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Black people can’t gather in large crowds because some type of violence happens, whether it’s a fight or someone getting shot.

I led a protest of five to 600 people (on June 5) with not one incident.

CR: At first, a lot of people categorized the protests as something violent.

AB: Why do you think it is important for people in Pittsburgh, around the country, and around the world to protest?

The protest out at East Liberty was disheartening to a lot of people in Pittsburgh.

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Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has come into the spotlight surrounding the George Floyd death, after it was discovered she once declined to prosecute the officer who was recorded kneeling on Floyd’s neck and that between 1999 and 2007, Klobuchar declined to press charges against more than a dozen

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Colin Kaepernick: Protestors 'have the right to fight back' after death of George Floyd

Colin Kaepernick has broken his silence regarding the death of George Floyd, who was killed while in police

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George Floyd's family says four officers involved in his death should be charged with murder | The Atlanta Voice

The family of George Floyd — who died after pleading that he couldn’t breathe while a police officer held him down with a knee on his neck — say they want the four Minneapolis officers involved charged with

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George Floyd's Death Stokes Calls For Minneapolis Officers To Be Charged

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Southbury, CT — Shawn Rochester is an author, entrepreneur, investor and sought-after speaker who has spoken on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, the United Nations and lectured at leading universities about the staggering financial cost of discrimination against Black people in America and advocates

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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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George Floyd’s Death Leads to Online Outrage, Protests In Minneapolis: ‘No More Brutality. No More Murder. No More Hashtags’

The death of George Floyd sparked outcry online and in the streets after a video showing a police officer kneeling on his neck went

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NAACP Black Media Forum Excludes Black Newspapers: NNPA President and Black Publishers Call for Clarification and Inclusion – Voice and Viewpoint

A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy Black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced

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Trump Uses SpaceX Launch To Criticize Protesting 'Thugs' And 'Angry Mobs'

President Donald Trump led his remarks on the country’s first manned rocket launch in nearly a decade with some harsh words for civil rights protesters around the country demanding police

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Jenifer Lewis Sings ‘Take Your Knee Off My Neck’ In Song For George Floyd

She starts by saying, “Take your knee and privilege off my neck. Take your knee off my neck!” LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM TWITTER.

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Ice Cube Cancels ‘Good Morning America’ Appearance After George Floyd Murder

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'What a Queen': Yandy Smith's 'Royalty' Photo Blows Fans Away

In the wake of George Floyd‘s death, Yandy Smith-Harris is reminding Black folks of their “royalty” in her latest social media

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California After COVID – Recovery is Not Good Enough

OPINION (CBM) – The coronavirus crisis is testing most households and businesses in California, pushing some to the very brink of what they can bear before falling off

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Community Mourns The Loss Of Long-time Activist Tony Orange | The Seattle Medium

Orange also worked for seven years as Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on African American

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Denzel Washington Helps Homeless Man Walking In Los Angeles Traffic

The incident, captured on video, shows Washington, who’s wearing a face mask, assisting the man, who wore a light blue hoodie but didn’t have a protective face

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Black Man Killed By Police in Minnesota | Post News Group

The words of 46-year-old George Floyd as he lay on the street in Minneapolis after he was arrested on suspicion of passing a counterfeit bill are eerily reminiscent of the police killing of Eric Garner in New

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Police Officer Who Knelt on George Floyd’s Neck Arrested, Charged With Murder

The former Minneapolis police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed Black man who later died was arrested Friday after the incident sparked days of unrest and protests in the

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Barack Obama Speaks Out On George Floyd's Killing

Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF President Barack Obama is speaking out about the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, while calling for a new “normal” in the United

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Black Man Dies After Video Shows Officer Kneeling on Neck

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis was seen on a bystander’s video pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck during the arrest and kept his knee there for several minutes after the man stopped

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HS Senior Letter to Editor After Officer’s Arrest in Murder of George Floyd | Afro

The injustice for black and brown people isn’t something foreign to this

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Protests over George Floyd's death spread across the nation

Developments across the United States in connection with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police

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Minneapolis police arrest cop who knelt on George Floyd's neck

MINNEAPOLIS — The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests that resulted in fires and looting across parts of

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New Rule Could Deny Black Developers Access to $4 Billion-Plus in State Housing Funds

African American developers across California are worried about a rule change the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is

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‘It’s traumatizing’: Grand Strand activists discuss African American grief, frustrations after George Floyd’s killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes in cell phone video on

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BET To Hold 2020 BET Awards Virtually

The network announced that the three-day BET Experience, which annually takes place in Los Angeles as a prelude to the award show, has been called off and will return in

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Melania Trump Says 'There Is No Need For Violence' In George Floyd Protests

The first lady posted a tweet calling for those protesting the police killing to be peaceful and offering condolences to

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Acknowledges ‘Anger and Sadness’ Built Up In Black Community

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has been steadily and resolutely calling for justice following the police-involved death of George Floyd, is speaking out once again following a night of violence in the city, acknowledging residents’ anger and sadness as a result of systemic injustices that have

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When Raging Against The Machine Beware Of The White Agent Provocateur

This unknown man, some who have said was an undercover cop who intentionally was inciting mayhem, is nothing new when it comes to

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