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#Justice4EricaWeems: LeBron James Demands Answers After Black Woman Murdered in Akron, Ohio
On Monday, Ericka Weems, sister of Cleveland Cavaliers director of scouting Brandon Weems, was found shot dead in her home in Akron, Ohio. In response to the news, LeBron James took to Twitter on Wednesday to demand justice as police continue their investigation into Ericka’s murder. “AKRON OHIO!! My brother’s sister was murdered this past…
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Police Department Costs Ohio City $475,000 Because They Couldn’t Stop Being Racist
For some reason, white people haven’t made the correlation that racism often comes at a hefty price these days. Columbus, Ohio, learned this lesson the hard way after the city voted to settle a former officer’s discrimination suit against the Columbus Division of Police for nearly half a million dollars. CNN reports that the Columbus…
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Right-Wing Videos With Titles Like ‘The Ferguson Lie’ Taught at Ohio High School
A public high school in Ohio has been giving students extra credit for watching videos from PragerU, an organization that features such intellectual titans as *checks notes* Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens. Yeah, that’s gonna be a big “YUCK,” for me, b. Not a normal yuck either, a Pusha-T yuck. A “yuuugh,” if you will.…
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Black Lives Matter Shirts Banned at Ohio School District for Being 'Controversial'
Man, nothing seems to offend white folks more than a simple appeal for a better, more inclusive world. If you needed proof of that outside of The Root’s comment section, then take a look at Dublin, Ohio, where teachers were told by district officials to remove their shirts with inclusive messages because they were “controversial.”…
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Black Lives Matter Signs Reportedly Set on Fire in Cleveland
Multiple homeowners in Cleveland, Ohio, have reported their Black Lives matter signs were set on fire. According to Fox 8, three homeowners in the neighborhood of Ohio City reported their signs were set on fire, and other residents reported that their signs supporting presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden were stolen. Cleveland City Councilman Kerry…
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Ohio Lawmakers Seek to Remove Slavery as a Punishment From State Constitution
Slavery, for the most part, has been abolished in this country. I say for the most part because the 13th Amendment allows for slavery to be used as a form of punishment. Some states have already elected to remove that clause from their local constitutions and Ohio is working to be next on the list.…
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Ohio Black Lives Matter Demonstration Overrun by Hundreds of Armed Counterprotesters
Organizers in Bethel, Ohio—a small town with around 2,800 residents—attempted to put on a peaceful, relatively small Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday only to have it overrun by armed counterprotesters who came by the hundreds to “All Lives Matter” all over their parade. Bethel resident Alicia Gee posted about the event she helped organize…
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Ohio Lawmaker Wondered Out Loud If ‘Colored’ Folks Are Hit Harder By COVID-19 Because They Don’t Wash Their Hands Properly
He didn’t do that. I know this Ohio state lawmaker didn’t fix his thin-lips to imply that… Ohhhh lawd, I can’t even type as the spirit of my ancestors is burning through me chanting, “We don’t fuck with y’all potlucks!” I’m going to have to chant my way through this one, but I know good…
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Multiple GOP-Led States Use Coronavirus to Limit Abortion Access
The entire country is in the midst of a public health crisis not seen in modern times. That fact hasn’t stopped the GOP from being the GOP. In fact, they saw fit to fully take advantage of the situation. CNN reports that Ohio, Mississippi and Texas have listed abortions as non-essential surgery. They defended this…
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Responding to COVID-19 Outbreak Concerns, County Jails and Police Departments Look to Minimize Number of Inmates, Arrests
Jails and police departments around the country are releasing inmates early and reducing arrests in order to reduce the likelihood of a COVID-19 outbreak among those behind bars. Over the last week, Los Angeles County and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, have moved to release hundreds of people held in its jails and prisons. BuzzFeed News reports…