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8 Republicans Who Attended the Capitol Riot Were Just Elected to Public Office
Republicans seem to have no problem supporting those who sought to disrupt our government on Jan. 6.
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Accused Killers Get Nearly All-White Jury
11 white people and 1 Black person will decide the fate of the three men charged with chasing Arbery down and killing him.
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Ex-Minneapolis Cop Sentenced to 57 Months in Shooting Death of Woman Who Called 911
Mohamed Noor has already served more than 29 months and could be out of prison as early as next summer.
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces New DNA Examination in ‘Atlanta Child Murders’ Case
The families of more than 20 victims have been waiting four decades for some semblance of justice.
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Former White House Press Secretary, Who Never Gave a Press Briefing, Suddenly Has a Lot to Say
Stephanie Grisham served as Trump’s press secretary for 9 months before being fired in April 2020.
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Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty, Hate Crime Charges for Atlanta Spa Shooter
The man accused of killing eight people—including six Asian women—in a shooting spree at three Atlanta-area spas has been indicted by a grand jury on murder charges, and the prosecutor has indicated that she will also seek hate crime charges as well as the death penalty. The Associated Press reports the Fulton County grand jury…
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What Looks Like Justice Is Just Accountability on an Ordinary Day
Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all charges for the murder of George Floyd. Black people rejoiced in the moments after the verdicts were announced because we had been holding our collective breath all morning, afraid to hope for a guilty verdict and expecting Chauvin to walk. Chauvin didn’t walk, so it’s justice, right? Baby,…
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Police Officer Shoots and Kills 16-Year-Old Ma’Khia Bryant, Body Camera Footage Released
A police officer in Columbus, Ohio, shot and killed 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant late Tuesday afternoon, around the same time the verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd was being read. Because if life ain’t nothing else, she’s a cold bitch. Columbus Division of Police Interim Chief Michael Woods gave a press…
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Blue Lives Only Matter When They Are Killing Black People
The headline for this story is really the gotdamn point. Always. Every time a Black person has been killed extrajudicially by a police officer, the Blue Lives Matter crew comes out in full force to defend policing, which in and of itself is a power structure built and steeped in racism and white supremacy. You…
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Hey Cherokee County Sheriff Captain Jay Baker: Is This You?
Yo, believe me when I tell you: WHITE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING AMAZING. For those of you who have been working all day and may just be getting caught up, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long of Woodstock, Georgia, allegedly went on a shooting spree in the Atlanta area that left a total of eight people dead—six of…
