black lives matter
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That Time I Staged a 1-Man Die-In, or … Why I’m Banned From the Apple Store
I was chatting with Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan on Monday about suffering through a terrible tragedy this weekend in which I cracked my iPhone screen. While telling her about my experience trekking through the holiday shopping crowd to the Apple Store, she assaulted me with a demeaning joke. “There’s an Apple Store in Alabama?”…
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White People Are Upset That Amazon’s Alexa Believes Black Lives Matter
No matter how infinitely imaginative I may consider myself, there are some things I am still unable to fathom. I cannot imagine feeling so loyal to a political party that I don’t care if people lose their health care or if a man molested little girls. I can’t picture myself being so sensitive that I…
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Former Cop Sentenced to 20 Years for Shooting Death of Walter Scott
Updated Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, 2:30 p.m. EST: ABC News reports that former South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in the back during a routine traffic stop in 2015. Earlier: It happened. A (former) cop is finally going to…
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Grand Jury Indicts Georgia Men on Murder Charges in Racially Motivated 1983 Killing
Two white men are set to head to trial after a grand jury indicted them on multiple counts, including felony murder, in relation to the 1983 killing of a young black man. The grand jury came to its decision Tuesday, indicting Franklin Gebhardt and William Moore Sr. on charges of felony murder, aggravated assault and…
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Sentencing Begins in Trial of Former South Carolina Cop Who Killed Walter Scott
The sentencing hearing for former South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager, who was caught on videotape shooting and killing a fleeing, unarmed Walter Scott during a 2015 traffic stop, begins Monday. As USA Today notes, Slager, 36, could face life in prison in addition to a $250,000 fine for using excessive force in the incident.…
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Family Still Searching for Answers 1 Year After Young Father Suffers Severe Brain Injuries in Chicago Jail
The family of 23-year-old Tyler Lumar is still searching for some sort of closure, one year after the young father suffered severe brain damage after he was found hanging from his own shirt inside a Chicago jail. As the Chicago Tribune reports, Lumar is currently in need of constant medical care and can no longer…
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New Documents Reveal FBI Secretly Monitored Protests, Feared ‘Black Supremacist’ Attack
Newly released FBI and Department of Homeland Security documents reveal that federal law-enforcement agencies worried that violent “black supremacist extremists” would kill police officers, attack the Democratic National Convention and cause chaos at the Republican National Convention last year. Even though they could find no evidence or substantial proof, federal agencies monitored black organizations and…
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Black Lives Matter Leader Plans to Sue NYPD for Viciously Slamming Him During Peaceful Protest
What could be more ironic (or horrible) than an activist against police brutality being brutalized by police? Just another day, apparently. A Black Lives Matter leader from the Bronx, N.Y., says he plans to sue the city because he says cops with the New York City Police Department went HAM on him when they arrested…
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Study Shows That Black Men Serve Longer Prison Sentences Than White Men Convicted for the Same Crime; Also, Water Is Wet
I’m taking it for granted that anyone who knows anything about the American criminal-justice system could hazard a guess that black men end up serving longer prison sentences than white men who commit the same crimes. But just in case you needed solid evidence to cite in your next argument with your racist aunty, a…