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Philadelphia Police Release Body Camera Footage of Walter Wallace Jr. Shooting Death
On Wednesday, Philadelphia police released body camera footage that shows what happened in the moments leading up to the Oct. 26 shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. NBC News reports that before the footage was released, city officials gave a news conference during which they warned that the video footage—as well as 911 dispatch audio—is…
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Black Lives Matter DC Says DC Police ‘Emboldened White Supremacists’ by Accusing Them of Stabbing Proud Boys
In the late hours of election night, three people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Washington, D.C., after being stabbed by three assailants who haven’t been identified, are still at large and are Black, according to police. D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department initially responded to the attack by giving off big Donald Trump energy and making bold, reactionary…
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Alabama Voters Approve Measure to Strike Racism From the State's Constitution…But a Lot of Alabamans Are Still Racist AF
On Tuesday, Alabama voters showed that many of them are genuinely interested in living in the 21st century by approving an amendment that could start the process of removing 119-year-old racist language from the state’s constitution. From the Montgomery Advertiser: As of 10:48 p.m., Amendment 4 had 878,300 yes votes (66%) in incomplete, unofficial returns.…
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Police Investigate Threat to ‘Raid’ California Town’s Only Black-Owned Store If Joe Biden Is Elected
Police in Tiburon, Calif., are investigating a threat leveled against the city’s only Black-owned business. According to investigators, a social media post threatened to “raid” the local clothing store—which made headlines in August after the owners accused Tiburon police of racial profiling—if Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the presidential election. Yema—a clothing store on Main…
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‘The Squad’ Is Still in the Building as AOC, Omar, Pressley and Talib All Win Reelection to the House
It’s no secret that the 2020 election has been and continues to be stressful AF. It’s been particularly stressful for progressives whose attitudes appear to range from uncomfortable uncertainty to complete doom and gloom amid election results already reported that make it clear that, regardless of who wins the presidency, America is showing its racist, conservative…
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North Carolina Extends Hours at 4 Polling Sites, Delaying Statewide Election Results Reporting by 45 Minutes
North Carolina—a key battleground state in the 2020 election—will keep four polling places open longer after a Tuesday vote by the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The board’s decision was made because the four polling sites opened late, and the extension means that reporting on statewide election results will be delayed 45 minutes. According…
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Louisiana Man Who Burned Down 3 Black Churches in 2019 Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
23-year-old Holden Matthews—the black metal-loving son of a St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, sheriff’s deputy who wasn’t officially named a white supremacist despite having pleaded guilty to burning down three Black churches in 2019—was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison for his crimes, according to the Department of Justice. CNN reports that along with…
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Most Drive-Thru Voting Sites in Harris County Will Be Shut Down on Election Day. Blame Whiny Texas Republicans
On Monday, The Root reported that a group of Republicans hellbent on ending drive-thru voting in Harris County—a largely Democratic county that includes Houston—petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to throw out nearly 127,000 drive-thru votes that had already been cast. That request was rejected because, while the Texas Supreme Court justices are all Republicans themselves,…
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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Diversity Training Ban
In September, The Root reported that the commander-in-white-fragility that y’all call president ordered all federal agencies to end anti-racism training and any other training that implements critical race theory. Well now, Trump’s order against hurting white people’s feelings is facing its first legal challenge as three civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that…
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Supreme Court Backs BLM Activist DeRay Mckesson in Fight Against Lawsuit Filed by Cop Injured During Protest
Once upon a time, in 2016, a cop got hit in the face with a rock during a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, La., and decided that one of the leaders of said protest, DeRay Mckesson, was responsible. In 2017, a federal judge decided that’s not how any of this works and dismissed…
