police
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#FlagrantFreddy: White Man Calls Police After Hard Foul in Pickup Basketball Game
In what might be the most egregious display of Trump’s American punkishness, which includes calling the cops on people doing the most to live their best lives, cops in Virginia were actually called by a grown, white man after another player reportedly knocked him to the floor with an “aggressive screen.” The man who called…
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#CampaigningWhileBlack: Police Called on Black Students Canvassing for Congressional Candidate
Everyone who watches Fox News knows the ingredients for the unseasoned white recipe for black success. Instead of protesting, complaining and blaming everything on “the white man,” if “the blacks” were really interested in equality, justice and success, they would focus on education, hard work and getting involved in the political process… Until a random…
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Cops Are White People's Cousins
Most of the time, life reveals the truth with a gradual slowness that allows us to grasp difficult concepts. But on a rare occasion, the universe will take mud and make itself a brick with the sole purpose of hurling it at your head. The following is an approximate excerpt from a conversation I had…
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Judge Orders Cops to Return $20,000 to Exotic Dancer
Florida police officers were forced to give back nearly $20,000 after seizing a cache of guns, money and drugs from an exotic dancer and her husband. Apparently, at Cheetah Gentlemen’s Club in Miami, Fla., exotic dancers can make a lot of money. Whenever you ask a dancer how much money they make, they will usually…
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Unprotected, Underserved: The (False) Criminalization of Black America
Editor’s note: This week, The Root will examine the many facets of law enforcement and its effects on the black community with our weeklong series Unprotected, Underserved: The Policing of Black America. Any attempt at understanding the effects of policing in black America must begin from a rational, objective perspective. We must first free ourselves…
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The Washington Capitals’ Winning Washington, DC’s 1st Championship in Almost 30 Years Would Make Sense for Gentrified DC
The Washington Capitals, the Washington, D.C., region’s representative in the NHL, are one win away from being the 2017-2018 NHL champions. Obviously, this is an exciting time for the region because we haven’t had a championship win in any of the four major sports since 1992, when the Washington Racistnames won the Super Bowl, and…
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The Complexity of Not Calling the Police While Black
The news has lately been inundated with examples of white folks (and even some nonwhite folks) doing the ultimate white-folkin’ of calling the police for no reason on black folks who were doing nothing but existing and living their everyday lives. From Starbucks to walking in the park with our own children or trying to…
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NYPD Veteran Caught Stealing From Banana Republic Quits: Report
A 49-year-old New York City Police Department sergeant allegedly caught shoplifting from Banana Republic last week has quit the force. According to the New York Post, Police Sgt. Tamas Balatoni was accused of switching price tags at a Banana Republic in lower Manhattan on Dec. 21 when he was caught by a store employee, who…
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The Saga of My Stolen Car: Shenanigans Ensue
The story of my stolen car doesn’t begin two weeks ago, when it was actually stolen. Like most stories, it’s much deeper than that. That’s what she said. Ahem. The story of my stolen car really begins back in August of 2012, a few months after I made the biggest purchase of my life: my…
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NFL Player Michael Bennett Assaulted by Vegas Police After Mayweather-McGregor Fight, Video Shows
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett penned an open letter claiming that he was racially profiled and stopped by Las Vegas police after the Floyd Mayweather-vs.-Conor McGregor fight Aug. 26. According to Bennett’s Twitter post, he was leaving the T-Mobile Arena when he and others in the crowd heard what they believed to be gunshots.…