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Redskins Player Wears Custom Cleats to Protest Police Violence Against Blacks
On Sunday, Washington Redskins wide receiver Desean Jackson wore custom cleats designed with police caution tape to protest police violence against African-American men, women and children. “I felt the need to do it,” Jackson said after the game, the Washington Post reports. “I felt like I’ve been silent long enough. It’s a bigger problem out…
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Unique Views, Episode 12: Hillary Clinton, aka Supa Predatah, and Pusha T, BFFs!
Danielle Young, aka Patti LaDanielle, aka one-half of the world’s most dangerous podcast, has the energy of a possum on sleeping pills. Like, seriously. She claims that it’s the weather, but when you’re as hot as ice, as this podcast is, then you don’t have time for lethargy. Nevertheless, I find a way to bring…
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Former Lakers Coach Byron Scott Is Cool on D'Angelo Russell
Doesn’t look as if D’Angelo Russell is doing a good job making friends since coming into the league. Earlier this year the rookie NBA point guard recorded teammate Nick Young, aka Swaggy P, talking about cheating on his then-fiancee Iggy Azalea. Now Russell’s former coach Byron Scott says he doesn’t want a relationship with Russell…
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Cavs Coach Ty Lue Explains How He Got His Millionaire Players to Care About $4,500
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue took a page out of Doc Rivers’ book to help LeBron and nem walk away with the world championship. So the story goes, the Cavs were down 3-1 and the sky was mad gloomy (no word on what the sky looked like, but it adds drama to the story).…
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Graphic Body-Cam Footage Shows La. Cops Fatally Shoot 6-Year-Old Autistic Boy
On Wednesday a Louisiana court released body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old autistic boy. According to CNN, Jeremy Mardis was riding with his father, Christopher Few, in November 2015 when Marksville, La., police attempted to pull him over. The officers, Derrick Stafford, 33, and Norris Greenhouse Jr., 24, claimed that they were…
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#AlfredOlango Was in ‘Shooting Stance’ Aiming E-Cigarette When He Was Fatally Shot, Police Claim: Report
El Cajon, Calif., police say that the mentally ill African-American man who was shot and killed during a police encounter was in a “shooting stance” aiming an e-cigarette. According to NBC News, on Wednesday, 38-year-old Alfred Okwera Olango was killed after, police say, he took a shooting stance and aimed at officers what they later…
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Obama Continues to Support Colin Kaepernick’s and Other NFL Players' Protests
This writer already knows that when President Barack Obama leaves office, I’m going to have to take a week off from work just to get my nerves together. During a CNN town hall, which aired Wednesday, the president was asked his position on NFL players protesting police violence in the black community during the national…
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Police Officers Refuse to Work La. High School After Players Kneel During National Anthem
Some Jefferson Parish, La., police officers have refused to work a voluntary security detail at Bonnabel High School football games after the majority of the team knelt during the playing of the national anthem to protest injustices and police brutality in African-American communities. “I was a bit taken aback at first. Keep in mind, I…
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Carolina Panthers Running Back Mike Tolbert Might Be Super Petty
Carolina Panthers running back Mike Tolbert might be the most passively aggressive petty person ever if you believe the owner of Motion Lab Tuning, an automotive company in Charlotte, N.C. According to automotive site Jalopnik, Tolbert took a vintage ride to Motion Lab to get a new engine. The owner says that because of Tolbert’s…
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Neb. Players Protest Before Game; School Leader Wants Them Kicked Off Team
On Saturday, three University of Nebraska football players took a knee during the national anthem to protest injustices by police against African Americans. On Monday, senior linebacker Michael Rose-Ivey, who is one of the players who protested, gave an impassioned speech about threats that he and the other players—DaiShon Neal and Mohamed Barry—have received since…
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