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The Blacker the Content the Sweeter the Truth

3/20/20

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Police Brutality3/20/20

Police Brutality3/20/20

Victim of Alleged Police Brutality Incident Won’t Receive Justice, but He Won’t be Charged With Any Crimes Either

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3/8/20

11:10 AM

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Officer Who Shot and Killed Eric Logan Will Not be Charged...Per Usual

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11/4/19

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Louisiana DA Tries to Remove Black Judge from Hundreds of Cases After She Spoke Out Against Racial Injustice

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11/3/19

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Criminal Justice11/3/19

Criminal Justice11/3/19

#FreeRodneyReed Family Members, Supporters (Including Kim Kardashian West) Demand Justice for Death Row Inmate Weeks Before Execution

Karu F. Daniels

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7/25/19

6:00 PM

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Criminal Justice7/25/19

Criminal Justice7/25/19

Trump Administration Reinstates Death Penalty, Schedules Five Executions

Michael Harriot

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5/9/19

2:30 PM

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Fed Up With the Criminal Justice System, Man Acts as His Own Attorney and Gets Acquitted After Serving 13 Years for Murder

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4/8/19

2:24 PM

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Prosecutor Kim Foxx Defends Decision in Jussie Smollett Case, Calls Police Backlash 'Disheartening'

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3/6/19

4:19 PM

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Jay-Z and Roc Nation Helped Dismiss Case of 11-Year-Old Boy Who Refused to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

Tonja Renée Stidhum

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12/7/18

6:52 PM

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James A. Fields Jr., Proud Neo-Nazi, Is Now a Convicted Murderer

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7/30/18

3:25 PM

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Politics7/30/18

Politics7/30/18

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I've Got About 5 More Years on the Supreme Court Before I Retire

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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6/26/18

5:00 PM

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Georgia Man Sentenced to Life in Prison 35 Years After Racially Motivated Murder of Black Man

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4/26/18

5:25 PM

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The Root Video4/26/18

The Root Video4/26/18

Watch: The Downfall of Bill Cosby

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4/3/18

2:09 PM

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Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to Fight Against Police Brutality

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2/28/18

12:31 PM

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Texas Judge Denied Bail for Over 10 Years to ‘Tainted’ Defendants; Blames BLM

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4/18/17

11:59 AM

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Rookie Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Just Can’t STFU

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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4/9/17

6:00 AM

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Whites Need to Understand That White Supremacy Hurts Them, Too

Ericka Blount Danois

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1/27/17

8:30 AM

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Lawsuit Against Marilyn Mosby Could Make Prosecutors More Fearful of Going After Abusive Cops

Ericka Blount Danois

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1/17/17

12:12 PM

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Whiteness Wants Clarence Thomas to Have Prominent Place in National African-American Museum

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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1/11/17

8:24 AM

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The Movement1/11/17

The Movement1/11/17

Read the Scathing 1986 Letter Coretta Scott King Wrote Opposing Sessions’ Federal Nomination

Breanna Edwards

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12/12/16

2:23 PM

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New Orleans Jury Delivers Manslaughter Verdict in Former Saints Star Will Smith’s Death

Veronica Graves

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