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South Carolina Police Union Whines About Police Brutality Novel The Hate U Give Being on A School's Summer Reading List
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of blue tears, wailing in the distance as a South Carolina Police Union gets all big mad because Angie Thomas’ award-winning novel The Hate U Give, which centers around police brutality, being included in a school’s summer reading list. The Fraternal Order of Police Tri-County Lodge #3 slammed…
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Gang of White Thugs Hurl Slurs at Black Mom, Smash Her Car Window, Yet Somehow No One Went to Jail or Even Had a Damn Mugshot Taken
This is America–and over in Connecticut, a mother is telling her story after she and her toddler were attacked by a racist gang of thugs. Thaniyyah Hutchinson, 37, was driving home late on Sunday night when she saw the group of five white men and women beating up a black man on the street. “They…
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Y'all Can Hate On Drake's Scorpion All You Want, He Still Just Trampled Every Apple Music Record
We at The Root have been decidedly “meh” about Drake’s new, too-damn-long album Scorpion. Some of y’all may even have decided you hate it (or just dislike Drake as a rapper in general). Whatever your feelings may be, it probably doesn’t matter a damn bit to Drizzy-boy, who just smoothly smashed every Apple Music record…
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Video Shows at Least 5 Cops Aiming Guns at Black Woman With Her Hands Up; LAPD Says She Is a Kidnapping Suspect
The footage is enough to make your stomach drop. In it, a black woman can be seen slowly exiting a vehicle with her hands up and turning around. As the camera pans to the left, you see at least five cops, all of them with their guns drawn and pointed at the woman, who slowly…
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Watch: 1st Trailer for Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story Released
Paramount just dropped the first trailer for Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, the six-part documentary centered around the life and death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin that is being produced by Jay-Z. The docuseries, which is based off the book Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin, written by Trayvon’s parents, premieres…
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15-Year-Old Who Graduated From High School With 4.5 GPA May Not Be Able to Go to College After He’s Turned Down for Scholarships [Updated]
Updated Monday, July 2, 2018, 1:25 p.m. EDT: Ishmale Powell’s troubles may have lessened, but they’re not quite over. On Monday, Say Yes Guilford Interim Executive Director Donnie Turlington reached out to The Root to let us know that Ishmale’s cost of attendance is not $40,000 as he first speculated, but “closer to $20,000.” Turlington said…
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Alabama Man Arrested After Pulling Gun, Shouting 'Womp Womp' at Immigration Rally
An Alabama man was taken into custody after he pulled a firearm at a “Families Belong Together” immigration rally in Huntsville over the weekend. No shots were fired and no one was injured during the confrontation, but 34-year-old Shane Ryan Sealy was taken into custody for possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of the protest…
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Seems Like We Can't Get Rid of Roseanne Barr That Easily; Comedian Speaks Out About Job Offers She's Received Since Racist Rant
In another life, maybe Roseanne Barr was a cop or something. Or, maybe this is just peak caucasity at work. Either way, it looks like we may not be getting rid of the washed-up comedian any time soon, at least not after her racist rant a little less than two months ago. According to Barr…
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Some Miserable Troll Called the Cops on a 12-Year-Old Entrepreneur Cutting His Neighbor’s Lawn
They don’t want us to be great [DJ Khaled voice], but we don’t give a damn about what they want. Nonetheless, it’s important to call out these miserable idiots who would call the cops on a 12-year-old boy who was just running his business in the community. Reginald Fields, 12, is the proud owner of…
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Sil Lai Abrams Accuses Russell Simmons, A.J. Calloway of Sexual Assault, Slams NBC for Silencing Her Voice: Report [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2018, 5:32 p.m. EDT: Attorneys for both Russell Simmons and A.J. Calloway have sent statements of denials to The Root. Simmons’ lawyer, Patricia Glaser, said in a statement on Simmons’ behalf: Russell Simmons provided overwhelming material to THR [The Hollywood Reporter] (some on the record and some off the record) to support…
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