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Former Officer Garrett Rolfe Charged With Felony Murder in Shooting of Rayshard Brooks
On Wednesday, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced that warrants have been issued for the arrest of the cops involved in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks. Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe, the man who fired the shots that killed Brooks, has been charged with felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal…
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The Stolen Life of Mecenia Dials
Macie’s dead. She was not killed by a police officer while running away. She was not killed by black-on-black crime. She did not die in a school shooting. She was not powerless—she was strong — but not strong enough to stop America from opening its ferocious mouth and sucking her into its unyielding belly, swallowing…
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Karen the Kop Kries Kause She Had to Wait in the McDonald's Drive-Thru
Another day, another Karen exhibiting her white privilege and weaponizing her white woman tears to show how the world is so down on and against her…kind. No, but for real. Have y’all seen this? A white female cop recorded herself crying in the McDonald’s parking lot because her order wasn’t ready and they had her…
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Quaker Oats Will Remove Aunt Jemima Brand From Its Products in Favor of Something ‘Appropriate and Respectful’
It seems like the national spotlight that all these protests and demonstrations have put on systemic racism has all the corporations scrambling to show their “Black Lives Matter” solidarity and, if necessary, rebrand their own products to make sure they’re racism-origin free. Quaker Oats announced Wednesday that they will be changing the name and image…
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Alleged 'Boogaloo Boy' Charged With Murder in Death of Federal Officer During Oakland Black Lives Matter Protests
For as long as the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests began gathering momentum, there were rumors of infiltration of the protests by outside groups. Much of the focus, at first, was placed on alleged anarchist or anti-fascist groups destroying public and corporate property. But as the massive protests stretch into their fourth week, attention has…
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Netflix CEO Donating $120 Million to HBCUs and the United Negro College Fund
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin will donate an allotted total of $120 million to HBCUs and black scholarship funds. Spelman College, Morehouse College and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will each receive $40 million. “There are many good places to donate, but the [historically Black colleges and universities] are 150…
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Yes, the Police Are Racist
Why does everyone think the Nazis were racist? Sure, Hitler was definitely racist. He ordered the extermination of the Jews from Germany and later from all over Europe once he became chancellor of Germany. Sure, He built the Third Reich—a political, social and economic regime based on the idea of Aryan supremacy. Sure Nazi soldiers…
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Giancarlo Stanton, CC Sabathia Among MLB Stars in Emotional Black Lives Matter Video
In recent weeks, we’ve seen black athletes in nearly every sport use their platforms to speak out against racial inequality and assert that Black Lives Matter, and in their own efforts to “be the change,” we now have MLB stars following suit. In a video featuring familiar faces like Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen, Los…
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Watch: Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidate Charles Booker Calls for Defunding the Police and Term Limits
Kentucky State Rep. Charles Booker (D-Louisville) told The Root that momentum is moving in his favor and he doesn’t have to change his tone or adjust how he articulates his progressive brand of politics for white folks, either. Amy McGrath, the Democratic Party establishment’s favorite in the June 23 Kentucky primary, was supposed to cakewalk…
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Ohio Black Lives Matter Demonstration Overrun by Hundreds of Armed Counterprotesters
Organizers in Bethel, Ohio—a small town with around 2,800 residents—attempted to put on a peaceful, relatively small Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday only to have it overrun by armed counterprotesters who came by the hundreds to “All Lives Matter” all over their parade. Bethel resident Alicia Gee posted about the event she helped organize…