waffle house
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Ending the Policing of Black Bodies in Public Spaces Requires Not Just a Change of Policy but a Change of Heart
Chikesia Clemons at the Waffle House in Saraland, Ala. Myneca Ojo, Sandra Thompson, Sandra Harrison and a friend at Grandview Golf Club in York, Pa. Tshyrad Oates and a friend at LA Fitness in Secaucus, N.J. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. Brandon Ward at a Los Angeles-area Starbucks. Ezell A.…
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Black Woman Says She Wasn’t Allowed in Waffle House as White People Dined Inside; Restaurant Faces Calls for Boycott
It might be time to get those pecan waffles and cheesy eggs someplace else. Activists are targeting Waffle House after the company doubled down on its defense of Saraland, Ala., staffers who called the police on a black woman. The violent arrest, during which three police officers forced 25-year-old Chikesia Clemons to the floor and…
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Tennessee Lawmakers and Waffle House Restaurant Show Support for Victims of Deadly Shooting
Following the deadly shooting of four people at a Nashville, Tenn., Waffle House early Sunday morning, business owners and lawmakers have tried to find ways to support the victims and survivors of the brutal attack. Among them is the Waffle House chain restaurant, which has offered to pay for the funerals of the four patrons…
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Police Use Video, Witness Testimony in Bid to Justify Use of Force During Controversial Arrest of Black Woman in Alabama Waffle House
Saraland, Ala., police are standing by the officers who were seen on video aggressively wrestling a seemingly unresisting black woman at a local Waffle House over the weekend. As AL.com notes, during a press conference Monday, investigators showed video evidence and described witness testimony to justify the officers’ use of force. That being said, the…
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Travis Reinking Is What Happens When Black People Are ‘Criminals’ and White People Are Allowed to Be Invisible
A few months ago, during a conversation on Facebook about one of the many mass shootings committed by a white man (I forget which one), the homie Sai Grundy wrote that (paraphrasing) one of the byproducts of the criminalization of blackness is that white people are often able to elude suspicion by virtue of their…
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Watch: Trump’s Silence on the Waffle House Shooting Is Deafening; the 4 Victims Killed Were All People of Color
A white gunman is accused of killing four people of color at a Waffle House outside of Nashville, Tenn., early Sunday morning. The gunman was just apprehended by police Monday afternoon. It’s been more than 36 hours since the shooting, and Donald Trump hasn’t said anything about the incident. Instead, he’s tweeting about building a…
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Waffle House Shooting Suspect in Police Custody
Police apprehended the man accused of killing four people in a Nashville, Tenn., Waffle House, ending a widespread manhunt. On Monday afternoon the Nashville Police Department tweeted out photos of suspect Travis Reinking, who was captured in a wooded area in Nashville. As the New York Times notes, roughly 160 law enforcement officials were involved…
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Nude Gunman Kills 4 at Waffle House in Tennessee; Still on the Run: Police
Police in Tennessee say they are on the hunt for a man named Travis Reinking in the killing of four people at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tenn., early Sunday morning. Authorities say that Reinking, 29, of Illinois, allegedly killed two people outside the restaurant and shot and killed two more, including a cook, inside…
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Entire Internet Surprised Women Like An Attractive Man
It’s one of the 10 most ratchet things I’ve seen this year. And six of those 10 are twerk videos. All taking place in Waffle House bathrooms, someone’s grandmom’s kitchens, and Waffle House parking lots. And all featuring young women with as many tattoos as criminal citations. And I loved every second of them. I…