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Shootings at three different massage parlors in the Atlanta, Georgia area left eight people dead on Tuesday night, marking the sixth mass shooting in the U.S. this year. As of Wednesday morning, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had confirmed her office was in close contact with both the White House and the Atlanta Police Department, the […]
About a week after the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, hip-hop duo Year of the Ox released a powerful video for “Viral”—a track that addressed the rise in anti-Asian crimes linked to the health crisis. The 2020 visual includes viral footage of various attacks on Asian Americans at a time when political figures began using xenophobic rhetoric while […]
Facebook has banned the Myanmar military from its platform, as well as Instagram, “with immediate effect.” In a press release shared Wednesday night, a rep for the Mark Zuckerberg-fronted social media service said the ban includes the remaining Myanmar military (known as the Tatmadaw) and military-controlled state and media entities. Additionally, ads from military-linked commercial […]
A retired NYPD officer and former Marine turned himself in at the FBI’s Hudson Valley office on Monday for allegedly assaulting a cop during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, CNN reports. Thomas Webster, 52, has been accused of striking a Capitol police officer several times with an aluminum pole holding a Marine Corps flag. Assistant […]
Violent hate crimes against Asian Americans are on the rise in the U.S. and have been for quite some time now. Back in March of 2020, a New York Times piece—featuring interviews with nearly two dozen people—took a hard look at the hate many Chinese Americans were facing while then-president Donald J. Trump repeatedly insisted on […]
A disturbing video that has recently begun circulating on social media shows a Florida school resource officer slamming a female student to the ground. The clip appears to show a deputy throwing the student into the concrete walkway, later placing handcuffs on her as she appears to lay motionless on the ground. WKMG-TV reports that the […]
Members of the Harlem community are coming together after a local resident was attacked outside of a liquor store in the neighborhood earlier this week. A demonstration took place outside of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. state office building on Saturday, according to a report from CBS, as the search continues for the men who […]
Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who’s both a Republican and a rotting-in-public hurdle for progressive policies, is placing the blame for the violent (and ultimately fatal) attack on the Capitol earlier this month on Trump‘s shoulders. Speaking from the Senate floor on Tuesday, just one day ahead of the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration, […]
Citing an “ongoing potential for violence,” YouTube announced late Tuesday night that it had removed new content uploaded to Donald J. Trump‘s channel. The failed steak salesman’s channel has also been temporarily blocked from sharing new content for at least seven days, per a statement. “After review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential […]
The FBI is warning officials in all 50 states of planned armed riots at state capitol buildings and the U.S. Capitol. According to an FBI bulletin obtained by ABC News, the numerous protests start this week and continue until at least Inauguration Day. “The FBI received information about an identified armed group intending to travel […]
