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A Connecticut man was arrested for hurling racist insults at employees of a local smoothie shop after his son allegedly had an allergic reaction that sent him to the hospital. NBC New York reports James Iannazzo, 48, was arrested on charges of intimidation based on bias, breach of peace and criminal trespass Saturday in Fairfield, CT, after his rant […]
A member of the jury for the trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter says they believed the cop “made a mistake” when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. In an anonymous interview with with KARE-TV, the juror said that while they ultimately convicted Potter of manslaughter they do not feel as though she’s a racist. […]
McDonald’s is settling a lawsuit with Herb Washington, a former MLB player and franchisee who accused the company of racial discrimination, by buying the remainder of his shops for $33.5 million. The owner of over a dozen resturuants in Ohio and Pennsylvania claims that the company had him operate restaurants in “urban neighborhoods,” Cleveland.com reports, and that the company graded his […]
A judge in Louisiana judge is facing widespread criticism after a racist video was circulated online following an attempted burglary at her home over the weekend. According to local news station KLFY, Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet addressed the video in a statement on Tuesday. “My children and I were the victim of an armed burglary […]
A Black couple has filed a housing discrimination lawsuit in California, saying that an appraiser lowballed their valuation because of their race, the Independent reports. The first appraisal estimated that their Marin County home cost $995,000, while the second time the house was appraised at $1.48m. However, that assessment came when the couple, Paul and Tenisha Austin […]
Jussie Smollett took the stand Monday in his case where he’s facing six felony counts of disorderly conduct, and testified that he had an intimate relationship with Abimbola “Abel” Osundairo, one of the two brothers who allegedly attacked him in Jan. 2019. His claim comes after Abel denied that he and Smollett ever started dating during questioning last week. […]
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has apologized for the state’s involvement in the residential school system—a government-operated network of boarding schools that aimed to assimilate Indigenous children into white society. According to the Reno Gazette, Sisolak confirmed the State of Nevada is fully cooperating with a federal investigation into the Stewart Indian School located near Carson City. The institution, […]
Students at Arizona State University are planning a rally to demand the removal of Kyle Rittenhouse from studying at their school. Rittenhouse, the now-18-year-old who killed two people and shot another after carrying an AR-15 style rifle at a Kenosha protest in 2020, was found not guilty on all counts in his homicide trial earlier this […]
The four Black men who were wrongfully charged with raping a 17-year-old white girl in 1949 have been exonerated in the state of Florida 72 years later. The group has been dubbed the “Groveland Four.” According to CNN, Circuit Court Judge Heidi Davis in Lake County, Florida, posthumously dismissed the indictments of Ernest Thomas and Samuel Shepherd […]
A group of Missouri students who were disciplined over a racist petition have taken legal action against their school. According to the Associated Press, four freshman at Park Hill South High School were punished earlier this year after one of them created a Change.org petition that called for the return of slavery. The incident reportedly began […]
