black lives matter
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No Charges for Indianapolis Cop Who Fatally Shot Sean Reed After High Speed Chase
More than six months after 21-year-old Dreasjon “Sean” Reed was fatally shot by an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer after a live-streamed high-speed chase, Special Prosecutor Rosemary Khoury and other members of law enforcement gathered at the Indiana State Police Museum on Tuesday night to announce whether a grand jury decided to bring criminal charges against…
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BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Pens Letter to Biden and Harris Requesting Meeting to Discuss Their Commitment to Black People
Despite the fact that Trump and his minions appear to be hellbent on attacking the legitimacy of the 2020 election results, it’s safe to say that Joe Biden will be America’s 46th president. We did it, good people; the orange menace will be vacating the Oval Office in 2021. But for Black people, Biden’s election…
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Viola Thee Davis Talks Black Lives Matter, Coping Through the Pandemic and More for InStyle Magazine
It’s not often I get my wig snatched midday on a Monday, but when I do—it’s because of Viola Davis. The How To Get Away With Murder star shines in a fire-ass houndstooth suit for InStyle and all I want to know is—does it come in my size and is express shipping available? (Really, I…
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White Supremacist Propaganda Attacking Black Lives Matter Distributed to Texas Residents
While America was either celebrating or mourning the projected ousting of Donald Trump from the White House this past weekend, racist propaganda flyers made by a self-proclaimed white supremacist organization were sent out to homes in several Texas neighborhoods. Photos of the messages, which were sealed in ziplock bags, were shared with News 4 San…
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St. Louis Couple Files Lawsuit Against Photographer Who Captured Their Gun-Toting ‘Humiliation’
Gun-wielding St. Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey—aka the people who would come in the mail if you ordered Bonnie and Clyde on Wish—are suing the United Press International photographer who took a picture over the summer that went viral of them doing the thing that is the only reason anyone knows they exist. In…
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This Is Us Exclusive Clip: Randall Pearson May Have Found the Black Therapist He Wants and Needs
The fifth season of This Is Us kicked off with a bang and got right down to the nitty-gritty. Not only did it seamlessly thrust us into the current era of the global pandemic, but it was also a major turning point for Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown). This is where I tell you that…
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The Cops Charged With Killing George Floyd Wanted Separate Trials. A Minnesota Judge Ruled: Nah
A Hennepin County Judge ruled Wednesday that the former Minneapolis police officers charged with killing George Floyd will stand trial together in Minneapolis, rejecting two requests made by their defense attorneys. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said in the 51-page ruling that trying all four defendants together would ease the burden on state prosecutors and…
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Black Lives Matter DC Says DC Police ‘Emboldened White Supremacists’ by Accusing Them of Stabbing Proud Boys
In the late hours of election night, three people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Washington, D.C., after being stabbed by three assailants who haven’t been identified, are still at large and are Black, according to police. D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department initially responded to the attack by giving off big Donald Trump energy and making bold, reactionary…
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Activist Patrisse Cullors Delivers Final Rallying Cry to Black Voters: 'Add to the Power We Built in the Streets'
Election Day is finally here, after a historic early voting period that has seen record numbers of voters turning up across the country to make their voices heard at the ballot box. But although we are many decades removed from the Jim Crow laws that formally barred Black voters from voting, ghosts of the past…