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Tulsa Police Release Footage of Officers Handcuffing and Arresting Black Teenagers for…Jaywalking
It often feels like police officers can slap handcuffs on black youth just as easily as they get out of bed in the morning. In Tulsa, Okla., recently released body camera footage shows one black teenager being arrested and another being handcuffed by two police officers for committing the horrific, absolutely heinous crime of…*checks notes*…jaywalking.…
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Thomas Lane, One of the Former Officers Charged in George Floyd’s Death, Is Free on $750,000 Bail
One of the four Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd was released from jail Wednesday after posting bail. ABC reports that 37-year-old Thomas Lane—one of three former police officers accused of aiding and abetting ex-officer Derek Chauvin, who caused Floyd’s death by holding him down while Chauvin pressed his knee into…
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Live PD Canceled; Show Reportedly Destroyed Tape of Javier Ambler’s Death
Just one day after the cancellation of Cops—the longest-running reality show and “cop-aganda” program enjoyed largely by people who aren’t consistently targeted by police in real life—was announced, another unscripted cop series has found itself on the chopping block. Cable network A&E announced Wednesday that it will no longer be airing Live PD—a show that’s…
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A Missouri Woman Got Merriam-Webster to Agree to Update Its Definition of Racism
The conversation usually goes something like… Fragile white person: “White people aren’t the only ones who can be racist, ya know! Black people are racist against whites all the time!” Progressive black person: “Nope! Black people can’t be racist because racism requires systemic power. Black people simply don’t possess the social capital to be racist.”…
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White Men in New Jersey Mock Peaceful Protestors by Reenacting George Floyd’s Death
A group of angry, loud and wrong white people must have thought it was Angry, Loud and Wrong White People Day when they decided to stage a disgustingly insensitive counterprotest during a peaceful march against police brutality and systemic racism over the death of George Floyd. While standing next to a pro-Trump banner, a “Blue…
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‘I Can’t Breathe’: Another Case of a Black Man Dying in Police Custody in Texas Is Under New Scrutiny Amid George Floyd Coverage
“I can’t breathe” isn’t just a hashtag or a rallying cry, they are actual words said by actual people before they died in police custody. The phrase became a slogan for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2014 after the death of Eric Garner and that energy was reignited after the recent death of George…
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Officer Involved in Breonna Taylor Shooting Accused of Sexual Assault by 2 Women and Planting Drugs on a Suspect
It’s been nearly three months since Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by three police officers during a botched no-knock search-warrant attempt on March 13. Now, sexual assault allegations by two women against one of the officers involved in Taylor’s death have surfaced. People reports that on June 4, two women posted to social media about…
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Due to a ‘Misclassification Error’ the Unemployment Rate Looks Like It’s Dropping Faster Than It Actually Is
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its official jobs report for May which reported the first drop in the unemployment rate since the pandemic began wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy. Just one problem: The number was off by 3 percentage points. According to the Washington Post, the BLS added a note to…
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Candace ‘Black Karen’ Owens’ GoFundMe Account Suspended Over George Floyd Comments
For some reason, Candace Owens and white people think we should care about George Floyd’s criminal record. We don’t, of course, because a) cops are absolutely not doing background checks before shooting, beating or kneeling on the necks of black people, and b) a criminal past shouldn’t disqualify anyone from protection against police violence. Fortunately,…
