temperatures, this winter has been especially torturous. But for inmates housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., these brutal conditions have officially crossed into inhumane. According to the New York Times, despite temperatures as low as 3 degrees Fahrenheit, over 1,600 inmates have spent the…
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Bill Maher Kicks Off Black History Month with a Popeyes Chicken Joke That Will Probably Make You Throw Hands
Remember that time when âcomedianâ Bill Maher told Republican Senator Ben Sasse:Â âWork in the fields? Senator, Iâm a house niggerâ? And everyone from Chance the Rapper to Ice Cube came for his neck and told him to shut that shit up before a curb stomping ensued? Or the time he disrespected the legacy of recently-deceased…
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Instead of Just Saying 'Wowwwww' Like the Rest of Us Men When We Get Caught Lying, Gov. Ralph Northam Refuses to Resign After Racist Picture Surfaces [Updated]
Remember that whole KKK/Blackface/white people white-peopling yearbook photo thing that Va. Governor Ralph Northam got himself caught up in when he broke the Internet on Friday? Now heâs claiming the picture in questionâa yearbook photo in which an upstanding citizen in blackface is flanked by another dressed in his finest Ku Klux Klan garmentsâisnât him.…
