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A video shows a supporter of former President Donald Trump saying George Floyd was not killed by the police officer’s knee on his neck. “I’m going to find a police officer and have him do to me what he did to George Floyd just so I can prove to all y’all stupid heads that he died from the drugs,” the woman says in the video, which was reshared on Twitter.
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Footage of a 61-year-old white man attacking a police officer is going viral, with many people highlighting the racist double standard it shows within policing. Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns was arrested and charged with a first-degree assault after driving away with the cop still on the car and is allegedly hitting him on the head with a hammer, according to FOX 9.
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Man freed after nearly 32 years in prison craves one treat: strawberry ice cream
On April 7, 2021, as night settled on the Calhoun Correctional Institution outside Tallahassee, Florida, Crosley Green took his first steps as a free man after spending half his life behind bars. His case, say his lawyers, exposes an ugly truth about the American criminal system: it's easy to send a Black man to prison, but a nearly impossible feat to get a wrongful conviction corrected and overturned.
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Video of Black man being accosted for walking ‘in the wrong neighbourhood’ goes viral
Fort Jackson is investigating one of its US Army soldiers after a viral video appeared to show a Black man being accosted for "walking in the wrong neighbourhood".The woman who filmed and posted the video to Twitter, Shadae McCallum, said she found the man – named Deandre – in distress while walking in Columbia, South Carolina.In the video, a man who has been named on social media as an Army sergeant first class but not independently identified, can be heard telling Deandre that he was "harassing the neighbourhood", while his wife says the man "picked a fight" with a young lady.The...
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BLM Threatened Legal Action Against Local Black Activist Who Called For Investigation Into Its Finances
A spokesman for the national Black Lives Matter organization suggested a New York-based Black activist who called for an independent investigation of the group’s finances is illegally using the BLM name.
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Daunte Wright’s Aunt Receives Hateful Messages After Starting A GoFundMe Page
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Eric Garner's mother says Caron Nazario, who was pepper-sprayed in a Virginia traffic stop, is part of her family
Eric Garner's mother saw her son's last minutes after police put him in a chokehold six years ago. This week, she revealed that another family member -- US Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario -- was also involved in a controversial police encounter.
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