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The Atlas Restaurant Group, owner of Ouzo Bay in Baltimore, issued a statement on Monday apologizing to Marcia Grant, a Black mother, after a video shows a manager denying her service because her child, Dallas, was allegedly in violation of dress code policy. A similarly-dressed white kid nearby didn’t face the same scrutiny, CBS Baltimore reports. “We sincerely apologize to Marcia Grant, […]
Florida, in a move that should sadly surprise literally zero people, has become the latest state to surpass 100,000 total COVID-19 cases. The state’s Department of Health said in its latest update on coronavirus stats on Monday that the current total of agency-confirmed cases is 100,217. Florida has also seen 3,173 deaths. Per WKMG-TV, a regional Orlando outlet, there was […]
On Monday night, protesters gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square and attempted to remove a statue of the slaveholder Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the U.S., but were unsuccessful. They used rope, which they tied to the statue, to try and pull it down. The bronze statue of Jackson was made by sculptor Clark Mills and […]
Deadline reports NBCUniversal will remove four episodes of 30 Rock from streaming services and syndication that featured characters in blackface. The removal comes at the request of series creator Tina Fey and executive producer Robert Carlock. “As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors […]
A Ventura County Sheriff’s Office employee and an investigative assistant with the District Attorney’s Office are two of the three men arrested for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter sign, NBC News reports. Thousands Oaks residents, Darrin Stone, Craig Anderson, and Jeffrey Moore, were identified by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office as the men who vandalized a Black […]
The three NYPD officers who the Detectives Endowment Association claimed were “intentionally poisoned” at a Shake Shack location reportedly never even got sick to begin with. The NYPD claimed that an “unknown substance” was slipped into the milkshakes of the officers, and it was said they were subsequently hospitalized. However, the New York Post reports that the NYPD lied […]
China has mad the decision to suspend poultry imports from a Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas over COVID-19 concerns. In addition to the temporary suspension of imports from the plant, per an NPR report, China’s General Administration of Customs office has confirmed that any products that have already arrived in the region will be seized […]
A NYPD officer was caught on camera Sunday administering a now illegal chokehold on a Black man as three of his colleagues unnecessarily piled on top to detain him. The video was posted by TMZ. As he laid face down on the pavement, onlookers can be heard pleading for the cop with his arm wrapped around his neck […]
Eight minority corrections officers in Minnesota have lodged discrimination charges with Minnesota’s Department of Human Rights after they were reprotedly prevented from guarding or coming into contact with Derek Chauvin in late May. After being charged with third-degree murder on May 29 for killing George Floyd, Chauvin was booked in the Ramsey County jail. When Chauvin […]
Over the years, outraged citizens have protested the unjust treatment of Black and Brown bodies in America. Today is no different as a string of recent deaths of unarmed Black people—Ahmaud Arbery (Feb.), Breonna Taylor (Mar.), and George Floyd (May)—has sparked civil unrest across the nation. As conversations surrounding the state of racial injustice in […]
