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Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision Inspires Massive NY Protest, Feds To Investigate
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, triggering protests in the...
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Samuel L. Jackson Calls For The #ICantBreatheChallenge (VIDEO)
Samuel L. Jackson has challenged us all to the #ICantBreatheChallenge in honor of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Ferguson and the current fight against police brutality: Will you follow Jackson’s lead and...
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Judge in South Carolina Throws Out Sit-In Convictions for “Friendship Nine”
Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN) A South Carolina judge on Wednesday threw out the convictions of the Friendship Nine, who were jailed in 1961 after a sit-in protest in Rock Hill, South Carolina, during...
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#BaltimoreUprising Protests Spread To NYC, DC And Beyond
Wednesday evening protests inspired by those who marched for answers in the death of Freddie Gray spread from Baltimore to other cities. Some highlights: -In New York City, protesters starting at Union...
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article by Stephen Rex Brown via nydailynews.com The New York Police Department must disclose documents and video revealing surveillance of…
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by Ted Johnson via Variety.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe condemned the white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville,…
View ArticleMarshawn Lynch Sits During National Anthem in Raiders Pre-season Game
by Jeremy Woo via si.com Oakland Raiders player Marshawn Lynch appeared to stage a silent protest before Oakland’s preseason game…
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by Michelle R. Martinelli via ftw.usatoday.com Halfway through the NFL preseason schedule, Colin Kaepernick is still unemployed. Despite teams like the Baltimore…
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Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision Inspires Massive NY Protest, Feds To Investigate
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, triggering protests in the...
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Samuel L. Jackson Calls For The #ICantBreatheChallenge (VIDEO)
Samuel L. Jackson has challenged us all to the #ICantBreatheChallenge in honor of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Ferguson and the current fight against police brutality: http://youtu.be/YtrsWbzOs7c Will you...
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Judge in South Carolina Throws Out Sit-In Convictions for "Friendship Nine"
A judge in Rock Hill, S.C., vacated the convictions of nine black men who were arrested in 1961 for sitting at a whites-only lunch counter. (Photo by Megan Gielow for The New York Times) Rock Hill,...
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#BaltimoreUprising Protests Spread To NYC, DC And Beyond
New York City Protest for Freddie Gray (Photo: Michael Skolnick) Wednesday evening protests inspired by those who marched for answers in the death of Freddie Gray spread from Baltimore to other cities....
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Judge Rules NYPD Must Disclose Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters...
NYPD authorities “make blanket assertions and fail to particularize or distinguish their surveillance or undercover techniques and records,” Mendez wrote. (SAM COSTANZA/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) article...
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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to White Nationalists: ‘There is No Place...
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (photo via variety.com) by Ted Johnson via Variety.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe condemned the white supremacists whose rally in...
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Marshawn Lynch Sits During National Anthem in Raiders Pre-season Game
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch (24) sits during the national anthem prior to the team’s NFL preseason football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Glendale,...
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MLB Legend Hank Aaron Defends NFL QB Colin Kaepernick: ‘He's Getting a Raw Deal’
Hank Aaron (l); Colin Kaepernick (r) [via nydailynews.com]by Michelle R. Martinelli via ftw.usatoday.com Halfway through the NFL preseason schedule, Colin Kaepernick is still unemployed. Despite teams...
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