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Instagram killed an anonymous account last Thursday that had been exposing the names of witnesses to violent crime in Philadelphia since February.  The account, @RATS215, featured photos of more than 30 witnesses, as well as images of other classified case particulars, like police reports and details of grand jury proceedings. One of the photos was…

Remember when Spike Lee tweeted out the wrong address for George Zimmerman last year? David and Elaine McClain, the couple from Sanford, Fla., who live at the address Lee tweeted out, are suing the director for more than $15,000 for “substantial injuries” caused by the mishap, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Lee sent the tweet—which…

Baseball legend Ken Griffey Jr. joined Instagram last month, and his #ThrowbackThursday photos are, in a word, dope. They’re dope because they actually meet the #TBT criteria. I don’t know if an official #TBT criteria exists, but I know that the dozens of photos taken last weekend (!!!) and the photoshopped images of a grown…

We’ve seen too many cases like Renisha McBride’s this year. On Nov. 3, the 19-year-old Detroit resident was involved in a car accident. After knocking on the door of a home in Dearborn Heights, Mich. for help, McBride was shot in the head by someone in the residence. You’ll remember Jonathan Farrell, the unarmed man…

News broke earlier this week that Rich Incognito repeatedly bullied his Miami Dolphins teammate Jonathan Marthin at the behest of his coaches, in an attempt to help Martin “toughen up.“ Now, an anonymous Dolphins teammate is defending Incognito’s actions—which include calling Martin a “half n——r”—by saying that he’s an “honorary” black man. According to CBS…

(The Root) — Giants safety Antrel Rolle apologized on Twitter for his response to the reports that Miami Dolphins player Richie Inconito repeatedly bullied his teammate, Jonathan Martin. Well, he sort of apologized. At a WFAN appearance on Tuesday, Rolle said, “Was Richie Incognito wrong? Absolutely. But I think the other guy [Martin] is as…

(The Root)—Donald Glover, also known as rapper Childish Gambino, posted some emotional hand-written notes on Instagram last month, speculation that he was clinically depressed began, and he wasn’t happy about it. On a recent Juan Epstein podcast, the rapper touched on how difficult it is to be vulnerable.  “With the Instagram stuff I was a…

(The Root)—Black Twitter is having fun over the comments CNN anchor Don Lemon made in his weekly radio commentary Tuesday night defending New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy. After carrying on about how most citizens of New York, “in theory,” wouldn’t mind being stopped occasionally if it meant their city would be safer, he ended his…

There were a lot of things on the TV last night. But if you were lucky, and dexterous with your DVR, you caught Ms. Patti Labelle in all of her glory when she sat with Oprah for a one-on-one interview on OWN’s Next Chapter. Now, you know I’m not Oprah. None of us are. Oprah…

Black Girls Rock, an annual awards show that honors the accomplishments of black girls and women, aired last night on BET. And just like the White History Month and White Entertainment Month supporters before them, trolls took to Twitter to annoyingly and rhetorically ask, “What about #WhiteGirlsRock?!” the implication being that if such a thing…