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Ahmaud Arbery Murder Suspect Had Confrontation With Black Man Days Before Shooting; New Light Shed on Glynn County Police
Travis McMichael, one of two men charged with murdering 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in February, had a confrontation with an unidentified black man at a construction site less than two weeks before the Feb. 23 killing, CNN reports. The revelation came via Larry English, the owner of the home being built. He spoke to CNN about…
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Ludacris and Mike Will Made-It Donate 3,000 Reusable Masks to MARTA Employees in Georgia
As the state of Georgia has taken the questionable steps to reopen amidst a pandemic, Ludacris and producer Mike Will Made-It have partnered up to ensure Atlanta’s public transit workers are protected. AJC reports that the duo donated 3,000 masks to MARTA workers through their respective organizations. Ludacris’ the Ludacris Foundation and Mike Will’s Mike…
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Cleveland’s Only Black Female Firefighter Retires After 30 Years
After a 30-year career, Cleveland’s only black woman firefighter has retired. Channel 19 News reports that Daphne Tyus retired from the Cleveland Fire Department on Friday. Tyus was one of only three women in the department and, as the only black woman, she says it was a long and difficult road. “When I got that…
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NFL Star Malcolm Jenkins Calls on Department of Justice To Investigate Ahmaud Arbery Death
Last week, a graphic video was released detailing the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. Outrage erupted at the fact that over two months had passed since the incident and Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, the men charged with his murder had not been arrested (both men are currently in custody). Now, a group…
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Los Angeles Stay-At-Home Order To Be Extended to July
Despite there being no significant downturn in COVID-19 cases and there being significant warnings about the dangers of re-opening too soon, many states across the country have steadily started to re-open. However, if you happen to live in Los Angeles, don’t count on being a part of the effort to re-open the country any time…
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Philadelphia City Council Members Issue Formal Apology for the MOVE Bombing of 1985
On May 13, 1985, two bombs were dropped from a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter onto a residential building in a largely black Philadelphia neighborhood, killing 11 people including five children, and destroying more than 60 homes. The bombing was done in an effort to forcefully evict MOVE, a black environmentalist group that was involved in…
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I'm Finally Good Enough to Die
I wasn’t always this guy. I wasn’t always a married father who lives in a nice community. I wasn’t always a writer. When I was 16, my dad sat me down and had a very real conversation with me. He told me that he’d given up, that he wasn’t going to hit me anymore for…
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Same Man Who Feigned Concern Over Zaya Wade Admits He Allowed 'Grown Women' to Perform Oral Sex on His Son and Nephews
Boosie Badazz (formerly known as Lil Boosie, born Torrence Hatch Jr.) is perpetually using his phone to display his stupidity, and his most recent act is disturbingly dangerous, to say the least. The rapper recently took to Instagram Live to discuss the ways in which he basically has the children in his family undergo a…
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St. Louis Assistant Police Chief Files a Lawsuit Claiming He Was Denied a Promotion Because He’s White
White men can’t jump but apparently, they sure can leap. The assistant police chief for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was told he was passed up for the chief of police position due to events that happened under his watch involving a black man who was fatally shot by police and subsequent protests. He…
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Tyler Perry's Sistas and The Oval Will Be the First TV Series to Return to Full-Time Production Amid Pandemic
Tyler Perry is doing bad all by himself by social distancing away from the industry pack and making major moves during an uncertain time. On Tuesday, BET announced the network had renewed both Tyler Perry’s The Oval and Tyler Perry’s Sistas for a second season, each of which had top ratings among their respective demographics.…