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A Letter Not From a Birmingham Jail
“If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and…
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Review Finds Officer Was Justified in Handcuffing Black Miami Doctor in Front of His Own Home
There is a widely held belief that no matter what you’re doing, doing it while black automatically makes it a punishable offense. A police investigation in Miami has further backed that assertion. The New York Times reports that an internal investigation by the Miami Police Department found that Sgt. Mario Menegazzo was justified in handcuffing…
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NBA Draft Prospect Teshaun Hightower Arrested in Connection With a Georgia Murder
On April 19, 22-year-old Teshaun Hightower declared for the NBA draft. One week later, he found himself behind bars facing some very serious charges. NBC News reports that Hightower was taken into custody in Henry County, Ga.. last Saturday in connection with the April 8 killing of Devante Long. Hightower was arrested alongside his brother…
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DaBaby Arrested, Held Without Bond in Miami on Battery Charges
DaBaby will remain in a Miami jail until he can be extradited to Texas, a judge ruled on Friday. The 28-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper was arrested and charged with battery on Thursday night in connection with an alleged robbery that happened in Miami earlier that day. DaBaby was subsequently denied bond due to another outstanding warrant…
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Hip-Hop Legend Eric B. Jailed in New Jersey for 17-Year-Old Warrant
On the CBS series Blue Bloods, hip-hop icon Eric B. conducts criminal investigations as Detective Mike Gee, but in real life, the DJ-turned-actor has found himself on the wrong side of the law. From NJ.com: Hip-hop musician Eric Barrier, currently an actor on the CBS series “Blue Bloods,” has been jailed in New Jersey since…
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Watch: Oregon Police Arrest Black Woman for Knowing Her Rights
One of my favorite things on the internet is the genre of YouTube videos posted by white people illustrating to police officers their knowledge of their constitutional rights. They carry guns and don’t get shot in the back. They don’t even roll their windows down during traffic stops because it’s their right! This is white…
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RIP Baby Trump Blimp: Woman Stabs Baby Trump Balloon and Is Promptly Arrested
On Tuesday, a woman stabbed a Trump baby blimp to death. A video shot by an onlooker and published by the British tabloid The Sun shows the woman, obviously a supporter of the Grand Wizard of the White House, stabbing the balloon that depicts President Trump in his most accurate depiction—as a baby wearing only…
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Rapper GameOva Reedy, Creator of the Viral For the D Challenge, Arrested for Alleged Child Desertion [Updated]
27-year-old New Orleans rapper artist GameOva Reedy, most popular for creating the viral “#For-The-D-Challenge,” was arrested in Louisiana April 23 after allegedly deserting her 5-year-old. According to a local CBS News affiliate, sheriff’s deputies reported that a woman, later identified as Reiona “GameOva Reedy” Oliver, put her child in a car service, telling the driver…
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Oops Pow Surprise: Kodak Black Arrested at U.S. Border, Faces Weapon and Weed Possession Charges
Welp. The ashen troglodyte known as Kodak Black (born Bill K. Kapri) has been arrested on weapons and gun charges. Per TMZ: Cops say Kodak and 2 others attempted to enter the U.S. at the Lewiston-Queenston International Bridge in a Cadillac Escalade with a temporary California registration. They say Kodak was the driver, and officers…
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Julian Assange Arrested in London: Here Are 5 Facts About Wikileaks' White Walker
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday. Assange had been living in the embassy for the past seven years to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where he was once facing a sexual assault case that has since been dropped. Before we go any further, how does one live…