Pro-police counter-protesters and Black Lives Matter demonstrators joined forces to chase off a small group of men that were wearing the white hoods of the Ku Klux Klan and carrying Trump flags who tried to interrupt their peaceful rallies in Nevada. The video has emerged, showing the exact moment protestors …
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Cops Caught On Camera Beating Up Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief
Footage from a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer’s dashcam shows officers beating up and arresting Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam. CBC News has obtained a 12-minute video that shows an altercation between two officers of RCMP and Adam. The video starts with a cop talking to the driver …
Read More »Louisville, Ky Unanimously Passes Breonna’s Law; Bans the Use of No-Knock Warrants
Thanks to the unanimous vote of all 26 members of the Louisville Metro Council, the “Breonna’s Law” has been passed. The vote to ban no-knock warrants comes after the March 13 death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old former licensed EMT who was shot and killed by Louisville police during a …
Read More »75-year-old Man Pushed To The Ground By Buffalo Police Suffered Brain Injury, Lawyer says
According to NBC News, the 75-year-old man who was pushed to the ground during a protest in Buffalo, New York, has suffered a brain injury and is having to get used to “a new normal,” his lawyer said Thursday.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The protest took place on June 4 outside of City Hall. …
Read More »Body Cam Footage Shows Police Officer Using Deadly Chokehold While Telling Man To “Give Up”
A New Mexico police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after video footage surfaced of him using a deadly chokehold on a man following a traffic stop. Body camera footage from the February 29th struggle shows Las Cruces officer Christopher Smelser choking Antonio Valenzuela as he lay on the …
Read More »Adidas Increased Donation To Black Communities After All Black Employees Went on Strike
A group of 200-plus black Adidas employees decided to protest until the company made changes to its “racist work environment,” according to Footwear news. Adidas employees were demanding the company issue an apology “for the racism and discrimination that they have openly enabled and perpetuated,” as well as make a …
Read More »Chuck E. Cheese Files For Bankruptcy—May Have To Close All Locations
Many of us may have to say goodbye to some of our fondest childhood memories forever, as Chuck E. Cheese struggles to stay afloat amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After months of keeping their doors closed due to COVID-19, the popular food-and-games establishment is almost $1 Billion in debt and asking …
Read More »Grammys To Remove The Word ‘Urban’ From Two Categories
Changes are coming to the 63rd Grammy Awards, The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday. The changes, which will take effect immediately, and includes most noticeably the absence of the word “urban” in two of the award show’s categories. Best Urban Contemporary Album has been renamed Best Progressive R&B Album, “to …
Read More »Man’s Body Found Hanging from Tree in Palmdale, CA; Suspected Suicide
Palmdale, California authorities found the body of a man in his 20s hanging from a tree near the town’s City Hall, Antelope Valley Times reports. Lieutenant Brandon Dean from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Homicide unit reported that the man’s body was found with a rope around his neck, hanging from …
Read More »Michigan Woman Dies In Harper Woods Holding Cell; Family Demands Answers
A family is demanding answers after a Michigan woman was found unresponsive in her Harper Woods holding cell on Wednesday. Priscilla Slater was found around 12:35 PM by Harper Woods Department of Public Safety Personnel, according to ClickOnDetroit.Com. Paramedics immediately attempted to revive her; however, they were unsuccessful, and she …
Read More »Black Community Leader Shot By Same Police Department He Trained On Years Earlier
Black community activist and organizer Derrick Sanderlin was ironically shot on May 29th in San Jose, California, by the same police department with whom he spent three years training on implicit bias. Sanderlin was shot during a protest demonstration by rubber bullets. The well-known community activist built a relationship with …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Loses Disney and T-Mobile Advertisers Over His Remarks On George Floyd and Black Lives Matter
It looks like corporations have come to their senses by choosing to distance themselves from far-right winged thinkers. Tucker Carlson is one of those far-right wing thinkers. His primetime show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, appears on the Fox News Channel and has lost two big advertisers, Disney and T-Mobile. But it’s …
Read More »Mississippi Woman Facing Charges After Posting Her Racist Parents’ Personal Information On Facebook Leading to Death Threats
A 21-year-old Petal, Mississippi woman, was jailed after posting her parents’ personal information on Facebook, after alleging that they were racists. This led to a flurry of death threats. Kaileigh Schmidt was charged on Wednesday with two counts of obscene communication. She is currently being held at Jones County Adult …
Read More »Starbucks Faces Backlash For Barring Employees From Wearing Gear in Support of Black Lives Matter
According to BuzzFeed News, an internal memo received by Starbucks employees last week explained that wearing any attire that referenced the Black Lives Matter movement, was a violation of company policy. The dress code policy prohibits any religious, political, or personal accessories. Employees who spoke with Buzzfeed, all pointed out …
Read More »City of Minneapolis Being Sued After Journalist Is Left Blind Following Police Attack During Protests
The City of Minneapolis is being sued by a journalist who claims that the police left her permanently blind in one eye after shooting her in the face with rubber bullets. Linda Tirado, a mother of two who was covering the George Floyd protests, is claiming that law enforcement ignored …
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