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Former Firefighter Arrested on Charges He Hanged Doll With Noose Outside His Black Neighbor’s Apartment
When 28-year-old Dante Petty moved to Grapevine, Texas, with his young daughter in June 2017, he says they immediately began to have issues with his white neighbor who lived in the apartment beneath them. Back in January, Petty made a Facebook post describing the torment he had been put through, the acts of aggression that…
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Black Actor Says He Was Kicked Out of Restaurant Because of Hoodie, While White Customer in Similar Dress Was Allowed to Stay
A New York City actor and comedian says he believes he was targeted based on his race after he was kicked out of a Buffalo, N.Y., restaurant because he was wearing a hoodie. Chris Jarell, 27, said that security and a manager from Bada Bing booted him out of the establishment on June 22 while…
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The Comeuppance Continues: At Least 6 Businesses Cut Ties With #PermitPatty After Viral Video
Sometimes it can seem difficult to get real, actual justice from the criminal-justice system, but some good old internet justice is trying to make up for it with swift, brutal and efficient precision. And #PermitPatty, the infamous white woman who called the police on an 8-year-old black girl selling water, is the latest to feel…
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#GoingToTheMoviesWhileBlack: Parents Say Movie-Theater Manager Called Cops on Them After They Tried to Retrieve Kids From Cinema
People are still out here calling the cops on black folks for the most asinine of reasons, even if those black folks (parents, in this situation) are simply trying to go get their kids from a movie theater. This is what happened at one West Philly Cinemark over the weekend. A black family had gone…
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Kanye West Thought Kim Kardashian Would Divorce Him Because of His ‘Slavery Was a Choice’ Comments: Report
If you care, it turns out that Kanye West may have been facing some serious repercussions at home after his infamous slavery comments, believing that his wife, Kim Kardashian West, might have divorced him because of his callous (not to mention misinformed) words. In an interview with the New York Times, the rapper spoke a…
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What in the Florida? Video Shows Man Riding on the Hood of Speeding Car on I-95
Florida gon’ Florida. And a recent video from the good ol’ Sunshine State—more specifically South Florida—captured the most curious (and terrifying) sight: a man holding on to the hood of a car speeding down Interstate 95 while casually on his phone. WPLG-TV Local 10 viewer Daniel Midah captured the shocking video Sunday night on I-95…
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Ohio Bahama Breeze Manager Fired After Calling Cops on Black Sorors Over Bill Dispute
Maybe, sometime soon, people will stop calling the cops on black folks for every single damn thing if the proper repercussions are had. This week, at least, one Orange Village, Ohio, restaurant manager was fired after several black sorority members accused the establishment of racial profiling after the cops were called to make sure they…
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Black Firefighter Conducting City-Mandated Inspections in Oakland Hills, Calif., Questioned by Residents, Reported to Police
An Oakland, Calif., firefighter doing his duty to serve his community, conducting city-mandated inspections around Oakland Hills, actually had the police called on him, and on another occasion, he was harassed questioned and recorded by a resident who thought he was suspicious even though he was in full uniform and had his fire truck parked…
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‘Racial Profiling at Its Finest’: White Man Uses SUV to Block Black Doctor From Entering Gated Community Where She Lives
A black doctor coming home from a late-night shift was greeted by the ugly face of racism after a white man used his SUV to block her from entering the gated community where she has lived for about eight years. Dr. Nnenna Aguocha captured some of the encounter on camera. According to WXIA-TV, the good…
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Mary J. Blige to Star in Horror-Thriller Body Cam With Police-Brutality Theme
Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated actress Mary J. Blige is going to add a horror flick to her repertoire after signing on to star in the police-brutality-themed thriller Body Cam, which is being made by Paramount’s Players division. Body Cam tells the story of several Los Angeles police officers who are haunted by an evil spirit that…
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