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We Can Grieve 5 Officers and the Black Men Shot by Police at the Same Time
The pain I feel for the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling has not subsided since I learned that five Dallas officers had been fatally shot in their name. In fact, the pain has been multiplied by five. The news broke for me Thursday night on social media. Cops were being shot at a…
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Black Lives Matter Activist Jasmine Richards, Convicted of ‘Felony Lynching,’ Is Free
Jasmine Richards, who also goes by “Jasmine Abdullah,” the Black Lives Matter activist who was convicted of “felony lynching” is now free on bail. The Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles Twitter page made the announcement Saturday. Richards’ story had been a cause of outrage—one, because the charge of “lynching” had been leveled against a black person,…