black lives matter
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Michigan Man Faces Attempted-Murder Charges for Shooting at 14-Year-Old Who Asked for Directions
Jeffery Craig Zeigler, a 53-year-old retired firefighter, was charged with assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony on Friday. Zeigler was charged after authorities say he shot at a 14-year-old, Brennan Walker, who was trying to get directions to get to school after missing his bus.…
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Black Teen Who Missed Bus to School Gets Shot at While Trying to Ask for Directions
A 14-year-old boy nearly lost his life after being shot at while trying to stop at a home in Rochester Hills, Mich., to ask for directions to school. According to Brennan Walker, for some reason, the homeowner seemed to think that when he knocked on her door, he wanted to rob her, Fox 2 Detroit…
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Police Officer Who Shot and Killed Washington, DC, Motorcyclist Terrence Sterling Is Fighting to Keep His Job
It takes a certain type of gall to kill an unarmed man in a shooting that a police department internal review has already determined to be unjustified and still be determined to fight for your job. But I suppose anything is possible when you’re a white police officer, and so that is exactly what Washington,…
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NAN Convention Arrives Just as Civil Rights Progress Is Taking Its Biggest Hit in Decades
Stevante Clark clung to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s neck as Sharpton delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Stevante’s brother, Stephon, who was gunned down by Sacramento, Calif., police officers on March 18. At one point during the service, Stevante took the mic from California NAACP President Alice Huffman and asked the audience if they…
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Black Lives Matter Issues Official Statement Regarding Fraudulent Social Media Accounts
After it was revealed that the biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was a fake and not at all related to either the global movement or any of the local chapter organizations, many people who have either supported or given money to BLM organizations have expressed concern about how they can determine whether a…
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Neighbor ‘Hesitant About Calling 911 Again’ After Stephon Clark Shooting Death
A Sacramento, Calif., man will probably not be as quick to call 911 in the future, given his knowledge that his call on March 18 led up to the shooting death of Stephon Clark. According to the Sacramento Bee, Dave Reiling was watching TV in his trailer when he heard the crash of glass breaking.…
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A ‘Double Standard’: Black Parkland, Fla., Students Speak Out on Black Lives Matter Message Being Shut Down by School Days Before Shooting
Just one week before a mass shooting would launch their school into the national spotlight, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School put on a Black History Month show at the Parkland, Fla., school. In a last-minute, unrehearsed addition, black student organizers wanted to address a letter that had appeared in the school’s newspaper. Titled…
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In Peak White Privilege, Nurse Fired for Saying Stephon Clark ‘Deserved’ to Be Killed Raises Over $20,000
A California nurse who was fired from her job after saying that “stupid” Stephon Clark “deserved” to be shot and killed in his grandparents’ backyard has raised more than $20,000 to help her pay her bills. It literally pays to be white, huh? According to the New York Daily News, Faith Linthicum created a GoFundMe…
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Regina King Was Awesome in Seven Seconds; Seven Seconds Was Not As Awesome as Regina King
****SPOILER ALERT: THIS WRITE-UP WILL HAVE SPOILERS.**** Netflix’s original show Seven Seconds is the second television show that I watched purely because of the reactions on my social media timelines, with the first being This Is Us. I knew Regina King was in it and she’s a national treasure, but I had no idea what…