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Watch: New Details Emerge in Case of Minnesota Cops Pulling Guns on Black Kids After Fake 911 Call
The Root has obtained exclusive footage and spoke to an eyewitness who filmed a now-viral video that seems to contradict many of the cops’ initial claims after Minnesota Park Police pulled their guns and detained children in a Minneapolis area park. After Brianna Lindell’s Facebook video of the Tuesday incident went viral, Minneapolis Park Board…
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Man Screaming Racial Slurs at Black Teenage Girl Arrested For Threatening to Kill Me, You, Your Mama and Your Cousins Too …
Police arrested an Oregon man after passersby stopped him from allegedly attacking and screaming racist remarks at a 17-year-old black girl while reportedly threatening to murder her, me and presumably all the black people in the world. Ain Avila, 21, was stopped at a red light on a Beaverton, Ore., street when he noticed a…
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Cop Fired For Calling Black People 'Alabama Porch Monkeys' … Then Re-Hired
A Colorado police officer fired for using a racial slur to describe black citizens who were concerned over a police shooting has been re-hired by the same city. But instead of disparaging the decision, let’s dissect this case as an example of how white supremacy works. On June 18, 2017, after a high-speed chase, police…
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Cop Pulls Gun on Children After 911 Caller Falsely Reports Armed Black Kids Roaming Around in Park
Police are apologizing for pulling their guns on black children after a video showed cops detaining two black kids in a Minnesota Park. But don’t worry, after investigating the incident, the police determined that there was no factual basis for them to draw their guns on the kids and put them in handcuffs. Everything’s fine.…
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Kentucky Governor: Black Kids Playing Chess 'Not Something You Would've Thought Of' in Black Part of Town
Apparently, astounded that all black children don’t spend their time shooting hoops or exploring new avenues of committing black-on-black crime, the governor of Kentucky regurgitated a small amount of previously digested racism when he declared how surprised he was that black kids could play chess. On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin visited Nativity Academy at…
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Beyoncé, Buy The Root (and All of GMG and The Onion). It's for Sale
Dear Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Boy, do I have a deal for you! I’d like to present you with the opportunity to own a slightly used, factory-refurbished media organization with more than 100 million visitors per month! On Tuesday, a guy only identified as “Vince” sent a companywide email to employees announcing that Univision has “initiated…
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If You Live in One of Chicago’s Black Neighborhoods, Stop Reading This and Go Check on Your Car
While you’re probably familiar with the phenomenon of “driving while black,” a new investigation on Chicago police officers’ tendency to issue multiple tickets for the same parking violations has ushered in a new, absurd phrase into the cultural lexicon. We shall call it “not driving while black.” WBEZ and ProPublica Illinois analyzed a decade of…
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Man Who Drove Through Antwon Rose Protest, Ran Over Demonstrator, Only Charged With Misdemeanor
A Pennsylvania man who hit a protester after driving his car through a street filled with protest was charged with a misdemeanor, the second such incident at a demonstration demanding justice after a Pittsburgh police officer shot and killed 17-year-old Antwon Rose, Jr. According to the Tribune-Review, 69-year-old Ronald V. Hinerman’s silver Hyundai came to…
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‘White People,’ Explained
Not all white people. I think I should issue that caveat at the beginning. Because I was partially homeschooled, I probably missed the day in first-grade language arts when they instruct people that, whenever the word “white” is used as an adjective to describe the word “people,” the reader should automatically assume the word “all”…
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As Haiti Burns, Never Forget: White People Did That
On Saturday, the U.S. Embassy in Haiti warned American citizens, volunteers and missionaries in Haiti to stay in place and hunker down after angry demonstrators attempted to get past a barricade and security guards at a Port-au-Prince hotel. CNN reports that American Airlines, JetBlue and the Spirit Airlines (whose official slogan is: “We’re like a…
