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Philadelphia Man Shot by Police and Falsely Convicted of Rape Exonerated After 19 Years in Prison

Listen: Stories about Black men spending years and even decades behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit are never stories you want to hear. But there are certain stories where the degree of racism, injustice and cruel behavior on the part of law enforcement and the criminal justice system is so inconceivably egregious that even…

By

Zack Linly

Published

December 17, 2020
News

Amy Cooper Will Face Charges for Calling the Cops on Christian Cooper

Two months ago, or three years in 2020 time, a video was uploaded showing a white woman calling the police and making a false accusation against a Black man after he simply asked her to put a leash on her dog. The video resulted in the woman losing her job, temporarily losing her dog and…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

July 6, 2020
News

#NotExistingWhileBlack: The Alarming Trend of White People Calling the Cops on Black People Who Don’t Exist

Jussie Smollett was a trailblazer. While most people consider Smollett’s alleged harebrained hate crime hoax a crime against the good, white taxpayers of Chicago, he should actually be applauded for breaking into a lucrative industry that is dominated by Caucasian competitors. Aided by the trusty injustice exposure tool called Google Alerts (wielded correctly, it can…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

January 31, 2020
News

Virginia Girl Who Accused White Classmates of Cutting Off Her Hair Now Says Her Story Was False

Speaking to reporters last week, a 12-year-old black girl appeared terrified and distraught as she recounted how she was attacked by three white sixth grade classmates. They held her down, cutting her dreadlocked hair and called it “ugly” and “nappy,” she said. Now, she and her family say none of it ever happened. Both the…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

September 30, 2019
White Woman Who Lied About Being Kidnapped, Raped by 3 Black Men Indicted on Felony Charges

A young Texas woman who ran into a church half naked and claimed that she was raped has been indicted on multiple charges related to what turned out to be a hoax. On Wednesday, 19-year-old Breana Rachelle Harmon, also known as Breana Harmon Talbott, was indicted on two third-degree felony counts of tampering with physical…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

July 27, 2017
Uber Bans Passenger for Life After She Threatens to Accuse Driver of Rape: Report

Updated Friday, April 7, 2017, 1 p.m. EDT: The Uber driver who went through a harrowing ride with a vile customer who threatened to accuse him of rape has uploaded a new video in which he thanked the community for supporting him and sharing the incident across social media. The still-unidentified man said that he…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

April 7, 2017