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Actress Francia Raisa Was Tormented For Being Mexican At A Pro-Trump Protest
Entertainment Buzz
Actress Francia Raisa was caught on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles by Trump-supporter caravans, who boxed her in and tormented her for being Mexican. The celebrity posted a video on her instagram page recalling the situation in tears. "They f**cking boxed me in and they're pointing at me and laughing at me saying 'hahaha,'" she said on her Instagram story. "Literally I almost crashed because ... ...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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Breonna Taylor's Neighbors Have Gotten More Justice Than She Has
Nada Alturki
No officers have been charged with Breonna Taylor's death, who was wrongfully shot and killed in her sleep by the police. The grand jury involved with the case had decided not to indict the officers involved with the murder of Taylor, prompting a series of protests in Kentucky and all over the US. After around 195 days of protesting justice for the 26 year old EMT, no justice has been achieved ... ...more
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EXCLUSIVE: Family Member Of Michael Reinoehl, Killed By Police, Says They Were ‘Disappointed, But Not Too Surprised’
Nada Alturki
Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48 and an Antifa supporter, was shot and killed on the scene by law enforcement on September 3 after an attempt to arrest him for the shooting and killing of a far-rightist during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, OR on August 29. Reinoehl, a white man, was a suspect then later admitted to the death of the right-wing Trump supporter, Aaron J. Danielson, who ... ...more
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17-Year-Old Shooter In Kenosha Now Charged For Murder
Nada Alturki
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, who shot and killed two people and injured one at a protest in Kenosha, WI on Tuesday night is now finally being charged for murder. At the protest that was seeking justice for Jacob Blake, a Black man shot 7 times by the police, Rittenhouse arrived with an assault rifle and was caught on video several times throughout the night of the protest. He was caught on one of ... ...more
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Jacob Blake Alive But Paralyzed After Police Shooting
Nada Alturki
29 year old Jacob Blake was shot 7 times in the back by police on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 22 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. While many presumed him to be deceased after the incident, it was announced that he has in fact survived but is paralyzed from the waist down due to at least one bullet hitting his spinal cord. Multiple surgeries are expected in the future.Jacob Blake was shot while walking ... ...more
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Dear Flora: Black Lives Matter and LGBT+ Teens
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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
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Walking the Fine Line of #BlackLivesMatter
EnglishMajorLeagues
George Floyd was murdered. In my mind, this point is irrefutable. I don't know how anybody can hear him say "I can't breathe" with an officer's knee on his windpipe and not feel that spark of rage that has in the last week been fanned into what can only be described as an inferno. If you feel upset by Floyd's murder, that's good, because you should feel moved by it. His death was unjust, and ... ...more