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#WalkingWhileBlack: Video Shows Fla. Cop Threatening to Jail Black Man for Crossing the Street, Not Having ID
A young black man in Jacksonville, Fla., was harassed by a local sheriff’s officer after he was allegedly caught in the horrific act of jaywalking without a license. Seriously. According to the Miami Herald, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer J.S. Bolen stopped 21-year-old Devonte Shipman and one of Shipman’s friends for jaywalking, all while attempting to intimidate…
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Emmett Till Historical Marker in Miss. Destroyed by Vandals
A historical marker created in Mississippi to memorialize and educate the public about the 1955 kidnapping and lynching death of 14-year-old Emmett Till was destroyed by vandals who obliterated all visible information about the death that helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Mamie Till Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son to show how…
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Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Briefly Halt 2017 Twin Cities Pride Festival in Minn.
Black Lives Matter demonstrators briefly halted the 2017 Twin Cities Pride Festival this past weekend in downtown Minneapolis, upset over the inclusion of police officers in the parade in the wake of the acquittal of a Minnesota police officer in the shooting death of Philando Castile. Thousands of people were gathered along the parade route…
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The Supreme Court Just Unblocked Part of Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban
On Monday the Supreme Court announced that it would hear President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban and decide whether the president can prevent travel to the U.S. from six mostly Muslim countries. As expected, the president, who has the moral compass of a teenage boy, took to Twitter (because nothing says “leader of the free…
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Trump Supporters Hold ‘Sit-in’ at NC Starbucks After Woman Is Reportedly Mocked for Wearing Trump T-Shirt
Woe is a woman in North Carolina who was apparently mocked by a Starbucks barista for wearing a Donald Trump T-shirt. “They shouted out ‘Build a wall’ and shoved a drink at me, and then all the baristas in the back started cracking up laughing,” Kayla Hart told Fox 46. So more than 40 Trump…
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Beyoncé’s $100,000 Formation Scholarship Recipients Revealed
Even though Beyoncé Knowles-Carter might be recovering from giving birth to twins, everyone knows that Queen Bey never really rests. The megastar recently announced the four winners of this year’s Formation scholarships, each of whom will receive $25,000 to cover tuition to pursue their educational and artistic goals. Beyoncé created the scholarships as part of…
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MMA Fighter Literally Gets the Shit Beaten Out of Her
I wish there weren’t photos of the incident, but there are, and while I won’t make you suffer through them, let’s just say that Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Justine Kish left it all out there in the ring … literally. During a match against Felice Herrig, Kish moved out of a deep choke and tried…
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Former Green Bay Packers Running Back Ahman Green Arrested for Child Abuse
Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green could be facing a lengthy jail sentence if he is convicted in a case in Wisconsin. On Wednesday the four-time Pro Bowl running back was arrested and charged with felony child abuse: intentionally causing harm or cruelty toward A child, TMZ Sports reports. “We had contact with…
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Here’s Why Donald Trump Ended the Eid Dinner Tradition
Sorry, the 53 percent of white women who voted for the current president, but Donald Trump is a rich white man’s president. He’s aligned himself with the hatred held by poor, white, middle and Southern Americans to motivate them to the polls, and every now and then, he throws them a bone to remind them…
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Police Still Searching for Suspects Who Beat Up Restaurant Owner Over Cold Chicken
Police are still searching for two people they say were caught on surveillance footage attacking a restaurant owner and the owner’s daughter over an apparent dispute over cold chicken late last week in Georgia. According to WTOC, the incident started Thursday afternoon at the family-owned Qwik Chick takeout stand next to U.S. Highway 1, when…