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2 Men Charged in Assault of Brian Sicknick, the Police Officer Who Died After the Capitol Riot
Despite many “Blue Lives Matter” flags being flown on Jan. 6, the riot at the Capitol saw many officers facing physical and mental trauma, with Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick dying as a result of the chaos. Federal authorities arrested two men on Sunday for allegedly assaulting Officer Sicknick during the Jan. 6 riot. According…
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Portland, Ore., Reaches $2.1 Million Settlement With Family of Black Teen Who Was Killed in Police Shooting
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Black teen shot and killed by Portland, Ore., police has ended with the city paying over $2 million to the family. According to ABC News, Quanice Hayes was shot and killed by Officer Andrew Hearst in February 2017 while Hearst was investigating an armed robbery.…
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It’s a Party in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices!
Happy Friday, folks! This week’s list has a little something for everyone, no matter what you’re playing on. We got a fighting game, a platformer, and a whole-ass service, so let’s get to saving you some money. Injustice 2: Legendary Edition, $14.99 (PlayStation) Zack Snyder’s Justice League is less than a week away, and if…
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Anti-Chocolate Ice Cream Man Is the First to Be Sued Under New York Law Against Filing a False ‘Race Based’ Police Report
Last summer, a group of Black peaceful protesters gathered outside an ice cream shop in upstate New York to protest its owner, David Elmendorf, for allegedly sending a series of racist texts and claiming he wouldn’t hire a Black person at the shop. Elmendorf responded by calling the police, claiming they threatened to shoot him.…
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Objection! Georgetown Law Professor Fired After Making Disparaging Comments About Black Students on Video Call
The latest instance of academic racism takes us to Georgetown Law, where a professor lost her job after making disparaging comments about Black students. According to the Washington Post, professors Sandra Sellers and David Batson at the Washington, D.C., university were having a conversation over a video call. At one point during the call, the…
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GOP Can’t Take an L and Is Working to Severely Limit Voting Access Across 43 States
Over the last two years, the GOP has managed to lose the House, the Senate, and the White House, so obviously that means the party is going to learn from its mistakes, condemn white supremacy in the party, and craft policies that don’t fuck over anyone not rich, white, and male, right? Nah. The “pull…
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President Biden Signs COVID Relief Package Ahead of His Primetime Address to the Nation
In an effort to avoid having an entire nation blasting Rihanna’s 2015 banger “Bitch Better Have My Money” during his televised address this evening, President Joe Biden has signed the COVID relief package a day earlier than expected. According to the New York Times, the Biden administration upped the timeline on the signing in an…
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Nintendo Knocks 35 Percent Off Some Really Great Mario Games in Celebration of Mar10 Day
Today is March 10, which means it’s a Mar10 Day! To celebrate the plumber with the meanest mustache in the game, Nintendo has reduced the price of some straight-up bangers by 35 percent. According to Yahoo, you can currently cop some of Mario’s best adventures on the Switch for just under 40 bucks. If you’ve…
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Tennessee Commission Votes to Remove Bust of KKK Leader Nathan Bedford Forrest From the State Capitol
Today in news that makes you go “Why did it take Black death for this to happen?” the Tennessee Historical Commission voted 25-1 to remove a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest—the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan—from the state capitol. The Tennessean reports that the effort to remove the bust began last summer…
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Nearly a Year After Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing, the Georgia House Passes Bill to Reform the State's Citizen’s Arrest Law
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery by two white men who thought they could take the law into their own hands sent a ripple effect through the nation that is still being felt today. In an effort to prevent something like this from happening again, the Georgia House unanimously passed a bill overhauling its citizen’s arrest…