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White Supremacists Accused of Intimidating Michigan Family Arrested Following FBI Investigation
So apparently, extremist groups in Michigan are a real problem. Weeks after the FBI announced that they thwarted a plot by militia members to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, two members of a white supremacist group accused of intimidating a Michigan family were arrested Thursday following an investigation by the FBI and the state police…
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Body and Dash Camera Footage of Marcellis Stinnette Shooting by Illinois Police Released
Last week, The Root reported that 19-year old Marcellis Stinnette was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, Ill.—a suburb of Chicago—while sitting in the passenger seat of a car his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, was driving on Oct. 20. Williams was also shot but survived her wounds, and as she recovered in the hospital…
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Video Shows Philadelphia Police Smash SUV Window With Child in Back Seat During Walter Wallace Unrest
Video footage has surfaced showing that during the first night of civil unrest over the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. by Philadelphia police, officers surrounded a slow-moving SUV, smashed its windows, pulled the driver and passenger out of the vehicle, threw them to the ground and then moments later, removed a child from the…
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Black Teen Who Recorded George Floyd’s Death to be Honored With PEN Award
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who recorded the footage of George Floyd’s death, will be presented the PEN/Benenson Courage Award in December for capturing the video that acted as a catalyst for what has arguably been the largest and most continuous Black Lives Matter movement push that the nation and the world have seen to date.…
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Judge Dismisses 3rd-Degree Murder Charge Against Derek Chauvin. All Other Charges Remain
A Hennepin County judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, one of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the May 25 death of George Floyd. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the ruling made by District Judge Peter Cahill was dated for Wednesday and announced publicly on Thursday. The good news is…
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Odell Beckham Jr. Offers Up His Magic DNA to Manufacture a COVID Vaccine. I'm Joking, but He Does Seem to Think He's Immune
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is really out here trying to trump Trump’s re-Trump-ulousness…Trump-diculousness… This man out here saying he’s immune to COVID-19, just like y’all’s president did after he caught COVID-19. According to Yahoo Sports, OBJ recently missed two days of practice due to an illness that turned out not to be…
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63-Year-Old Black Man Granted Parole After Spending Nearly 24 Years in Louisiana Prison for Stealing Hedge Clippers
In August, The Root reported that 63-year-old Fair Wayne Bryant—who was given a life sentence for stealing a pair of hedge clippers in Shreveport, La., more than 20 years ago—was denied a request to have his sentence reviewed by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Since Bryant had already spent much of his adult life behind bars…
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Department of Justice Charges 21 Alleged Members and Associates of Utah White Supremacist Gangs With Drug and Weapons Trafficking
In Utah, 21 alleged members and associates of white supremacist gangs face federal charges of distributing methamphetamines and firearms throughout the state,. USA Today reports that the accused are associated with three identified white supremacist gangs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Utah and an investigation conducted by the Organized Crime…
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Theater, Film and TV Actor Anthony Chisholm Dead at 77
Theater, film and television actor Anthony Chisholm has died at age 77, The Katz Company, his talent management, announced Friday. Chisholm was born on April 9, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio and before he was a beloved actor he was a platoon leader for the U.S. Army’s 4th Armored Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division in the Vietnam…
