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Black Teen Incarcerated for Days After Judge’s Release Order Despite No Probable Cause: Lawsuit
A San Francisco mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city kept her teenage son locked in a cell for days even though a judge determined that there was no reason that the boy should have been arrested in the first place and ordered his release. On June 29, 2017, Tureko Straughter’s 15-year-old son…
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Trump Administration Drafts Executive Order Ending Separation and Detainment of Migrant Children
The Associated Press is reporting that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen has drafted an executive action that would end the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families caught crossing the border. Nielsen was at the White House today, where Donald Trump also told reporters that he would be “signing something” on immigration soon, AP…
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‘White Civil Rights’ Rally Coming to DC After National Park Service Approves Application
On the first-year anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., history is set to repeat itself, with hundreds of people expected to gather in the nation’s capital for a White Civil Rights rally. According to WUSA-TV, the National Park Service has approved an application for a White Civil Rights…
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It’s Not Slavery, It’s Not Japanese Internment: Trump’s Immigration Policy Is Like the Great Migration
America tried everything to keep the migrants out. Men and women were arrested at the border. Children were separated from parents. People got thrown in jail for violating random rules that nobody knew or understood. Kids went missing and the white nationalist president blamed his political opponents and the victims at the border. As much…
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Charleston, SC, Apologizes for Its Role During the Slave Trade in City Council Resolution
On Tuesday, as Juneteenth—the holiday marking the end of slavery—was observed, the City Council of Charleston, S.C., decided to adopt a resolution apologizing for the city’s role in the slave trade. The city was once a key seaport in the slave trade, a location where some 40 percent of enslaved people first set foot on…
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Virginia Family Calls for Hate Crime Investigation After White Man Calls Daughter N-Word and Hits Her With His Truck
A black Virginia family are alleging that their daughter is the victim of a hate crime after a white man called her the n-word and hit her with his truck, dragging her as he sped away. As WUSA-TV reports, Shaunta Wilkins and Kevin Boston spoke to the Prince William County, Va., NAACP and reporters Tuesday…
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17-Year-Old Killed by Pittsburgh-Area Police; Reportedly Shot in the Back While Running Away
Details are still emerging, but what is known now is the following: At approximately 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, police responded to a shooting in North Braddock, Pa., a borough 11 miles east of Pittsburgh. Apparently, a car was seen fleeing the scene, according to witnesses. A vehicle matching the description was…
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‘Wite Pride’: Black Lives Matter Activist’s Truck Vandalized With Swastikas, Racial Slurs
A Clio, Mich., activist woke up Tuesday morning to find his vehicle horribly vandalized. The Detroit Free Press reports that Hubert Roberts, a Black Lives Matter activist, was planning some community outreach as usual and hoping to take two boys to get haircuts when those plans were abruptly canceled as he walked out to his…
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I Will Always Be Here for People Cussing Out Donald Trump in Public Spaces
This is dedicated to my real ones. You know how there is that one person everyone in your hood hates, and so you all agree that when you see that person, it’s “on sight,” as we say? For the white people, “on sight” means that as soon as you see the person, it’s going down—whatever…
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Police: Black Woman Who Said ‘I Hate White People’ Before Attacking Passengers on Bus Charged With Hate Crime
A black woman in Maryland is facing hate crime charges after police say she declared her hate for “white people” before attacking two white passengers on board a moving bus in Gaithersburg. According to WJLA-TV, 24-year-old Kimberly Jordan of Silver Spring, Md., was on a Ride On bus around 9 p.m. Monday when she allegedly…