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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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Roseanne Spinoff Coming to ABC, Without Roseanne Barr, of Course
Looks like ABC is not about to let the Roseanne revival die, even after its titular star, in a state of allegedly Ambien-fueled racism, sent out a tweet describing former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Planet of the Apes. According to the Associated Press, the canceled…
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Serena Williams: Young Boys, Men Should Be Included in Conversation on Stopping Domestic Violence
Tennis superstar Serena Williams is vocalizing a push to include men—particularly young boys—into the conversation about domestic violence, a conversation that she says shouldn’t just center on women. “I think expanding the conversation to men and expanding the conversation to young boys, it’s so important,” she said during an interview Wednesday, according to the Associated…
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Officer Who Shot and Killed 17-Year-Old Antwon Rose Was Sworn In Mere Hours Before the Fatal Encounter
The East Pittsburgh officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose in the back as he was fleeing from a traffic stop had barely been officially sworn in as an officer before the deadly encounter. Unidentified sources told news station KDKA-TV that the officer accused in the shooting, who is also still unidentified, had only been…
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Suspect Arrested, Charged With Murder of Rapper XXXTentacion: Report
Authorities have nabbed a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of XXXtentacion. The New York Daily News reports that Dedrick D. Williams was arrested Wednesday, just two days after the rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, was shot and killed in Deerfield Beach, Fla., outside a motorsports store. Authorities believe that the…
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Black Sorors Accuse Ohio Restaurant of Racial Profiling After Police Were Called About Bill Dispute
A member of Delta Sigma Theta—a black sorority—is accusing a Bahama Breeze restaurant in Orange Village, Ohio, of racial profiling after the manager called police on Tuesday toward the end of a sorority gathering. According to Cleveland.com, Chante Spencer was among some 40 people at the restaurant who were celebrating a sorority sister’s book deal…
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‘White Civil Rights’ Rally Coming to DC After National Park Service Approves Application
On the first-year anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., history is set to repeat itself, with hundreds of people expected to gather in the nation’s capital for a White Civil Rights rally. According to WUSA-TV, the National Park Service has approved an application for a White Civil Rights…
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