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‘We’re Demanding Equal Justice’: Jacob Blake Sr. Leads March in Charlotte, NC for Victims of Police Violence
The family of police shooting victim Jacob Blake is keeping the discussion about the 29-year-old’s shooting as well as what is happening around the country with regards to systemic racism in policing alive. Jacob Blake Sr., along with other family members, led a march for racial justice Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C., where Blake Sr.…
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Michigan Protest for Black Family Targeted in Racist Attacks Interrupted by 'Back the Blue' Trump Supporters
On Saturday, organizers in Warren, Mich., put together what was supposed to be a simple protest on behalf of a Black family that had been the victim of a string of racially motivated attacks, but instead, the event ended up turning into a tense standoff between anti-racism protesters and “Back the Blue” Trump supporters who…
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The Root Jams Weekly (8/28/2020): 'Walkout'
It’s been a week in America. After another shooting of a Black person at the hands of police—7 times in the back, no less—everybody reached a new level of over it. Athletes in several of the major sports either postponed, cancelled or walked out of games or contests. It’s the kind of week when the…
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Media and Law Enforcement Response to White Vigilante Shooter Proves There Are Two Americas
You know why conservative white America hates the Black Lives Matter movement so much? It’s because the movement undermines business-as-usual America. And by “business,” I mean this nation’s most profitable enterprise: racism and white supremacy. Why else would anyone—especially law enforcement or any media outlet—go out of their way to humanize and low-key throw on…
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17-Year-Old Arrested and Charged With 1st Degree Murder In Shooting Death of 2 During Jacob Blake Protests in Kenosha, Wis. [Updated]
Updated: 8/26/20, 2:28 p.m.: Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, from Antioch, Illinois, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of two people and the injury of a third during a chaotic protest in Kenosha Tuesday night. Insider reports that Rittenhouse was armed with an AK-47 and had crossed state lines…
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Shots Fired at Black Activists Marching to DC For MLK Event
Shots were fired at a group of organizers marching from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., on Monday night. ABC News reports that the group was headed to D.C. for the “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,” march. Frank “Nitty” Sensabaugh, a Milwaukee activist and one of the organizers for the march, told WJAC-TV that the shooting…
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Black Virginia Vice Mayor Facing Criminal Charges for Calling for the Firing of the Police Chief
The destruction of a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, Virginia, in June has caused so much tension that prominent politicians in the state are now being charged with crimes for their alleged involvement in the act. Earlier this month, The Root reported that Sen. Louise Lucas (D), the highest-ranking elected Black female official in Virginia, was…
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Tennessee Passes Law That Would Punish Protestors By Taking Away Their Right to Vote
Republican lawmakers and a Republican governor have green-lit a new law in Tennessee that makes it possible for people to have their voting rights revoked as punishment for participating in protests. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the measure into law last week after a special three-day legislative session, reports AP. Under the new law, demonstrators…