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Black-Owned Gym in California Vandalized With a Noose and N-Word Carved Into a Door
A Black gym owner in California found a hanging noose and a racial slur carved into the door of his establishment over the weekend. According to the Fresno Bee, Sam Akoidu, owner of Iron Bird Fitness in Fresno’s Tower District, initially didn’t notice anything when he went to the gym early Saturday morning. A trainer…
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Fresno Man Accused of Four Murders Admits He Wanted to Kill White People: 'You Get Fed Up With the Racism, You Get Tired of Letting Things Slide'
We’ve all heard the phrase “an eye for an eye,” and after enduring a lifetime of racism, that was the exact justification that accused killer Kori Ali Muhammad gave authorities for his decision to allegedly murder four people in 2017. From the Fresno Bee: In a taped interview with Fresno detectives, Muhammad explained why he…
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California Police Respond to a Teenager Having a Seizure by Handcuffing Him
I don’t really understand the world we live in sometimes. Okay, most of the time. For example, why do the police not understand why we have a distaste for them when they turn around and do things like this? According to NBC News, Lourdes Ponce, a mother in California, is understandably upset after an incident…
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Foul Ball: ‘Offensive’ Video Ties Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to ‘Enemies of Freedom’ at Minor League Game
As the great Beyoncé once said, “You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation.” And so it seems when it comes to the Notorious AOC, aka U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A minor league baseball team is apologizing to the New York congresswoman known for her impassioned brand of progressive politics and policies…
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Black Man Forced to Crawl at Gunpoint After Police Thwart Imaginary Robbery
California officers prevented a nonexistent armed robbery by holding a man at gunpoint and forcing him to crawl on the ground as his uncle and girlfriend watched in horror. Vincent Lemar, who posted a video of the incident to Facebook, said he and his nephew Levell Johnson were attempting to leave the Fresno, Calif., T-Mobile…
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Fresno, Calif., Police Release Video of Fatal Shooting of Unarmed White Man
Fresno, Calif., Police Chief Jerry Dyer has publicly released body-camera footage taken during the fatal shooting of an unarmed white man in June, acknowledging that “some of this video will answer many of the questions out there in this community,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Dyer said during a Wednesday news conference that he decided to…