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According to Pitchfork, a number of famous musicians/actors, including: Ariana Grande, Meek Mill, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Robert De Niro, and Rihanna, amongst literally hundreds of others, have added their names to an open letter in support of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Justice in Policing Act of 2020. The letter, which can be read […]
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 […]
Kendrick Sampson has written a letter to the entertainment industry, requesting that Hollywood divest from the police and invest and give back into the Black community, Variety reports. Titled Hollywood 4 Black Lives, the letter is now live on Sampson’s nonprofit’s site, BLD PWR (Build Power), which he penned alongside Tessa Thompson and Black Lives […]
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 […]
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 […]
Atlanta has been looking out for Rayshard Brooks’ wife and kids in a big way. Brooks’ widow, Tomika Miller, was gifted a new car, life insurance for their three kids, and full rides for them to go to Clark Atlanta University on Friday, TMZ reports. Miller’s new car is a Ford Escape that’s already been […]
Bronx residents were left shaken Thursday night after discovering what appeared to be multiple nooses hanging in a public park. According to the Gothamist, Rafael Pena and Alexandra Haridopolos noticed the ropes at around 9:30 p.m. after entering the east side of Van Cortlandt Park. The pair said they believed the apparent nooses were meant to be seen, and were, […]
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy went viral this week after posting a video in which she broke down in tears and begged the public to give law enforcement “a break.” “I don’t know how much more I can take,” she said with tears in her eyes as she sat in her police car. So, what prompted […]
