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A Minneapolis police precinct was set ablaze Thursday night, as tensions continued to escalate over the police killing of George Floyd. The New York Times reports demonstrators managed to breach the Police Department’s 3rd Precinct, the base of the four officers who were involved in Floyd’s recent death. Video and photos posted on social media appear to show demonstrators […]
Don Lemon unleashed another scathing critique of President Donald Trump and his purported concern over the George Floyd case. The CNN anchor was responding to comments made by U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald, who told reporters Thursday that the President and Attorney General Bill Barr were “directly and actively” monitoring the investigation into Floyd’s officer-involved death. “As long as we’re being honest right now, nobody […]
The Bethel School District has fired first-year wrestling coach Dave Hollenbeck for mocking the tragic death of George Floyd on Facebook, KOMO News reports. “His behavior was not consistent with our equity initiatives and nondiscrimination policies,” a school spokesperson said in a statement. The post shows Hollenbeck lying on the ground giving a thumbs up gesture with a smile on his face […]
Christian Cooper, the black man who recorded his unnecessarily tense interaction with a white woman in New York City’s Central Park on Memorial Day after he asked her to put her dog on a leash, said on The View Thursday that he has accepted Amy Cooper’s apology. “I do accept her apology. It’s a first step. I think she’s got to do some […]
It appears that as County Attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar actively pursued harsher sentences and plea deals, and more trials, boosting the number of imprisoned black people, while avoiding prosecution of police shootings. According to The Guardian, Klobuchar—now a Minnesota senator and a former Democratic presidential candidate—has been slammed for her soft demand of “a […]
Democratic Pennsylvania state legislators are claiming that Republicans kept the coronavirus diagnosis of a GOP colleague a secret from them. The Washington Post reports that Republican state Rep. Andrew Lewis confirmed on Wednesday that he tested positive for the virus on May 20, and Democrats claim he interacted with colleagues who didn’t know he might be sick. Lewis […]
An Arizona man was arrested this week after he allegedly held a black DoorDash driver at gunpoint. The incident reportedly occurred at around 3 p.m. Sunday outside an apartment building in Mesa. Witnesses told authorities that 32-year-old Valentino Tejada, a resident of the complex, was seen pointing a firearm at 24-year-old Dimitri Mills, who was on the property […]
Robert Kenney has become an unlikely internet star with Dad, How Do I?—a now-viral YouTube channel that offers practical life lessons for those who grew up without fathers. The 55-year-old told Good Morning America he decided to create the channel on April 1 and uploaded his first video, “How to tie a tie,” the following day. Since then, Kenney’s YouTube channel […]
In the latest episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith got candid about her experiences with colorism—both as a witness and victim. The 48-year-old actress, who was joined by her daughter, Willow Smith, and her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, discussed the ways in which this form of internalized racism has caused a divide within the black community, and how […]
COVID-19 has now claimed the lives of over 100,000 people in the United States in less than four months, CNN reports. An average of 900 Americans have died every day from the virus. This staggering total doesn’t even take into account some individuals who passed away at home from complications related to the coronavirus, but were […]
