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A 46-year-old Black has sued Georgia police officers for “unnecessary and excessive” use of force. According to the Valdosta Daily Times, Antonio Arnelo Smith filed the lawsuit in federal court last Friday, nearly five months after Valdosta officers mistook him for a panhandling suspect. Bodycam footage of the Feb. 8 incident shows white officers confronting Smith outside a Walgreens. […]
Rayshard Brooks’ funeral was held on Tuesday morning in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN reports. The ceremony took place in one of the city’s most historic churches, the Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a co-pastor until his 1968 assassination. Brooks’ golden casket was carried by pallbearers who wore shirts that read “Here 2 […]
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 […]
The second of four former police officers charged in George Floyd‘s death has been released from jail. As pointed out by CNN, Hennepin County Jail records show 26-year-old J. Alexander Kueng was freed Friday night after posting bail of $750,000. The fired Minneapolis officer is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder as well as aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in connection […]
Jeff Bezos is the next tech giant to urge workers to observe Juneteenth. In a memo on Tuesday, Bezos urged Amazon employees to cancel all meetings on Friday to commemorate the day, CNBC reports. Juneteenth honors the emancipation of Black people from slavery in America. On June 19, 1865, Union Gen. Gordon Granger read the […]
Officer Karen—a McMuffin-obsessed cop also known by nicknames including Officer McMuffin, Karen McMuffin, etc.—has addressed the recent virality of her wholly embarrassing display of entitlement. The cop in question, identified by way of a new NBC News report as a Georgia sheriff’s officer by the name of Stacy Talbert, says the widely trashed video in question was […]
A person who finds a mild delay in McMuffin delivery to be so emotionally disruptive that it results in a bout of self-recorded tears is also allowed to roam around, copping it up, presumably with a potentially fatal weapon at their side at all times. As the assortment of related hashtags trending their way onto your […]
Tona is arguably one of Toronto hip-hop’s most consistent, versatile, and underrated MCs. Ever since he turned heads with the innovative beep-infused single “Dial Tone” back in 2007, the Scarborough MC has made his presence known through his distinctive baritone voice on a dizzying number of projects. As a solo artist, Tona has been remarkably consistent […]
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 […]
According to an announcement made by Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, the New York City Police Department will be reassigning about 600 plainclothes officers into new positions, effective immediately. According to The New York Post, the unit that has now been disbanded is the same one that once employed Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who killed Eric […]
