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Black Diner Profiled, Harassed by Pennsylvania Cop Who Is Giving Us Drunk Vibes
Doctors don’t know everything. They know a lot, though. And generally what they use to come up with a diagnosis is symptoms. It’s not an infallible science, but it’s the best we have. The cop who decided to harass a Black diner for being all Black and eating in a place where people eat may…
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Yeah, I Can Watch This Clip of Daniel Kaluuya and His Famous Bruvs Celebrating His Oscar Win Forever
One of the everlasting values of Saturday Night Live is that it recreates a dynamic that really only exists one other place in popular culture—the NBA All-Star Game. Although the intensity level of that game is notoriously inconsistent, what remains static is how easy it is to discern comfort. In this group of the 24…
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Oklahoma Senator Makes Sex Joke About VP Kamala Harris Then Defends It, Saying 'People Seem Not to Be Able to Take a Joke'
Here’s the thing: Conservatives aren’t funny. There’s a reason there are virtually no right-leaning comedy films, late-night shows or stand-up comedians outside of a handful. Republicans will say it’s because of liberal media bias, but this is America; if there was a demand for Klan-ish comedy there would be a supply—they just don’t understand how…
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We Need to Talk About the 'Conservative Republican' Who Wrote a Whole Essay About How He Misses White Privilege Disney World
It’s not very often that I am astonished by the sheer caucasity of white people. I’ve written stories about a white woman claiming to have been called the n-word in school because she has bigger lips than like six other white people; a story about a Republican declaring that the three-fifths compromise wasn’t racist; one…
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Tennessee Police Officers Won't be Charged in Shooting Death of Black Teen After Release of Body-Cam Footage
The Knox County District Attorney’s Office has released police body camera footage and other details regarding the shooting death of 17-year-old Anthony J. Thompson Jr. at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., and it has been determined that the officers involved in the shooting will not face criminal charges. It’s an end to a…
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DOJ Considers Charging Derek Chauvin in 2017 Incident Where he Allegedly Beat Black 14-Year-Old and Knelt on Him for 17 Minutes
The hits just don’t stop coming for ex-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Now that he’s been convicted of murdering George Floyd, the Department of Justice is considering the possibility of charging him in connection to a 2017 incident where the man who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes also allegedly knelt on…
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Ma'Khia Bryant's Death Highlights Racial Disparities In Policing Shootings
Ma’Khia Bryant’s killing at the hands of the Columbus Division of Police has highlighted the troubling pattern of cops taking children’s lives. Nicholas Reardon, the cop who killed Bryant, shot the 16-year-old girl moments after arriving on the scene. She really didn’t have a chance. Reardon’s actions, unfortunately, are not a rarity. Bryant was the…
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George Floyd Mural in Houston Defaced With Racial Slurs Shortly After Chauvin Verdict
Apparently, it was a hard week for the worst kind of white people. Clearly they thought the trial of Derek Chauvin was going to end differently, because a mural of George Floyd in Houston was defaced with a racial slur. According to NBC News, it was discovered on Thursday that someone spray painted the phrase…