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Four Years Later, NYPD Prepares to Discipline Cop in Eric Garner's Death
1,462 days after Eric Garner wheezed the words “I can’t breathe” before giving up the ghost on a Staten Island sidewalk, the New York Police Department has decided to discipline Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer whose arms just happened to be wrapped around Garner’s neck at the time. Well … maybe “Based on our most…
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'Atlanta's Eiffel Tower': 2 Chainz Vies to Save His Iconic Pink Trap House From Demolition
2 Chainz said he might holler at Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to stop the owner of the little wooden pink “trap” house he made famous from tearing it down. The edifice, which features the word “trap” painted prominently across its front, appeared on the cover of 2 Chainz’ 2017 album, Pretty Girls Like Trap…
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Illinois Cops Smash Car Window, Break Hand and Tase Passengers in Video of Traffic Stop
Law enforcement officials in Joliet, Ill., say they are in the “early stages” of investigating a traffic stop a that resulted in a broken hand, smashed car windows, a seemingly brutal beating, a tasering and a collection of viral videos that documented it all. Twenty-one-year-old Milton Travis was headed home in his silver Chevrolet Malibu…
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'Stop Fingering Me Though, Bruh!' Cop Sued For Turning Police Pat-Down Into Prostate Exam
A Washington, D.C., resident has filed a lawsuit against a Metropolitan DC police officer alleging that the cop violated this citizen’s constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure during an impromptu stop, frisk and rectal examination. According to court documents filed on behalf of M.B. Cottingham by the American Civil Liberties Union, Cottingham was celebrating…
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#OwningABusinessWhileBlack: San Francisco Man Gets Accused of Breaking into His Own Shop
It was the kind of shop that fits right into the San Francisco landscape: Gourmonade, a small, high-end lemonade shop which recently opened in San Francisco’s Mission District. But the shop’s black owner, Vicktor Stevenson, says he’s been dogged by racist acts against him and the shop even before he opened. The worst of these…
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We Listened to R. Kelly's New 19-Minute Song, 'I Admit,' So You Don't Have to
Early Monday morning, a new R. Kelly track, “I Admit” dropped on SoundCloud, where the singer addresses the allegations that he runs a sex cult; reveals he was sexually abused as a child and waxes on at length about his dire financial and legal straits. But don’t be fooled: Despite being set up as a…
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Trump Tries to Offset Damage From Tariffs With Welfare for White People
In an attempt to appease the rural, white casualties of his widely-decried trade war, President Donald Trump announced billions of dollars in federal aid to farmers, many of whom make up his base of proud Americans who hate big government, welfare and “those people” who are always asking for a handout. According to the Washington…
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Black Journalist Groups Call Out TV Station for Airing Photo of Stabbing Victim Nia Wilson Appearing to Hold a Gun
Several prominent black media groups have slammed a local Bay Area news station for running a photo of Nia Wilson—the 18-year-old black woman stabbed to death at an Oakland BART station—that they say is unethical. The photo in question aired on KTVU Fox 2 on a noon newscast on July 23—not even 24 hours after…