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Man Charged in Slaying of Retired St. Louis Police Captain
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 24-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a retired police captain who died on a night of violent protests while trying to protect his friend’s pawn shop, the citys prosecutor announced Sunday. Stephan Cannon was being held
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Serena Williams Reacts To Alexis Ohanians Decision To Step Down From Reddit Board
“I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his Black daughter when she asks: What did you do?” Ohanian said of his decision.
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Commentary: NFL Comments on George Floyd and Gets Roasted on Kaepernick  The Mississippi Link
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, 32, hasn’t played in the NFL since the 2016 season. He was blackballed by the NFL after silently protesting police brutality by silently taking a knee on the sidelines during the national anthem at the start of
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Trump is ‘inciting a race war' – Keke Palmer - Face2Face Africa
Actress and musician, Keke Palmer, believes Donald Trump is “inciting a race war” in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and protests that have reignited after the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old Black man died after a white Minneapolis cop, Derek Chauvin, was filmed kneeling on his
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Only White Prison Staff Are Allowed To Guard Derek Chauvin, Cop Who Killed George Floyd
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Ava Duvernay’s Response To Ivanka Trump’s Bible Tweet For Protestors Is All of Us
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Why Ice Cube Cancelled TV Appearance After George Floyd Protests
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Anni Dewani: Family slam justice system with daughters killer up for parole
Having been sentenced to an 18-year jail term for killing Anni Dewani in 2010, Zola Tongo is set to appear before the parole board in July.
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NAACP Blasts Minneapolis Police Officers For Death Of George Floyd | The Oklahoma Eagle
The NAACP released the following statement regarding the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police
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NASA will name headquarters after its first African American female engineer - The New York Beacon
(CNN)NASA is renaming its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the agencys first African American female engineer who helped inspire the story behind the book and film Hidden Figures. Mary W. Jackson was part of a group of very important women who helped NASA succeed in
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‘Black communities have been robbed:’ Will reparations for black Americans finally get real consideration? - African American News Today - EIN News
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George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried next to his mother - DefenderNetwork.com
The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Pearland, Texas Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he was killed, will be laid to rest next to his mother. On May 25, as a white Minneapolis officer
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Rihanna Calls Out Kentucky’s Attorney General Over The Lack Of Accountability For Breonna Taylor’s Killers
Not one cop has been arrested over her death.
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House Passes Police Reform Bill
The House on Thursday passed a sweeping police reform bill driven by the chamber's Democrats in response to the death of George Floyd, with Republicans countering that the vote was a public-relations stunt that wasted an opportunity for compromise.
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Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement
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Denver Neighborhood with Ties to KKK Recommends Name Change
DENVER (AP) — A Denver neighborhood voted Wednesday to recommend changing its name after a yearslong debate over its association with a former mayor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. The 11 elected neighborhood delegates of the Stapleton Master Community Association voted unanimously in favor of the
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Americas Segregated Schools: We Cant Live Together Until We Learn Together | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.usatoday.com By Stefan Lallinger Opinion contributor The main reason school districts have been gerrymandered to perpetuate segregation is the tacit, and at times explicit, approval of people of means. Would George Floyd be alive today had he and Derek Chauvin grown up together and attended
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Klobuchar defends prosecutor background amid African-American uneasiness with her as Biden’s VP
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Rachel Dolezal Claims Black People Are Telling Her This Is Your Moment After George Floyds Death
She feels “vindicated” after backlash.
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Minneapolis: Swift firings for officers in death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer in Minneapolis pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was
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Kansas City Mayor Called Racist Slur After Requiring Masks - Black News Channel
AP/ BNC Contributor KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas Citys Black mayor said Monday that he was called a racist slur and told he should swing from a tree after he announced mandatory face masks in the Missouri city. Mayor Quinton Lucas on Twitter shared a screenshot of the texts, which came after he
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Alicia Keys performs haunting rendition of her Black Lives Matter-inspired song
’s awards ceremony, which celebrate African-American artists and sports people. .@aliciakeys . During the performance, images of black Americans who had died in controversial reveal the names of more African Americans who had been killed. Following
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COVID-19 Among Protestors: Coronavirus Resurgence? The Mississippi Link
By Morgan Bridgeman, Contributing Writer, ASU Intern Amid the death of George Floyd on May 25th, millions around the world have gathered in demonstrations to protest his death and other injustices in America. However, these protests come in the midst of a global pandemic due to the
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California Cop Kills Man On His Knees After Mistaking His Hammer For A Gun
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Ice Cube cancels 'GMA' appearance due to George Floyd: 'I'm in no mood'
This week, rapper turned actor/producer/director  Ice Cube canceled his scheduled appearance on Good Morning America saying that his feelings about the death of George Floyd made it impossible for him to go on TV and pretend everything was
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by Matt Petras Hundreds of protestors marched for more than three hours Saturday from Market Square and then across Downtown to advocate for policy changes following long-held frustration with police brutality. “I know today is around 95 degrees, but I’m gonna still need you to come with the same
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