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#NTDNA Raiders’ Josh Jacobs Responds To Drew Brees’ Anthem Protest Comments | The Oklahoma Eagle
Las Vegas Raiders star running back Josh Jacobs called out New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees following Brees’ controversial comments about players taking a knee during the national anthem in protest against police
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Jay-Z Sends Private Jet to Fly Ahmaud Arbery's Lawyers to Court Hearing
When the lawyers fighting Ahmaud Arbery’s case couldn’t find transportation to make it to a court hearing in Georgia on Thursday, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter lent his private jet to give the attorneys
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US legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force
A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of
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VIDEO: 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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Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
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Doja Cat Responds After Being Accused of Joking with White Supremacists and Mocking Sandra Bland's Death In Song
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Petal mayor refuses to resign after disturbing George Floyd tweet – The Mississippi Link
A white Mississippi mayor is receiving backlash after tweeting insensitive comments amid the controversial death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died recently while in police custody after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for nine and a half
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County Attorney Mike Freeman announces charges in George Floyd’s...
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death Of George Floyd | Afro
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Carson Thinks President Trump Will 'get there' On Athletes Kneeling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lone African American member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet said Monday he would work with the president on the issue of athletes taking a knee during the national anthem, though Trump has shown no signs of softening, tweeting over the weekend that he would not watch
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Judge Sets $1 Million Bail For Derek Chauvin In George Floyd's Death
Judge Jeannice M. Reding set bail for Derek Chauvin at $1 million with conditions during a court hearing Monday, making the former Minneapolis police officer eligible for supervised
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Newswire : Trump says he’ll deploy military to states if they don’t stop violent protests
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VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
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Body camera: Dying man pleads 'save me' during Taser arrest | Dallas Weekly
AUSTIN, Texas (AP), July 9, 2020 — A black man died in custody last year after sheriff’s deputies in Texas repeatedly used stun guns on him, despite his pleas that he was sick and couldn’t breathe, according to recently released police video and
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George Floyd’s Brother: ‘Stop the Pain’ | Afro
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Minnesota Senate GOP To Block Most Policing Overhaul Plans
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'Go Back To Your Bunker,' Seattle Mayor Tells Trump In Spat Over Protests
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NYPD Defends Blooding Black Teen Because ‘He Was So Tall’
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Former Nightclub Worker Says George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Had Beef At Work
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Attorney General Bill Barr Denies Nation's Police Are Systemically Racist
Attorney General Bill Barr said Sunday that he does not believe that there is systemic racism in the nation’s police force, contradicting a staggering body of evidence that shows racial bias in virtually every part of the American criminal justice
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US must sit up, eliminate racial discrimination: AU on George Floyd 'murder'
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