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Dispute over loud music leads to shooting of Oregon teen
Olivia Krueger
In Ashland, Oregon; in front of the Stratford Inn, a Black teenager was shot by a 47-year-old man over a dispute about loud music. Aidan Ellison was only 19, he was staying at the hotel with his friend Sara Jones and her cousin. When he couldn’t sleep Jones gave him the keys to her car so he could go listen to music. Around 4:50 AM Sara heard a knock on her door, police were there asking if ... ...more
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French Police Officers Suspended For Beating A Black Man
Nada Alturki
After a video of a group of three police officers beating up a Black man in Paris, France surfaced, the officers involved have been suspended by the Paris police department. This incident comes after government talk of passing laws that would prohibit sharing media that identifies police officers. These laws were criticized by many, claiming that with such laws, police officers would not be ... ...more
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Southwest Airlines Kicked Off A Passenger Wearing A Trump Mask And Hat After He Kept Taking Off His Mask
Fahadullah Hussaini
Southwest Airlines kicked off a passenger after he repeatedly persisted to take off his mask. A video that has recently flared up the internet, shows a black man wearing a “Trump 2020” mask being removed from a Southwest Airlines flight after he lowered his mask to eat a snack. In the video, the passenger — who was also sporting a “Black Voices for Trump” hat — is seen talking to a crew ... ...more
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A Black Woman Was Shot By Police In Pennsylvania; District Attorney Says Force Was Justified
Nada Alturki
Earlier this month a Black woman, Roxanne Moore, was hot in Reading, Pa by the police force. Moore is currently hospitalized, but the Berks County District Attorney claims that the police was justified in using force in handling the situation. The 15-minute incident incited 16 gunshots fired from the police. Moore, 29, was in her apartment where she was having an argument with others that led ... ...more
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Delta Upgrades Black Woman Who Was Harassed By A White Supremacist Onboard
Fahadullah Hussaini
While the BLM movement is still working on it’s way up to fighting for Black people’s lives, rights and properties, there a few individuals, companies/brands that are coming together for this notable cause and Delta Airlines is one of them. Last week, Ms. Demetria Poe, a Minneapolis Nursery teacher narrated the events that happened to her after boarding a Delta Airlines Flight to Washington DC ... ...more
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Dear Flora: Black Lives Matter and LGBT+ Teens
Dear_Flora
Dear Flora,I am a white woman living in the U.S. I have been following the Black Lives Matter protest, and I want to support the cause. However, my job is very public, and my work contract forbids me from engaging in the protests, or even writing online about controversial issues. But I know that staying silent doesn't help anyone, and I think it's important to help by using my platform to ... ...more
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St. Louis Couple Gets Memed After Pointing Guns at Protestors
EnglishMajorLeagues
ST. LOUIS, MO -- Mark and Patricia McCloskey, now known all over the internet as 'Ken and Karen,' have shaken the news as they brandished firearms as a group of protestors marched across their property, on their way to Mayor Lyda Krewson's residence, where they planned to demand her resignation after she released the names and addresses of those calling for the defunding of the St. Louis ... ...more