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St. Louis Police Chant ‘Whose Streets? Our Streets’ While Making Arrests During Continuing Protests Sunday: Report
Well, in case you had any doubt, or were curious as to what police officers make of citizens attempting to assert their rights to peacefully assemble and protest the seemingly inexplicable killings of unarmed black men that go unpunished, here you have it. Police apparently thought it was appropriate to chant “Whose streets? Our streets”…
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Major Cities Prepare for Massive Marches, Counterdemonstrations Across the Nation Today
As the country continues to grapple with the unbridled violence of Charlottesville, Va., last weekend, major cities such as Boston, Dallas, New Orleans and others will be the sites of major protests today—some under the guise of “free speech,” and others in defiance of white supremacy and in what organizers are calling “solidarity with Charlottesville.”…
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Resist! Thousands Flood the Streets After Not Guilty Verdict in Police Killing of Philando Castile
Thousands of angry, woke and fired-up Minnesotans took to the streets on Friday, hours after ex-Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of 32-year-old motorist Philando Castile nearly one year ago. The protesters gathered at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul, holding “Black Lives Matter” signs and chanting, “No…
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The Official White-Tears Quiz: How a Black-Student Protest Terrified and Outraged White People
Instead of reading this as a news story, please use this article as an official measuring stick for your white-tears awareness. The answer key is at the bottom. A Washington state college was deluged with a torrential downpour of low-sodium, gluten-free white tears after butt-hurt white people freaked out when minority students asked for a…
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Lawyer Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Cop’s Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Activist
Campaign Zero co-founder and prominent activist in the Movement for Black Lives DeRay Mckesson is being sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge, La., police officer who claims he was injured during a protest in the city four days after a police officer killed Alton Sterling, and now an attorney for Mckesson is urging a federal…
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Protests Rock Ferguson, Mo., After New Footage of Michael Brown Emerges
Ferguson, Mo., was once again rocked by protests a day after new footage from the day of Michael Brown’s death was revealed to the public in the documentary Stranger Fruit. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, word of the video Sunday night drew a group of some 100 protesters, which led to the closing of…
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‘Police Rapists’: Protests Erupt in Paris After Police Charged in Rape of Black Man
Editor’s note: Trigger warnings: rape, sexual violence, state violence, anti-blackness. Four police officers in a Paris suburb allegedly raped a 22-year-old black man, and protesters are seeking justice. So-called officers of the law “forced a 22-year-old man to the ground, beat him, and anally raped him with a baton at a housing estate in the…
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A Prayer Because I'm Just *CENSORED* Tired
Congregation of St. Panama Jackson the United Methodist Baptist Pentecostal AME Church of God in Christ Episcopal Primitive Missionary Baptist Down By The Riverside Holiness Church, please bow your heads…again: Dear 175 lb, carpenter god/God, afro-pic utilizing banned from the USA, Jesus, I’m tired. My feet are weary even though you’ve allegedly been carrying me…
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Protests Mark Trump’s Inauguration Ceremony
Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday was marked by spirited protests by those who still feel that Trump is #NotMyPresident. According to ABC News, the spirited protests unfolded mostly peacefully at several security checkpoints near the U.S. Capitol as demonstrators held signs with messages such as, “Resist Trump Climate Justice Now,” “Let Freedom Ring” and “Free Palestine.”…
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Baton Rouge, La., Settles Lawsuit With BLM Protesters for $100,000
Black Lives Matter protesters who were arrested in July while demonstrating after the shooting death of Alton Sterling will receive a monetary settlement from the city of Baton Rouge, La. As part of the settlement the Baton Rouge Metro Council approved on Tuesday, four agencies will pay activist DeRay Mckesson and his fellow plaintiffs $100,000.…