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Black Lives Matter Organizer in Florida Facing Felony Charges for Snatching Flags at Pro-Trump Event
A Black Lives Matter organizer in Florida is facing felony charges for allegedly stealing flags from a car during a Pro-Trump caravan. According to Insider, Jonathan Gartrelle was attending a protest last Saturday in Miami when a “Cubans for Trump,” caravan passed through. An officer claims to have seen Gartrelle “removing flags fixed to passing…
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Black Firefighters in North Carolina Protest Systemic Racism, Demand Fire Chief Resign
OMNIBUS, an organization of Black firefighters in Winston-Salem, N.C., is fighting to change decades of institutional racism within their fire department. Fox 8 reports that the group, along with representatives from Emancipate NC, Hate Out of Winston and several other organizations, gathered outside of station 1 in Winston-Salem to demand that the fire chief and…
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Berkeley Might Become One of the First Cities to Remove Police From Traffic Stops
Fundamentally, I’m a begrudging optimist. Pessimism just seems counterproductive so, no matter how awful things look, I always hold out hope that perhaps they can be better. As protests for police accountability have consistently occurred for well over a month across the county, I’ve hoped that the result would be some kind of tangible change.…
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Pennsylvania Police Officers Under Investigation After Videos Shows Them Placing Knee on Man's Neck
One would think that literally everything that has occurred over the course of the last few months would result in police officers actively trying to not become the center of yet another viral video. But we’re in dark times, so common sense is out the window, and instead, we have to watch both white folks…
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Illinois Cop Who Blew the Whistle on Eric Lurry's Death in Police Custody Stripped of Police Powers
As protests against police brutality began take hold across the country, calls to abolish the police have grown louder and louder. This is partially attributed to the fact that the police themselves don’t seem interested in meaningful reform or calling out the rot in their own organization. When an officer does speak out against wrongdoing,…
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Employees at a Georgia Jimmy John's Fired After Making a Noose Out of Dough
White people must really like being unemployed. It’s the only way to explain why they keep doing blatantly awful things, which will inevitably lead to them losing their job. Take the four employees at a Georgia Jimmy John’s sandwich shop who thought filming themselves making a noose out of dough was the move. According to…
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Special Prosecutor Appointed in Elijah McClain Case
Outrage has grown in the last week over the way the case of Elijah McClain has been handled. McClain was a 23-year-old Black man who died last year during a confrontation with police in Aurora, Colo. After a petition for a new investigation into the case garnered 3 million signatures, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D)…
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FBI Finds No Hate Crime Committed In Bubba Wallace's Garage
Controversy ensued last weekend when NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace reported finding a noose in his garage stall. Wallace was partially responsible for NASCAR banning the Confederate flag from its events and the noose was initially believed to be a response to that event. According to The Washington Post, an investigation conducted by the FBI has…
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Publix Supermarkets Ban Black Lives Matters Apparel for Employees
Publix is apparently trying to be the Starbucks of the supermarket game. After seeing the coffee chain come under fire for initially not allowing employees to wear Black Lives Matter apparel, Publix came through and said, “Hold my beer.” NBC News reports that Publix has released a statement saying that employees are not allowed to…
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Coronavirus Expected to Wipe Out 40 Percent of Black-Owned Businesses
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted American life in an unprecedented way. While a vaccine and antiviral treatment will eventually help mitigate the health effects, the economic cost of the pandemic is shaping up to be severe and long lasting. CBS News reports that 40 percent of black-owned businesses are not expected to make it through the…
