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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Speech on Terrorist, Genocidal Confederate Symbolism Is One for the History Books
With the weight of history bearing down on his shoulders, a resolute calm in his gaze and a slight tremble in his voice that spoke not of nervousness but of a deep awareness that the words he was about to speak would be recited by generations to come, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu stepped to…
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#TakeItDown: Lawyers File Federal Lawsuit Against Miss. Legislators Who Advocated Lynching People Who Support Confederate-Monument Removal
Attorneys Charles E. Lawrence III and Michael T. Scott have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of their client, attorney Carlos E. Moore, against Mississippi state lawmakers who advocated the lynching of people who support the removal of Confederate monuments. As previously reported by The Root, Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver wrote a Facebook post…
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Mistrial Declared in Trial of Texas Cop Who Shot Black Man Holding Barbecue Fork in His Own Yard
A Tarrant County, Texas, judge declared a mistrial Wednesday morning in the case of a white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer who shot a black man holding a barbecue fork in front of his own home. According to WFAA, at approximately 3:30 a.m., June 23, 2015, Police Officer Courtney Johnson was in a residential neighborhood…
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#FarmingWhileBlack: Black Va. Farmer Says ‘Nervous White Women in Yoga Pants’ More Dangerous Than Blatant White Supremacists
When discussing the dangers of “____ while black” in this white-settler colonial project known as the United States, the media focus is typically on expensive shops, wealthy white enclaves, airports, parks, city sidewalks, predatory hypermarkets—you know, any place where white people are known to click their heels three times—9-1-1—and lock all the Negroes away—or have…
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Mark Adkins Identified as Man Tased to Death by San Diego Sheriff’s Deputies
A Lemon Grove, Calif., man who died Saturday morning after two deputies tased him multiple times has been identified by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department as Mark Roshawn Adkins, 54. According to NBC San Diego, authorities were responding to calls that a black man was jumping fences and attempting to enter townhouses. “The callers…
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Richard Collins III Killing: Md. State Officials Claim ‘Not Enough Evidence’ Yet to Charge White Supremacist Sean Urbanski With Hate Crime
Updated Monday, May 22, 2017, 9:02 p.m. EDT: During a press conference Monday, Angela D. Alsobrooks, state attorney for Prince George’s County, Md., said that Sean Urbanski’s motives for stabbing Richard Collins III to death were still unclear, the New York Times reports. “We do not have enough evidence to say conclusively whether this is…
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‘They Should Be Lynched’: Miss. Lawmaker Karl Oliver on La. Leaders Taking Down Confederate Monuments
Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver says that Louisiana leaders should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments and that he will do everything within his power to make sure that Mississippi does not follow suit. As previously reported by The Root, the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed last Friday, making it the…
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#Flint: Black Women-Owned Construction Company Awarded Contract to Replace Contaminated Water Pipes
WT Stevens Construction, a construction management and services firm based in Flint, Mich., is the only black-owned company to be awarded a service contract to replace contaminated water pipes across the city. The Network Journal reports that WT Stevens is “one of just four companies recently contracted—under a court order—to replace more than 18,000 lead…
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Watch White Liberalism in HD: Bill Maher Exploits Police Killing Black People to Score Political Points for Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton cares more about police officers getting away with killing black people than Donald Trump does, according to Real Time host Bill Maher. And on his HBO show Friday night, Maher exploited the brutal slayings of Terence Crutcher and Walter Scott in an effort to get Cornel West to agree with him. As previously…
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Black Judge Profiled for Speaking Against Racial Bias in Policing Will Not Step Aside in White Cop’s Murder Trial
After a reportedly contentious hearing Thursday morning, black Alabama Judge Greg Griffin denied a motion filed Monday by defense attorneys for white Montgomery, Ala., Police Officer Aaron Smith requesting that Griffin recuse himself from Smith’s murder trial, AL.com reports. Smith, who is white, is charged with murder in the death of 58-year-old Gregory Gunn, a…
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