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Judge Finds Portland, Ore., Violated Order Restricting Police Use of ‘Less-Lethal’ Munitions Against Protesters
During the wave of anti-police-violence protests and civil unrest that took place over the summer, Portland, Ore. took center stage as one of three cities that saw so much chaos that the Department of Justice declared it an “anarchist jurisdiction.” But as activists, media outlets and even some officials have pointed out, protesters weren’t the…
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Seattle Honors Calls to Defund the Police…Kind Of
“Back the Blue” advocates would have you believe that the “defund the police” rallying cry is a call to end policing in America outright. While there certainly are those who wish to abolish the police, “defund the police” is a call to take some of the funding normally granted to police departments and allocate them…
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Protests Erupt in Omaha After Fatal Shooting of a Black Man by Police During Traffic Stop
A Black man was fatally shot during an altercation with two police officers who were conducting a traffic stop in Omaha, Neb., Thursday night, causing protests to erupt in the city over the weekend. NBC News reports that 35-year-old Kenneth Jones died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he was taken after the…
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Accused Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Says He Used Stimulus Money to Buy Rifle. Here's What He Should Have Bought
Kyle Rittenhouse—the teenager from Antioch, Illinois, who was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of two people and the injury of a third during civil unrest in Kenosha, Wis., on August 25—said in his first interview since his arrest that he bought the assault rifle he used in the…
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'Million Maga March,' (White) Women for Trump, and ‘Stop the Steal’ Marches to Descend on Washington, D.C. This Weekend
As Donald Trump continues his refusal to accept the results of this year’s presidential election, his supporters are ratcheting up their efforts to try and shout down and talk over the voice of the American people by marching in our nation’s capital on Saturday in support of their little friend who is basically fired but…
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Shemar Moore Talks Addressing Social Unrest in S.W.A.T.’s Upcoming Season
Under normal circumstances, the month of May usually holds a soft spot in my heart every year; birthdays and holidays being the primary reasons. But if 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that this year is everything BUT normal. Before the month could even properly wrap up, the world was enraged and provoked to action…
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Court Orders Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Be Placed on $2 Million Bond
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two people during a protest in Kenosha, Wisc., has been placed on a $2 million bond after being deemed a flight risk. NBC News reports that Rittenhouse appeared before a Wisconsin court via video conference on Monday after being extradited from his home state of Illinois last Friday.…
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Is Bunker Bitch Barricading Himself in the White House?
Looks like the president is building that wall after all. On Monday, federal authorities are putting a non-scalable fence around the entire perimeter of the White House as they prepare for possible protests after the results of the presidential election. It all sounds like bullshit to me considering the results will reflect that President Trump…
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Exclusive Clip: Tamika Mallory Wants Us to 'Finish the Job' by Voting in the 2020 Presidential Election
We are on the eve of the presidential Election Day, y’all—and Tamika Mallory wants us to participate. In an exclusive clip from OWN and NowThis provided to The Root, the activist, co-founder of intersectional social justice organization Until Freedom, and co-host of the new podcast on iHeartMedia’s The Black Effect Network, Street Politicians speaks on…