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Detroit Lions Owner Martha Ford Offers Players Money for Charity if They Stand for National Anthem
Talk about quid pro quo. Although Detroit Lions owner Martha Ford linked arms with her players during the playing of the national anthem last week (after President Donald Trump disparaged the players days earlier by saying that they should be “fired” if they kneel during the song), Ford, a 92-year-old billionaire, asked her team not…
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2 Houston High School Players Kicked Off Football Team for Racial-Injustice Protest During Anthem
Two players on a private high school football team in Crosby, Texas, were kicked off the team for protesting racial injustice during the national anthem Friday. Cedric Ingram-Lewis, 16, raised his fist, and his cousin Larry McCullough, 18, knelt and were summarily told to take off their uniforms and leave the field, according to the…
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Man Shot by Police on I-80 in Calif. Identified as 45-Year-Old Demilo Hodge
Editor’s note: The video of this shooting incident is graphic. Please view with caution. A man who was shot and killed on California’s Interstate 80, snarling traffic in both directions on one of the state’s busiest highways last week, has been identified as Demilo Trayuon Hodge, 45, of San Leandro, Calif. Police say that Hodge,…
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Body of 19-Year-Old Va. Culinary Student Found Behind Church in NC
The remains of a 19-year-old Virginia woman missing for almost two weeks were found behind a Charlotte, N.C., church on Friday, according to police. The body of Ashanti Markalia Billie, who had been missing since Sept. 18, was found Friday morning after a man cutting grass at the East Stonewall African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church…
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Thousands Descend on Washington, DC, for the March for Black Women
Although there was, in fact, a March for Racial Justice on Saturday in Washington, D.C., there was also a rally specifically for, about and led by black women: the March for Black Women, sponsored by the Black Women’s Blueprint, Black Youth Project 100 and Trans Sisters of Color Project. The March for Black Women held…
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O.J. Simpson Walks Out of Jail a Free Man (Yes, the Juice Is Loose)
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, Orenthal James Simpson, 70, walked out of Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada a free man after serving a nine-year bid on charges of kidnapping and armed robbery. State prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told the Associated Press that she didn’t have any information on where Simpson was headed, although the…
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This Black Cop Proves That Not All Skinfolk Are Kinfolk
Brandon Tatum is a police officer in Arizona, and a former college football player for Arizona State, who has become the darling of conservatives because of a video he made belittling those football players who are kneeling before the national anthem to bring light to police brutality and injustice in America. In a six-and-a-half-minute clip,…
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NBA Says Players Must Stand During the National Anthem
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sent a memo to teams on Friday saying that he expected players and coaches to stand for the national anthem before games, as is the rule. The memo also recommended that teams show videos expressing themes of unity before their first home games, a possible compromise to those players who would…
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Officers in Michael Bennett Vegas Incident Won’t Face Disciplinary Charges; Sheriff Says They Acted ‘Professionally’
Shockingly, the officers who NFL player Michael Bennett said held a gun to his head for no reason (well, besides his being black) will face no disciplinary charges, the Las Vegas sheriff announced Friday. “I believe they acted appropriately and professionally,” Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters about the Aug. 26 incident involving the Seattle Seahawks…
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As Racist as He Wanna Be: Trump Attacks Mayor of San Juan, Implies Puerto Ricans in a Crisis Are Lazy
President Tiny Twitter Fingers lashed out at the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Saturday morning using thinly veiled racist language to disparage Puerto Ricans who are in desperate need of help after Hurricane Maria. Trump, tweeting from a golf course in New Jersey (because where else would the president be when citizens of…
