pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Judge Hit With 6 Misconduct Counts Over Racist Comments; Called Juror 'Aunt Jemima'
In Pennsylvania, a white judge is facing six counts of judicial misconduct for being an outright racist. According to Newsweek, a formal complaint was filed against Allegheny County Judge Mark Tranquilli by the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board. The complaint alleges that Tranquilli engaged in racist behavior against Black jurors and defendants since at least 2015.…
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Pennsylvania Teenager Told to Remove Black Lives Matter Mask at His High School Graduation
The family of a teenage boy in York, Pa., is upset after he was told to remove his Black Lives Matter face mask before walking at his high school graduation. “I don’t know what to do right now. I’m so mad. I can’t believe they just did that to me and they put my health…
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Black Family Just Trying to Get Ice Cream Threatened by White Man Carrying a Sword
A Black family in Pennsylvania got to experience firsthand the impact of 400 years of white supremacy emboldening white people to act overtly racist when a white man wielding a sword threatened them and made a comment about their race. According to NJ.com, Antonio and Diana Bellamy were on an ice cream date with their…
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Pennsylvania Approves Police Reform Bill Requiring Employment Records From Officers Seeking New Jobs
The state of Pennsylvania is taking baby steps towards weeding out the “bad apples”—in a bunch that’s more spoiled throughout than people want to admit—plaguing police departments by requiring officers applying for new positions to reveal previous employment records. And I know what you’re thinking: How was this not already a thing? CNN reports that…
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Pennsylvania Police Officers Under Investigation After Videos Shows Them Placing Knee on Man's Neck
One would think that literally everything that has occurred over the course of the last few months would result in police officers actively trying to not become the center of yet another viral video. But we’re in dark times, so common sense is out the window, and instead, we have to watch both white folks…
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Philadelphia Finally Takes Down Monument to Racist, Homophobic Mayor Frank Rizzo
Frank Rizzo was a truly awful human being. As police commissioner and later mayor of Philadelphia through the ’70s, he spent his time in power terrorizing black and LGBTQ communities. Despite this information being common knowledge, a statue erected in his honor stood in front of city hall for more than two decades. Everyone can…
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Pennsylvania County Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has fully illuminated the effect that decades of ingrained, systemic racism has had on the black community. The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on black people on the economic front, in the severity of the virus’s symptoms, and in the racial disparity of its treatment. In Pittsburgh, an effort is underway…
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Golfing While Black: Women Who Had the Cops Called on Them for Playing Too Slowly File Discrimination Lawsuit
Two black women who had the cops called on them at a Pennsylvania golf course in 2018 for allegedly playing “too slow” can now move forward with a racial and gender discrimination lawsuit against the course’s owners. Myneca Ojo and Karen Crosby filed a federal lawsuit against Brew Vino LLC, owners of the Grandview Golf…
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White Judge Placed on Administrative Duty After Calling Black Woman Juror in a Head Wrap 'Aunt Jemima'
While most people probably have more pressing things on their minds when they’re selected for jury duty, apparently we need to be scrutinizing what we wear, too. A Pennsylvania judge has been stripped of “administrative duties” after allegedly calling a black juror, who showed up to trial in a head wrap, “Aunt Jemima.” According to…
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Residents of a Pittsburgh Suburb Want Police Fired After They’re Caught Violently Restraining a Black Teenage Girl on the School Bus
West Mifflin, Penn., community members called for the firing of two police officers caught on video last month violently yanking back the head of a 15-year-old girl on a school bus. The outcry against the officers has been building throughout the week, starting with a council meeting on Tuesday, reports KDKA-TV. “You have two grown…