LGBTQ+ folks have a long & troubling history with police. Is mending fences ever possible?

VIDEO: Violence, arrests in New York City amid wave of protests

Thousands of activists and protesters took to the streets of New York City on Friday to speak out against police brutality and to show solidarity with George Floyd, the Minneapolis man choked to death earlier this

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23-Year-Old Arrested In Connection With Fire At Minneapolis Police Station

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Michael Wolfe, a 23-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota, is facing charges in connection with the fires that were set to Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct during early protests two weeks ago following the police-involved killing of George

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Atlanta Officers Arrests Seen as Flashpoint in Police Morale Across the Nation?

The swift firing and arrests of two Atlanta police officers —now facing 15 charges between them ranging from aggravated assault to felony murder—following the tragic death of Rayshard Brooks, has sparked growing tension in police forces in Atlanta and throughout the

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Ten Takeaways from the Anti-Police Brutality Protests.

About the Obama Department of Justice, in 2014, the left-of-center Politico wrote a piece called “A Lame Civil Rights Record”: “Indeed, a comprehensive review of all available records shows that the nature of the cases brought by the (civil rights) division has not differed much from the Bush

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Dave Chappelle Slams Don Lemon’s ‘Where Are All These Celebrities’ Challenge About George Floyd’s Death, Lemon Responds

CNN’s Don Lemon called out several celebrities earlier this month for not showing up at protests for George

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The police are the real outside agitators

While the mainstream press has sought to distract from the protests by claiming it’s being orchestrated by outside agitators, they fail to reveal that much of the mayhem that came with the overwhelmingly peaceful protests was created by the police operating as undercover

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Healthier Food in our Churches

Evidenced-based research indicates some health conditions like Diabetes Type 2, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and obesity make African Americans more susceptible to COVID-19 and are

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Black Officers are Torn Between Two Worlds Amid Protests | Afro

By CLIFF BRUNT and GARY FIELDS, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

NYC Teen Tasered By Police After Mistaken Identity

New York Police Department officials are investigating the use of a taser on a 14-year-old boy who says cops accused him of throwing objects at them by mistake, according to the New York Daily

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Brooklyn Bus Driver Refuses To Transport Arrested Protesters For NYPD

After the video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling into his neck for nearly nine minutes went viral, riots broke out not only in the Twin Cities but also in New York

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Source: MadameNoire

Protests Continue Nationwide Over George Floyd Killing In Minneapolis

Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck — continued Friday evening as Americans demanded that those involved face

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Police Chief Renews Defense Of Black Woman’s Violent Arrest After Old Video Goes Viral

The viral video showing a white police officer violently arresting a Black woman is no big deal because it’s from

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Source: NewsOne

Matt James Named First Black Lead Of 'The Bachelor'

“The Bachelor” franchise has cast just one Black lead in 18 years, but ABC announced Friday that will be changing in 2021: Matt James, best known as the BFF of Tyler Cameron from “Bachelorette” Season 15, will be the next male

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

President Johnson seeks 10% MPD budget reduction in 2021 to be reallocated for vital community needs

A file was introduced with the purpose of directing the City of Milwaukee’s budget office to prepare a model 2021 police department budget showing a 10% reduction in

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

NYS Senator Kevin Parker calls on Mayor Bill de Blasio to cut funding for the NYPD | New York Carib News

NYS Senator Kevin Parker calls on Mayor Bill de Blasio to cut funding for the NYPD

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Source: The New York Carib News

White New Yorkers Called Out For ‘Privilege’ Of Ignoring Social Distancing

A “white privilege” flyer was recently spotted posted in New York City addressing the apparent racial disparity in respecting and enforcing the social distancing guidelines imposed during the coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately affected Black

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Source: NewsOne

New York State Assembly passes Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act

(Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty

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Source: theGrio

NYPD lied about Shake Shack, officers 'never even got sick': report

(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty

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Cook, Suzan Denise Johnson (1957– )

Suzan Johnson Cook is a religious leader, pastor, motivational speaker, and diplomat who was born on January 28, 1957, in Harlem, New York. Her father, Wilbert Johnson, was a trolley driver and later founder of a successful security company, and her mother Dorothy Johnson, was a public school

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Rustin, Bayard (1910-1987)

Bayard Rustin was one of the most important, and yet least known, Civil Rights advocates in the twentieth century. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and raised by his maternal grandparents. His grandmother, Julia, was both a Quaker and an active member of the National Association for the

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Suggestion made for more groups to look out for sexual harassment

ONE of the suggestions being made to improve the Sexual Harassment Bill is widening the scope of people who have a duty of care to address complaints of sexual harassment, including the crew of public transportation such as the State-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company

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(2013) President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address

On January 21, President Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States, beginning his second term in office. His inauguration address appears

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Source: Black Past

Black trans lives matter too

Black women, in general, but Black trans women, in particular, live a precarious

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Rapper Dave East taken into custody by NYPD hours before friend's funeral

SEPTEMBER 04: Dave East attends Hulu's "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" Premiere and Reception at Metrograph on September 04, 2019 in New York

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Source: theGrio

Stars Speak Up For Black LGBTQ Lives After Video Shows Attack On Transgender Woman

Billy Porter has joined a chorus of celebrities and advocacy groups in speaking up for the Black LGBTQ community this week after troubling footage showing an alleged attack on a transgender woman went

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Manuel Ellis: Tacoma Man Died In Police Custody, Saying He 'Can't Breathe'

Matthew Ellis speaks at a vigil at the intersection where his brother, Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in

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Source: Stories About Black History

Tuesday Night Owls: A century ago, officials failed to protect Black Americans. Still failing now

The US attorney general, A Mitchell Palmer, claimed that leftwing radicals were behind the uprisings – a false charge and one that further endangered African American

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Source: Daily Kos

LGBTQI refugees facing persecution in Kenya

Martin Okello, 29, fled to Kenya from his native Uganda to seek asylum and protection under the UN refugee

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Here’s What You Should Know About Recent Investigations Into 5 Black People Found Hanging From Trees - Blavity

While police initially opened up an investigation into Gulley's death, local authorities ruled it

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Source: Blavity News

Mother Emanuel’s Legacy of Hope Five Years Later

What started with a Bible study in the basement of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church on Calhoun Street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, became the scene of mass murder at the hands of

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