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Defendant to Judge in Legal Brief: ‘You Are a Hoe. This Court Is a Hoe’
One “Floridian-American” sovereign citizen did not see eye to eye with a U.S. District Court judge who dismissed the civil rights lawsuit she filed on behalf of her husband and son, and she made her displeasure quite clear in a nine-page, profanity-ridden legal brief, Raw Story reports. Tamah Jada Clark had filed a complaint insisting that…
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The Blue Wall of Silence Over Police Brutality Must Come Down
At the center of the discussion of the #blacklivesmatter movement is the issue of law enforcement’s relationship with communities of color. While there are myriad issues related to improving conditions for blacks in America, the most prevalent theme of late is how to bridge the gap between police and community in a way that begins…
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Before Dyson and West: Remembering Black Luminaries’ ‘Rap Battles’
So you think the Michael Eric Dyson article on Cornel West in the New Republic is a tough one? As well as his tell-all interview with The Root? If so, you must not remember the political cartoon from Muhammad Speaks (the newspaper Malcolm X founded in his basement), which was published during the time Malcolm X…
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Ben Affleck Asked Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Edit Out Slaveowning Ancestor in PBS Series
Slaver Is Omitted, His Story “Just Wasn’t as Interesting” Actor Ben Affleck asked Henry Louis Gates Jr. to edit out the fact that one of his ancestors owned slaves from Gates’ PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” according to messages in the massive November hacking of emails at Sony’s movie studio. The information did not appear…
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The Cast of Friday: Where Are They Now?
Friday, the get-high classic that you and your cousins can quote by heart, celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. To commemorate the occasion, the film will be re-released in theaters for one night only, on the most appropriate day of the year, April 20. With a huge cast of Hollywood actors who, for the most…
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11 Reasons We Thank God It’s Friday (the Movie)
Craig Jones was fired—on his day off—and spent the next day with pothead Smokey in the 1995 film Friday. The movie cost $3.5 million, grossed $28,215,918 and spawned two sequels—and a third is reportedly in development. The “director’s cut” of the original gets a one-night-only re-release on April 20. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of…
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My Ancestor Died in the Leflore County Massacre
I have learned that my great-grandfather Peyton Locke (1840-1889) and his eldest son, Ben Locke, were both killed in Mississippi in the Leflore County Massacre. The September 1889 massacre, in which dozens of black people were killed for organizing a Colored Farmers Alliance, was not a part of my family lore. In fact, I only…
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The Few Cops Who Are Charged With Murder Serve Little Time—if They Even Get Convicted
Analysis Finds Even Those Convicted Serve Little Time “Among the thousands of fatal shootings at the hands of police since 2005, only 54 officers have been charged, a Post analysis found,” a headline read above a weekend enterprise story in the Washington Post. “Most were cleared or acquitted in the cases that have been resolved.”…
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Milkshake Brings Out Aggression in 1 Burger King Employee
With cellphone video camera running, a customer got the wrath of a Burger King employee in Louisiana after asking about four times whether she could speak with a manager, Live Leak reported. Finally the customer asked for a refund, to which the employee responded, “Baby, you’re about to get it. Just wait. You’re gonna get…
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Watch: Officer Tells Unarmed Man Accidentally Shot by Cop, ‘F–k Your Breath’
Oklahoma authorities say that the sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man trying to evade arrest was reaching for his Taser but accidentally pulled his firearm, NBC News reports. Body-camera video from the April 2 encounter shows Eric Harris, 44, of Tulsa running as Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 73, can be heard yelling “Taser!…