black lives matter
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‘You Would Be the 1st One I’d Shoot if I Had a Gun,’ British Police Officer Tells Black Man
A British police officer has been removed from his duties out in the field and is currently under investigation after he was seen on video laughing about shooting a black man if he could. You guys, you guys, the cops with him were laughing when he said this. Even the black person in question was…
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New Poll Finds Majority Oppose White Supremacists—Even While Sharing White Supremacist Views
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll done in collaboration with the University of Virginia Center for Politics has found that while respondents by and large reject white supremacists and neo-Nazis, many share the same racial beliefs to which these vilified groups subscribe. The poll was conducted in late August and early September, less than two weeks after…
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Why US Virgin Islanders Say They Feel Like America’s ‘Bastard Stepchildren’ After Hurricane Irma
Although the U.S. Virgin Islands, which include St. John, St. Croix and St. Thomas, are part of the United States, many in the islands felt nonexistent as mainstream media covered Hurricane Irma’s trajectory with nary a mention of the territories where many Americans gladly sun-and-fun sans passport. There was talk of how Irma was affecting…
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You Ain’t Got the Juice: Why Arrow Has No Business Addressing #BlackLivesMatter
In 2017 the TV landscape, despite the persistent whiteness of some networks like CBS, is looking a bit more … colorful. We certainly have heavy hitters like Shonda Rhimes and Ava DuVernay to thank for this, as their creations are sorely needed, especially as we dwell under the “leadership” (gag me) of the despotic Orange.…
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DC Protesters Remember Terrence Sterling, Unarmed Motorist Killed by Police, 1 Year Later
Before the sun came up Monday morning, protesters had gathered at Third and M streets in Northwest Washington, D.C., to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Terrence Sterling, an unarmed man who was shot and killed by police after his motorcycle hit a cruiser. The morning began with a candlelight vigil at 4:20…
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Philadelphia Police-Union Head Defends Nazi Cop, Calls BLM a ‘Pack of Rabid Animals’
For any significant change to American policing to occur, we have to deal with upend police unions, which wield extraordinary power and influence. Most times, police unions support their officers unconditionally, even when it’s more than obvious that police are in the wrong; they also tend to disparage victims of police brutality, as well as…
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19-Year-Old Calif. Woman, ‘Mistaken’ for Bald Black Man, Files Excessive-Force Claim Against City of Bakersfield
A Bakersfield, Calif., young woman, who said she was confronted by police at gunpoint after they somehow mistook her for a larger, bald black man suspected of threatening people with a machete at a nearby grocery store, has now filed a claim against the city, claiming that her civil rights were violated and that officers…
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So, What Was This White Dude Doing Writing ‘Black Lives Matter!’ All Over Charleston, W.Va.?
Is he an ally-hero like Heather Heyer, putting it down for the cause? Or is he an agent provocateur trying to pin some kind of crime on the Black Lives Matter movement? Either way, it’s all right with me. But let’s investigate. The facts are that Charleston, W.Va., police arrested Ray Hensley Jr. last week…