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Supreme Court Backs BLM Activist DeRay Mckesson in Fight Against Lawsuit Filed by Cop Injured During Protest
Once upon a time, in 2016, a cop got hit in the face with a rock during a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, La., and decided that one of the leaders of said protest, DeRay Mckesson, was responsible. In 2017, a federal judge decided that’s not how any of this works and dismissed…
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2 Black Men Released From Prison After Serving Over 17 Years for a Crime They Say They Didn't Commit
Two Detroit-area black men locked up for the better part of 20 years for crimes they say they didn’t commit were recently freed from prison after the investigative officer was found to have allegedly coerced witnesses into lying about what they saw. According to Detroit Free Press, 37-year-old Kevin Harrington and 49-year-old George Clark were…
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Woman Allegedly Steals Car and Tells Cops She's Beyoncé. No One Needed a Maury DNA Test to Determine THAT Was a Lie
Who among us has never told a little lie to get ourselves out of trouble? The rule of thumb, though: make your lie appear plausible. In today’s “Now, sis” news, KTSM reports that a Las Cruces, New Mexico woman was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly stealing a car. The woman, who’s actual name turned out…
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NYPD Suspends Officer Who Killed Eric Garner After Judge Recommends He Should be Fired
A New York administrative judge has found, like those of us with working eyes, that Daniel Pantaleo—the New York City police officer who used a banned chokehold when arresting Eric Garner for the domestic terrorist crime of selling loose cigarettes—should be fired. According to NBC News, after the judge’s recommendation, the NYPD suspended Pantaleo Friday,…
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'What Black Girl Magic Looks Like': Detroit Cop Seizes Woman's Car, Mocks Her on Snapchat as She Walks Home in Below-Freezing Weather
A Detroit police officer thought it would be funny to post a video of a black woman walking in below-freezing temperatures after he seized her car. In the Snapchat video, the “good cop” filmed the woman, claiming that she was doing the “walk of shame” and posted stickers over the images “What black girl magic…
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Georgia Police Chief Defends Arrest of 12-Year-Old Selling Mixtapes at the Mall
A Cobb County police chief defended the actions of a brave police officer who heroically apprehended a 12-year-old black boy after the child criminal curiously assumed it was OK to sell stuff at a place where people go to buy stuff. WSB-TV reports that Cobb County, Georgia’s police chief Michael Register said the officer who arrested…
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When Aunties Attack: Video of Cop Manhandling Black Child Goes Viral
A video of a woman’s reaction to a police officer literally strong-arming her nephew at a Georgia mall shows the inherent danger law enforcement officers face when they are trying to protect the prized assets of great American landmarks like Spencer’s Gifts and Rue 21. The video, uploaded by Twitter user Simar, shows a cop…
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Botham Jean Attorney: Nothing In Amber Guyger's Story Makes Sense
An attorney for Botham Jean—the 26-year-old innocent black man who was shot and killed inside his own home—is looking to set the record straight. Despite several stories that Jean and his attacker, Amber Guyger, knew one another, attorney S. Lee Meritt claims that the two were merely neighbors as Jean lived directly above Guyger. “The…
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Charges Dropped Against Detroit Man in Wayne State Cop Killing
Charges have been dropped against a Detroit man accused of fatally shooting a Wayne State University campus police officer. Officer Collin Rose, 29, was shot and killed in November, and DeAngelo Davis, 31, was arrested the same night and charged with the murder, the New York Daily News reports. Davis had been in jail since…
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Iowa Officer Won't Be Charged in Shooting That Left Unarmed Black Man Paralyzed
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police officer will not be charged in a shooting that left an unarmed black motorist paralyzed because a grand jury has declined to return an indictment. The grand jury decision not to indict Officer Lucas Jones has infuriated supporters of Jerime Mitchell, 37, who was shot in the neck during a…