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University Students Vote to Give Free Tuition as Slave Reparations
One of the most infamous tactics used in America’s history of delaying and denying justice is “sparking a conversation.” If that phrase is ever uttered, you can be sure that whatever promise follows will never come to fruition because “sparking a conversation” never results in action. When slave owners brought human beings to these shores…
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White Fla. Principal Requests Segregation of White Students so They Can Feel Comfortable
Christine Hoffman, principal at St. Petersburg, Fla.’s Campbell Park Elementary School, was removed from her school after asking teachers to segregate white students from the black students so the white students could feel comfortable, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Last week, Hoffman emailed her staff stating that white students, who are all between 5…
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Police Video Shows NC Cop Threatening to Kill Unarmed Man
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police are defending their use of excessive force on an unarmed man after they say he tried to run away after a traffic stop. According to police, on March 26, 2016, James Yarborough, a passenger in a car pulled over for a traffic stop, ran from police. Officers apprehended Yarborough and, for four…
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Still No Criminal Charges Filed Nearly a Year After Inmate Dies in Sheriff David Clarke’s Jail
Nearly a year after 38-year-old Terrill Thomas spent his last living days begging for water in solitary confinement at the Milwaukee County Jail before being found dead in his cell, no criminal charges have been filed in his death. The medical examiner classified Thomas’ death as a homicide and ruled the cause of death “profound…
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Chicago Girl, 8, Fights Off Man Who Put Plastic Bag Over Her Head, Attempted to Kidnap Her
Police in Chicago are searching for a man they say attempted to kidnap an 8-year-old girl as she played outside her grandmother’s house Sunday afternoon. The family was gathered for a weekly dinner at the home of Teressia Kidd, the girl’s grandmother, ABC7 Chicago reports. The children always play outside in the South Austin neighborhood…
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Here’s What Kobe Bryant’s Been Up to Since Retiring
*Love Jones finger snaps*
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Former Detroit Piston Guard Isiah Thomas’ Son Zeke Reveals He Was Raped
Zeke Thomas, son of legendary NBA Hall of Fame guard Isiah Thomas, is speaking out against sexual assault and has revealed that he was raped—twice. “At first I didn’t realize what had happened, what had transpired. I knew that it was wrong, I knew that I did not want it. I did not seek it…
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Michael Flynn Was Out Here Dropping It for the Russians
The House Oversight Committee is confirming what many of us have suspected: that this Remy Ma-second-diss-record-ass administration consists of a bunch of Russian operatives disguised as Americans liars. Remember Michael T. Flynn? He was only with this Nissan Sentra-ass administration for about a good Easter weekend before it was learned that he was on Russia’s…
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Okla. Middle School Students Busted for Operating Fight Club in Bathroom
The first rule of fight club probably shouldn’t apply to middle school, but apparently, a group of students at Stillwater (Okla.) Middle School didn’t have anything better to do during their bathroom breaks. The fight club was discovered last week and involved a group of 10-15 boys, who convened in the school’s bathroom to pummel…
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Watch: Newly Released Interviews of Officers Involved in Tamir Rice Shooting Reveal Inconsistencies, Emotion
Two-and-a-half years after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was gunned down in a park by a Cleveland police officer, the investigative interviews of the two cops have been made public by Cleveland.com. Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback were the two policemen on the scene at Cudell Recreation Center on Nov. 22, 2014, when Tamir was killed. In…