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‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’ Petition Receives More Than 10 Million Signatures, the Second Most in Change.org History
There are plenty of indications that the current fight against systemic racism in policing has gained more traction than we’ve seen since the Black Lives Matter movement began. Obviously, the fact that protests and demonstrations are still being held all over the nation and much of the world is a clear indicator, but it’s more…
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Breonna Taylor's Family Says Louisville Police Gave Her No Aid Though She Was Still Alive After Shooting
An updated lawsuit from Breonna Taylor’s family alleges that the 26-year-old was alive for several minutes after being shot multiple times by Louisville police officers in her home in March, but was given no assistance by the cops who had entered her home on a “no-knock” search warrant and subsequently killed her. In a revised…
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Jerami Grant Keeps That Same Energy Throughout Interview With Reporters: 'Breonna Taylor’s Killers Are Still Roaming Around Free'
As a role player, Denver Nuggets forward Jerami Grant doesn’t make a lot of headlines. But after dedicating an entire press conference to discussing the death of Breonna Taylor, he’s doing exactly that for all the right reasons. ESPN and the Denver Post report that after practice on Wednesday, Grant fielded a number of questions…
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Twitter Erupts After James Harden Spotted in Blue Lives Matter Mask: 'Say It Ain't So' [Updated]
In a past life, I used to rock a snapback or a fitted damn near every time I left my apartment, which invited a lot of unsolicited small talk. “Yankees, huh? So you’re from New York?” I mean, I was born there. So I’d mention that, then explain that I had no vested interest in…
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Investigaton Launched Against Louisville Mayor Over Handling of Breonna Taylor's Case
Four months ago, Breonna Taylor was killed in her own home by Louisville Metro Police while sleeping. Despite calls for justice only growing louder and louder as time has passed, only one of the officers involved in Taylor’s death has faced any kind of consequence. The outrage only intensified after David McAtee was shot and…
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Fatal Affair: Nia Long and Omar Epps Discuss Hollywood 20 Years Later—Has It Changed?
A lot can happen in 20 years. On the flip side, those two decades can also shine a light on how much hasn’t changed. The Root sat down with Nia Long and Omar Epps, two Black actors who dominated the ’90s and are reuniting in Netflix’s new thriller, Fatal Affair. The synopsis of the film,…
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NFL Player Kenny Stills Charged With Felony for Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor
Breonna Taylor is dead. Not that Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s Attorney General, cares. He’s too busy throwing engagement parties to charge the officers involved with her murder. But plenty of other people care, including Houston Texans receiver Kenny Stills. He was one of 87 people charged with a felony on Tuesday for protesting Taylor’s death on…
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Fallen but Not Forgotten: Unpacking the Erasure of Black Women in Conversations About Police Violence
“The frame around police violence is largely a male-male frame. It is a frame that that that devolves from lynching. It’s the idea of Black masculinity being constrained, being disciplined, being snuffed out if necessary. And that’s real. There is a realness to that. But that is not the exclusive way in which racial violence…
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New Video and Audio Footage Connected to the Killing of Breonna Taylor Revealed for First Time
Months after 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by Louisville police officers, new and revealing information is still surfacing. Newly released audio from interviews conducted during the investigation into Talyor’s death shows drastic differences between how one of the officers involved in the shooting was questioned and how Kenneth Walker—Taylor’s boyfriend who was arrested at…