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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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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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Byron McBride, 19, Identified as Gunman in Killing of 6-Year-Old Kingston Frazier
Byron McBride, 19, has been identified as the gunman in the shooting death of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier. WAPT reports that Dwan Diondro Wakefield, 17; D’Allen Washington, 17; and McBride will all be charged with capital murder in Frazier’s death, according to Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest. As previously reported by The Root, there were…
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No Indictment: Ohio Grand Jury Finds Police Shooting of 13-Year-Old Tyre King ‘Justified’
Columbus, Ohio, Police Officer Bryan Mason, 31, will not be held accountable for shooting 13-year-old Tyre King to death on Sept. 14, 2016, a Franklin County grand jury has decided. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said “the grand jury found the shooting to be justified,” 10tv.com reports. Mason, a nine-year veteran on the force, was…
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Report: White House Lawyers Researching Impeachment
White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment in the unlikely event that Donald Trump is forced to go through proceedings aimed at removing him from office, according to CNN. From CNN: White House counsel’s office have consulted experts in impeachment during the past week and have begun collecting information on how such proceedings would work,…
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Kingston Frazier, 6, Kidnapped in Jackson, Miss., Car Theft, Found Dead; Suspect in Custody
Updated Thursday, May 18, 2017, 9:14 p.m. EDT: Three suspects have been taken into custody in the shooting death of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier. They will be charged with capital murder, says Madison County, Miss., District Attorney Michael Guest. Updated Thursday, May 18, 2017, 12:41 p.m. EDT: Dwan Wakefield, a person of interest in the killing…
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3 Suspects Arrested in 6-Year-Old Kingston Frazier’s Death to Be Charged With Capital Murder
Dwan Diondro Wakefield, 17; D’Allen Washington, 17; and Bryon McBride Jr., 19, are all in custody and will be charged with capital murder for the heinous killing of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier, said Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest. There were initially two people of interest. Wakefield, a senior at Ridgeland High School and the school’s…
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