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#FreedomNow: Why We Must Disinvest From the Fraternal Order of Police
Last week, young black organizers across the country took to the streets to demand that the U.S. government, unions and police officers divest from the Fraternal Order of Police and declare #FreedomNow. We know that police unions can overwhelmingly further a culture of toxic policing that protects, pays and exonerates killer cops. What we may…
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WNBA Drops Fines for Players Who Wore Protest Shirts
The WNBA has reversed its decision to fine the teams and players who wore black protest warm-up shirts saying “Alton Sterling,” ”Philando Castile,” “Black Lives Matter” and “Dallas 5,” ESPN reports. WNBA President Lisa Borders said in a statement Saturday that the league was rescinding the $5,000 penalties given to the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty…
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Dennis Rodman Wanted for Questioning in Hit-and-Run Accident
Eccentric former NBA player Dennis Rodman is apparently a person of interest in a car crash in California, reports the New York Daily News. Police confirm that the driver of a black BMW told California Highway Patrol officers that when he was in a vehicular collision last week, the other driver left the scene after…
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White Mass. Mayor Won’t Remove Black Lives Matter Banner From City Hall
A Massachusetts mayor has refused to remove a Black Lives Matter banner from City Hall at the request of the local police union. The banner features the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and has been hanging from Somerville City Hall since August 2015. According to USA Today, the Somerville Police Employee’s Association recently published a letter to Mayor Joseph…
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Man Who Videotaped Alton Sterling’s Death Not Allowed Back to Work
The man who videotaped the chilling death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge La., has effectively been given the ax. And according to his lawyer, it’s because he posted Sterling’s death on social media. According to WSB-TV, Christopher LeDay was arrested less than 24 hours after he posted video of Sterling being shot and killed…
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Va. Gov. to Restore Voting Rights to 200,000 Ex-Offenders
In what some will surely call “executive advocacy” (or abuse), the governor of Virginia will sign a staggering number of individual clemency grants to restore the voting rights of thousands of ex-offenders in the state after a court decision Friday threatened to take them away, reports ThinkProgress. In a 4-3 decision late Friday, the Supreme…
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Ohio Attorney Faces Jail Time for Refusing to Remove Black Lives Matter Button
Youngstown, Ohio, attorney Andrea Burton was removed from court and taken into custody after a judge declared her in contempt for refusing to take off a Black Lives Matter pin. WKBN reports that Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Robert Milich said that Burton was in contempt of court for refusing to remove the button in his…
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Rihanna Set to Play Iconic Role on A&E’s Bates Motel
Rihanna’s ’bout to get it in the shower. And no, this is not some naughty Instagram post from the poptress, but refers to the role she will have in the final season of Bates Motel, a spin-off of the classic film Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Rihanna’s casting was revealed Friday at the Comic-Con International convention…
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Roxane Gay Becomes 1st Black Woman to Write Marvel Comic Book
Roxane Gay is set to write a new Marvel comic book, the World of Wakanda, which will delve into the lives of the women of the Black Panther comic-book-series universe. It will be released in November, the New York Times reports. The feminist scribe will team up with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has written his…
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North Miami Police Officer Who Shot Therapist Identified; Sister of Autistic Man Gives Heartbreaking Statement
Up until Thursday, the city of North Miami and its Police Department were not identifying the officer in the horrific Charles Kinsey police shooting case other than saying that the officer is a 30-year-old Hispanic male. During a Friday press conference, the city released the cop’s name. The mayor of North Miami, Smith Joseph, as…
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