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Millions of dollars were donated to the Black Lives Matter Foundation since the murder of George Floyd. However, BuzzFeed News reports that the organization isn’t associated with the Black Lives Matter movement that fights against police brutality and racial injustice. Per the report, the Black Lives Matter Foundation—a Santa Clarita, California-based “charitable organization”—raised at least $4.35 million at […]
A Philadelphia Family Court employee and documented racist has been fired after being seen in widely shared footage tearing down Black Lives Matter signs and attempting to disparage the inherent message of the movement. Michael Henkel has been fired due to his behavior having violated “multiple” rules found in the Unified Judicial System Code of Conduct and […]
Tyler Perry plans to pay for Rayshard Brooks’ funeral expenses, and also has reportedly offered to pay for Brooks’ four children to go to college as well. According to People, a source close to Perry said that he “spoke to Rayshard’s family and wanted to do something to help. His heart goes out to the family during […]
There are an estimated 18,000 police departments across the United States with, in total, more than $100 billion in funding. In Miami-Dade County, the police and corrections department receives almost $1 billion annually. In Los Angeles, total spending on police, including pensions and HR benefits, amounts to $3.1 billion. Minneapolis in 2020 spent $193.3 million on its […]
On Sunday, a massive throng of people gathered in the courtyard of the Brooklyn Museum and its surrounding parkway for a protest in support of Black trans lives, according to NBC News. The rally was one of several similarly minded ones that took place nationwide, but it’s of particular focus here because it appears to […]
Donald Trump has gotten a taste of his own medicine and on his 74th birthday too. On Sunday, Twitter gave Trump the ultimate birthday gift with the top trending hashtag #AllBirthdaysMatter. The social platform was rife with tweets denouncing Trump for his response to the nationwide protests following George Floyd’s murder. Many messages even praised former President Barack […]
City officials in Palmdale, California, are calling for an independent investigation and autopsy for the death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old Black man who was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall earlier this week. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department initially tried to rule Fuller’s death a suicide, but his family strongly believes he was lynched and has demanded a […]
Protests erupted in Atlanta this weekend following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of an Atlanta police officer. On Saturday, protesters engaged in a peaceful protest and shut down part of the Interstate 75/85 downtown connector—a major highway through the city. As the protests went on, however, people eventually set fire to a vehicle near the […]
In a video posted to his Instagram account, comedian, actor, and Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah recounted a terrifying experience he recently had with the LAPD. As he was exercising in Tarzana around Ventura Boulevard and Corbin Avenue back in April, Pharoah said that multiple police officers pulled up near him with guns drawn to detain him. “I see an officer to […]
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a 24-year-old black man whose body was found hanging from a tree earlier this week in Palmdale, California. City Manager J.J. Murphy addressed the tragedy in a statement on Thursday, describing Robert Fuller’s death as a possible suicide related to the COVID-19 crisis: “Many people […]
