black lives matter
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Arizona Man Confronts Black Lives Matter Protesters With a Gun, Doesn't Face Gun Charges
You know, for a group of people that love to talk about their First A amendment right to be an asshole, white folks really love intimidating those whose opinions don’t match theirs. Take for instance 51-year-old James Kleinhenz. He’s a Flagstaff man who, on Saturday, felt the need to verbally harass and then pull a…
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Matt Dumba Becomes 1st NHL Player to Kneel During the National Anthem
I would be lying if I said I ever watch hockey, but this weekend something spectacular occurred. Matt Dumba, a Minnesota Wild defenseman of Filipino descent, became the first player in the NHL to take a knee during the national anthem. But he didn’t just take a knee, he delivered a soul-stirring speech while wearing…
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Portland’s Wall of Moms Called Out for Not Protecting Black Women, Co-opting BLM Protests
Since taking part in massive protests in Portland, Ore., in recent weeks, the Wall of Moms quickly became a staple of the downtown demonstrations and the subject of much media fascination. But the mostly white group of mothers has been accused of “anti-Blackness” by another local group led by Black organizers, who say the Wall…
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'Justice Will Never be Justice for Me, Because My Child Is Gone': Korryn Gaines' Mother Speaks Out on the Anniversary of Her Daughter's Killing
“If she was a white girl, I think things would have been different. They would have handled her differently, they would have probably not taken her out to Burger King…But I think she would have walked out. I think she would’ve walked out and she would still be here.” — Rhanda Dormeus, mother of Korryn…
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City of Tulsa Will Remove BLM Mural After Local Republican Party Chairman Asks to Paint Pro-Police Message
The city of Tulsa has ordered that a Black Lives Matter mural, painted on a street in the district where the Black Wall Street massacre happened nearly 100 years ago, be painted over. The Wednesday night decision came after chairman of the Tulsa Republican Party, Bob Jack, emailed his city councilor last week, stating interest…
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St. Louis County Prosecutor, Who Campaigned on Criminal Justice Reform, Will Not Charge Darren Wilson in Mike Brown’s Death
Wesley Bell, St. Louis County’s top prosecutor, announced Thursday that his office would not bring charges against Darren Wilson, the former Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Mike Brown in 2014. “Although this case represents one of the most significant moments in St. Louis’s history, the question to this office is a…
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120 Anti-Racism Protesters Were Arrested in Omaha. Protesters and Police Tell Different Versions of What Happened
Around 120 anti-racism protesters were arrested in Omaha, Neb., Saturday after police officers in riot gear blocked off both exits of the highway overpass that protesters had marched onto. Surprising to absolutely no one, police officers and protesters have very different accounts of what happened that night. The Omaha World-Herald reports that protesters marched from…
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NYPD Uses Unmarked Van to Grab Protester Off the Street: ‘It Was Like a Kidnapping’ [UPDATED]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had to answer for the NYPD again on Wednesday morning, after a viral video showed officers in an unmarked van, some of whom were in plainclothes, grabbing a young protester off a Manhattan street on Tuesday evening. The video instantly recalled reports coming from Portland, Ore., where federal…