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The funeral for Rayshard Brooks, the Black man who was fatally shot during an encounter with police at a fast food restaurant earlier this month, was an emotional and triumphant send-off for a man killed in the midst of the nation's latest moment for racial and social
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George Floyd's Brother Says Trump Was Dismissive On Condolence Call
A condolence phone call from President Donald Trump ended up frustrating George Floyd’s brother, who said Trump “didn’t give [him] the opportunity to even
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5 Rappers Who Have Actually Killed People
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Miami Mother Admits To Lying About Two Black Men Drowning Her Autistic Son | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
Patricia Ripley confessed she herself killed her
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Civil Rights Attorney Areva Martin on the Killing of George Floyd and Protesting at the Polls (Video)
For many, the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of white police officers in Minneapolis last week was just the tipping
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BE Exclusive: Stephen Jackson on Justice for George Floyd, Getting Blackballed From the NBA, and More (Video)
In 2014, former NBA star Stephen Jackson released the song “America Da Beautiful,” featuring legendary rapper Scarface, where he rapped about systemic racism, compared the NBA to a planation, and blasted former NBA team owner Donald
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Beyonce’ Writes A Letter Demanding Justice For Breonna Taylor
While the officers involved in George Floyd’s death are all charged with second-degree murder, the officers who shot Breonna Taylor, a Kentucky EMT worker, in her own home have not been
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An ex-Police Officer Charged in George Floyd’s Death, J. Alexander Kueng, Questioned by Angry Shopper (Video)
After being charged in the police killing of George Floyd and posting bail, one of the four ex-police officers was discovered shopping freely by an angry
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Ex-Cop Involved In George Floyd's Killing Confronted By Woman At Grocery Store: 'You're Not Gonna Be Able To Live Comfortably' - Blavity
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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin relaxed as he was suffocating George
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Three Other Officers Charged With Aiding and Abetting Murder of George Floyd
According to nytimes.com and The Washington Post, the other three officers present while Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by holding his knee on his neck for close to nine minutes have been charged in the case for aiding and abetting
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Baltimore High School Students Lead Protest To Urge City And State Education Policymakers To Support Black Lives Matter – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Daniel Oyefusi- Several hundred demonstrators gathered Wednesday afternoon at Baltimore School for the Arts to demand that the Maryland State Department of Education and Baltimore City Public Schools show “full and public support” for the Black Lives Matter
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1998: US President Bill Clinton opens a State visit to China in Tiananmen Square, where a protest movement for democracy was brutally suppressed nine years
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Ben Carson Echoes Trump Administration's Ignorant Response To Kneeling Protests
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Zimbabwe: Death Toll Rises to 5 in Harare-Mutare Highway Accident Involving Two Buses, Haulage Truck
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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH – Voice and Viewpoint
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Another Former Cop Charged In George Floyd’s Death Released From Jail
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Tim Scott won’t acknowledge systemic racism and defunding police because he actually wants to stop systemic racism...by defunding the police
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Three years after January 6th attack on capitol: investigations and prosecutions mount - North Dallas Gazette
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The Art Show Highlights Masters — and Artists Under the Radar
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Former Nightclub Worker Says George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Had Beef At Work
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Minority Officers Allege Discrimination Over Chauvin Booking
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The attorney for George Floyd’s family, Ben Crump, said the “pandemic of racism” was responsible for Floyd’s death last week at the hands of
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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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