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Officer Who Shot and Killed Eric Logan Will Not be Charged…Per Usual
For the better part of a year in South Bend, Indiana, the family of Eric Logan has been seeking justice after the 54-year old was fatally shot by a police officer last June. Unfortunately (though predictably) their saga ends the way most stories involving cops, black people and extrajudicial executions end: with police officers receiving…
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Black Lives Matter South Bend Coming for Pete Buttigieg’s Neck
You can take Buttigieg out of South Bend, but you can’t take South Bend’s Black Lives Matter chapter out of Buttigieg’s campaign trail. According to the Los Angeles Times, when Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg visited a homeless shelter in Watts, California, on Friday morning, he was greeted on…
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Meet Mayor Pete’s New Black Friend
After The Root’s Michael Harriot ripped Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s troubling tenure with black officers during his time as mayor of South Bend, Ind., (seriously, if you have not read this story, stop what you are doing and read it now. I see you; put the baby down and read this story. I’m not…
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Mayor Pete’s Invisible Black Police
Given the choice of superpowers, would you rather have the ability to fly or the power of invisibility? This comic book-based Rorschach test allegedly reveals deep-seated personality traits. Supposedly, people who choose the gift of flight want recognition and praise while those who wish for invisibility are less confident and shun attention. While the question…
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Pete Buttigieg on Institutional Racism, Economic Inequality, and White Supremacy
“Systemic racism, and white supremacy in particular…is the force that is most likely to destroy America.” — Pete Buttigieg text He said it. And all it took was an 8-year-old viral video clip, his campaign polling at zero percent among black voters and someone calling him a “lying motherfucker.” Also, I am someone. During a…
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Pete Buttigieg Faces the Ire of Black South Bend Residents After Fatal Police Shooting
Through the early days of the 2020 presidential campaign, Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has had trouble getting black voters to come to his events. That was not the case on Sunday—but then again, this wasn’t a campaign stop. Buttigieg took a break from campaigning last week following a mounting backlash in his…