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After Nearly 200 Days, Breonna Taylor's Case Expected to be Heard By Grand Jury
After almost 200 days since she was killed, a grand jury is expected to hear evidence in the case of Breonna Taylor. CNN reports that the grand jury will hear other cases first before eventually moving on to Taylor’s case. Taylor was a 26-year-old Black woman who was killed in her home on March 13…
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University of Michigan-Dearborn Apologizes for Hosting ‘Non-POC Cafe’ Event. Yep, You Read That Right
It’s time we have a discussion about the recent wave of white people who are suddenly interested in engaging in the national discussion on race in America. Recent polls show that there are more white people than ever who believe systemic racism is real and are invested in being part of the solution. There’s just…
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Arbitrator Orders New Hampshire Officer Fired for Racist Texts Be Reinstated, Police Chief Refuses
One of the biggest issues facing meaningful police reform is the arbitration process. An officer could be fired for being a piece of shit but an arbitrator could say, “well, he wasn’t that shitty,” and order the officer to be re-hired. In New Hampshire, that exact situation is playing out but surprisingly, the local police…
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Residents in Louisville Neighborhood Find KKK Newspapers on Their Doorstep
Residents of the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood in Louisville, Ky. woke up to copies of the Ku Klux Klan newspaper on their doorstep. According to the Courier-Journal, 24-year-old resident Austin Beam noticed an unsolicited copy of the Crusader, the KKK’s newspaper, in front of his home while taking out the trash. Beam told the Courier-Journal that…
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Richmond, Va., Passes Ordinance Banning Guns From Public Property During Protests and Other Events
The city of Richmond has done something that is sure to leave Proud Boys, Antifa haters, “Back the Blue” advocates and other Second Amendment enthusiasts in their G.I. Joe wannabe feelings. Virginia’s capital city has passed a law banning guns on public property during protests and other events. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that on Tuesday,…
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Denver Has a Program That Sends Mental Health Professionals on Certain 911 Calls Instead of Police
A lot of people would mock the idea of sending social workers or mental health professionals to do a police officer’s job. For example, people who share memes like this: Or people who, without making any effort to do any kind of research on what’s actually being proposed, automatically imagine the worst possible scenario where…
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30 Questions About Dr. Umar Johnson's Claim That Black Americans Spend $19 Million a Year on Grits
In an Instagram post on Labor Day, Dr. Umar Johnson lamented that he would be able to build multiple schools for Black boys if we gave our annual grit money to him instead. I have questions. 1. Where did he find that number? 2. Is there a secret registry of grain-specific stats that only hotep…
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New Report Claims Tory Lanez Shot Megan Thee Stallion Because He 'Was Just Too Drunk'
It’s been nearly two months since Megan Thee Stallion was shot and subsequently hospitalized after a night out in Los Angeles. Last month during an emotional Instagram Live session, the chart-topping rapper told fans singer/rapper Tory Lanez was the one who pulled the trigger. While some are interested in hearing his side of the story…
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Proud Boy Trump Supporters Chase Down and Attack Black Lives Matter Counterprotesters in Oregon
There are those who believe that Black Lives Matter protests are inherently violent and that the violence always happens at the hands of liberal-left-Marxist-communist-socialist-Antifa hooligans. Those people will ignore report after report after report that shows white supremacists are responsible for much of the violence that happens at BLM demonstrations as well as at their…