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‘My Trust Is Completely Broken’: Dyma Loving, Brutally Arrested After Calling Police for Help, Speaks Out
Dyma Loving was on her way to do her taxes. She and friend Adrianna Green were leaving Green’s home when they passed by the house of Frank Tumm, a neighbor. According to a police report filed by Miami-Dade PD, Tumm hurled insults at Green, calling her a “whore” and setting off a verbal spat that…
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Florida Cop Relieved of Duty After Video Emerges of Police Violently Arresting Black Woman Who Called for Help
Miami-Dade police relieved one of its officers of his regular duties after a video surfaced of police violently taking down a black woman who had allegedly called them for help. Cell phone video posted on Twitter shows the March 5 arrest, which begins with the camera pointed at the officers’ feet and a voice—presumably a…
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Covington Catholic Wins Racist Bingo: Blackface as ‘School Spirit,’ Feeling ‘Threatened’ by Hebrew Israelites
No matter how many times we go through it, it’s always a wonder to witness a spin job in real time. And make no mistake—this latest series of media appearances by the Covington Catholic High School students, who went viral last weekend after their confrontation with a Native American elder and veteran, is exactly that.…
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McDonald's Employee Serves Racial McSlurries to Black Customer, Promptly Gets Fired
If you, dear reader, were actively looking for a place to lose your peace, to witness all manner of buffoonery—particularly of the racist variety—then your best bet in 2019 is a Florida McDonald’s. For the second week in a row, an altercation at a McDonald’s went viral—this time in Spring Hill, Fla., where an employee…
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NYPD Looks Into Shocking Video of Officers Wrestling a 1-Year-Old From His Mother’s Arms
For 23-year-old Jazmine Headley, it should have been a fairly straightforward errand. Last Friday, Headley went to a Brooklyn Human Resources Administration building to ask for daycare vouchers for her 1-year-old son—a task that devolved into a brutal tug-of-war between her and at least four NYPD officers, who tried to wrestle her baby from her…
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Baltimore Cop Suspended After Viral Video Shows Him Brutally Beating Unarmed Man
A Baltimore, Md. police officer has been placed on suspension in response to a video of the cop brutally beating a man for allegedly refusing to show his identification, And, irony of ironies, the city has refused to identify the police officer. So we’ll just call him Satan. According to WBAL, the situation began around…
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Antoine Dangerfield, the Welder Fired Over Filming a Viral Strike, Explains How It Happened
To Antoine Dangerfield, it was just a small two-minute video. “They are not bullshitting!” He says, his camera panning around a factory floor as his coworkers left for the day. An impromptu strike was going down, as a group of Latino construction workers walked off the job after a safety coordinator tried to fire their…
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Black Man Who Filmed Latino Workers Striking Is Fired from His Job, Regrets Nothing
For many viewers, watching a group of construction workers walk off a shop floor in protest might have been rousing enough. But when Antoine Dangerfield’s video of his Latino coworkers went viral last week, people on social media were particularly taken by Dangerfield’s commentary and his infectious enthusiasm at what was transpiring. “They are not…
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Officer Who Stood by as Man Harassed Woman in Puerto Rico Shirt Resigns
The Cook County Forest Preserves officer who stood idly by as a belligerent man harassed a woman in a Puerto Rico flag T-shirt resigned late Wednesday. Officer Patrick Connor drew widespread outrage after a viral video surfaced of Mia Irizarry being harassed and intimidated by a white man upset that she was wearing a T-shirt…
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#MericaMax Harasses Woman in Puerto Rico Shirt While Cop Does Nothing
The latest viral video of a white person harassing a person of color has all the familiar ingredients—though of course, there are variations. This one stars a belligerent middle-aged white man in Cook County, Ill., aggressively harassing a woman for wearing a shirt with a Puerto Rican flag on it. Throughout the video, #MericaMax shouts,…
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