Politics
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Judge Denies Dismissal of Charges Against Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile
Defense attorneys for the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile attempted to get the manslaughter charges against him dropped, arguing that Castile was culpable in his own death, but a judge disagreed and denied the dismissal Wednesday, ruling that the trial against the officer will move forward. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that…
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Judge Orders NYPD to Disclose Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters
A judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to disclose documents and video revealing the surveillance of Black Lives Matter protesters at the city’s Grand Central Terminal in 2014 and 2015. The New York Daily News reports that protester James Logue challenged the NYPD’s denial of a Freedom of Information Act request that…
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OneUnited Bank, Black Lives Matter Team Up to Organize Black America’s Spending Power
Elected officials, businesses and society in general can sometimes find it easy to overlook voices of protest that call for equality and justice. One thing that is seldom overlooked, however, is money, and black America has a lot of spending power to throw around—about $1.2 trillion. Now OneUnited Bank, the largest black-owned bank in America,…
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Minn. Man Found Guilty of Shooting Black Lives Matter Activists During Protest
A Minnesota man charged with felony first-degree assault and riot charges in the November 2015 shooting of five people at a Black Lives Matter protest was convicted by a jury Wednesday. The Star-Tribune reports that the jury deliberated for seven hours before finding Allen “Lance” Scarsella, 24, guilty on all counts following two weeks of…
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Police Use Mace on Anti-Trump Protesters in Columbus, Ohio
A Monday-evening protest in downtown Columbus, Ohio, was abruptly ended after police used mace on the demonstrators who were apparently blocking traffic, WBNS reports. According to the news station, the Columbus chapter of Socialist Alternative announced the rally on its Facebook page, saying that it was protesting President Donald Trump’s policies on everything from immigration…
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Trayvon Martin’s Parents Consider Running for Political Office
The parents of Trayvon Martin have been fighting for their son’s legacy and for racial justice for all since their son was gunned down five years ago by then-neighborhood shithead watchman George Zimmerman in a controversial shooting that fueled the Black Lives Matter movement. However, now, with a Trump presidency appearing to threaten whatever accomplishments…
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Fight, Flight or Freeze? Trump Is the Ultimate History Test for Black America
I remember sitting in class back in high school and learning about slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement (since that’s all they taught about black history) and thinking … what the hell? The few other black kids in my class and I would often mutter that we never would have been slaves. We…
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Sage Steele Is Still Out to Prove That a Biracial Woman Can Cry White Tears
ESPN host Sage Steele will never be coming to the cookout. Ever. On Sunday, as thousands around the country protested President Evil’s “Muslim ban”—the one his administration is refusing to call a Muslim ban even though that’s exactly what it is—Steele tweeted not about the protest, or solidarity with those who find the dictator-in-chief’s actions…
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Malia Obama Seen at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest at Sundance
America’s former first daughter (fight me) is apparently keeping busy now that her dad has stepped down from the presidency. Malia Obama marked her first week as a “normal” person by attending an event supporting the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah,…
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Retrial Delayed for Ex SC Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott
Justice appears to have been delayed once more. On Tuesday a judge decided to postpone the retrial of former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager, who is facing murder charges in the shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott during a 2015 traffic stop, Reuters reports. The trial is now expected to be delayed until…