violence
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Zoe Spears Becomes 10th Black Trans Woman Killed This Year
Maryland police are investing the death of 23-year-old Zoe Spears, the 10th transgender woman to be killed in America this year—all of whom has been black. DCist reports that Spears was discovered on June 13 on the sidewalk in Fairmount Heights, Md., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Her community…
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The 9th Black Trans Woman Has Been Killed This Year
On Wednesday, the body of Chanel Scurlock—a transgender black woman—was discovered in a field in Lumberton, N.C. shortly after midnight. She was 23. The Advocate reports that the victim was identified by friends and activists after suffering an unspecified number of fatal gunshot wounds. Scurlock lived 20 miles away in neighboring Lumber Bridge and became…
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White Supremacist Leader and One of His Minions Plead Guilty to Inciting Violence at Charlottesville, Va., Riot
The leader of a group of California-based white supremacists and one of his members pleaded guilty Friday to charges connected with the deadly violence at the Charlottesville, Va., “Unite the Right” rally two years ago. Benjamin Drake Daley, a founder of the white supremacist Rise Above Movement, and member Michael Miselis pleaded guilty inside a…
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Family of Boy Tossed Over 3rd-Floor Railing at Mall of America Say Child Now ‘Alert’ and ‘Conscious’
The family of a 5-year-old boy who was grievously injured after being tossed over a third-floor railing at the Mall of America earlier this month was praising God Friday with news that the child was “alert” and “conscious.” “All praise, glory and honor to Jesus! He saved our son’s life and is healing him in…
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Suspect Who Brutally Assaulted 78-Year-Old Homeless Woman on Subway Arrested, Charged
For the past few days, social media has been consumed with outrage at a clip circulating online in which an elderly woman is brutally assaulted on a subway. But thankfully, because God is rather averse to ugly, the coward in question has been apprehended and charged with second and third-degree assault and harassment. Which means…
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Why Won't Congress Take Domestic Terrorism Seriously?
Just hours before a deranged white man stormed two New Zealand mosques and killed some 49 people, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) sent his third letter to the FBI and the Justice Department asking for a committee briefing on the “evolving threat of domestic terrorism.” His first two requests had been ignored. According to HuffPost, the…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Lies Again, Claims Trump Has Never ‘Done Anything But Condemn Violence’
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is confusing. I don’t know if “Suckabee” is a shameless liar who’d do anything to keep her job and in the good graces of her orange master or if she honestly believes the bullshit that is coming out of her mouth. On Friday, amid news reports that a…
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Emails Show Trump Diversity Official Instructed to Not Be So Hard on White Supremacists: Report
The chief diversity officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs was reportedly warned by a top Trump appointee not to condemn white supremacists violence during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. According to new emails obtained by The Washington Post on Wednesday, Georgia Coffey, a VA senior executive, urged the agency to issue…
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Trump Has Figured Out What’s Triggering Violence in America. Hint: It’s Not Him
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has proven he does three things well: Lie Stoke white fear Place blame on anyone other than himself When he’s really at his best—usually during one of his rallies in some midwestern showplace arena that normally holds monster truck shows and cowboy competitions—he works through all three of his…
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Watch: Baltimore Residents Are Organizing Ceasefires to Protect Their Communities
Baltimore was named “the most dangerous city in the U.S.” in 2017. But earlier this month, the city went for a record 12 days without a homicide, the longest in three years. And it coincided with the third 72-hour Baltimore Ceasefire, which began Feb. 2. The ceasefire’s chief organizer is Erricka Bridgeford of the Baltimore…