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White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien on Sunday denied that there’s “systemic racism” across police agencies in the U.S., despite numerous incidents in which officers have harassed or killed unarmed Black men, including George Floyd in Minneapolis earlier this
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Rock 2024?: Dwayne Johnson Lays The Smackdown On Donald Trump’s Leadership In Passionate Video
Dwayne’ The Rock’ Johnson, who also has spoken out about Floyd, has now set his sights on Donald Trump and his lack of leadership as the country is grappling with two viruses, racism, and COVID-19, disproportionally affecting Black people and other people of
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Libya: AFRICOM: Russia Deploys Fighter Jets to Libya
Washington — U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) says Russia recently deployed military fighter aircraft to Libya to support Russian state-sponsored, private military contractors, who are helping forces fighting the U.N.-supported Libyan
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Trump Administration Officials to Black America: 'Coronavirus Pandemic is Your Fault'
According to a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration, the poor health of African Americans is the primary reason for the nation’s devastatingly high coronavirus
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Esper opposes using Insurrection Act for law enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he opposes use of the Insurrection Act, which would allow President Donald Trump to use active-duty military forces for law enforcement duties in containing street
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TSD Flash!: Local protestors, supporters push forward for 'justice'
Memphis Police Department officers made moves to keep the groups apart, subsequently issuing dispersal orders in response to streets being blocked illegally, according to a police
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George Floyd Protestor Is Fatally Shot By ‘Homophobic Racist Bigot,’ Complaints Say
According to Daily Beast, 22-year-old James Scurlock was shot and killed outside a bar in Omaha, Nebraska as unrest spread across the city over George Floyd‘s death and other victims of police
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Detroit's Top CEOs Speak Out Against Racial Injustice
In response to national outrage regarding George Floyd’s murder, various companies such as Nike, Apple, and Ben & Jerry’s have issued statements calling for racial
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Let It Burn: Protestors Set Fire To Minneapolis Police Precinct During Third Night of Protests
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a once-unthinkable toll that now appears to be just the beginning of untold misery in the months ahead as Las Vegas casinos and Walt Disney World make plans to reopen, crowds of unmasked
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Rosenstein defends naming special counsel for Russia inquiry
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is defending his decision to appoint a special counsel to scrutinize ties between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, telling senators Wednesday that he thought it was the best way to complete the investigation
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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for 'Shooting' of Protestors
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Twitter Fact Checks President Trump's Claim About Voter Fraud
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Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand Make $100 Million Pledge to Social Justice Orgs
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Trump Takes No Questions From Press Amid Nationwide Protests On Police Violence
President Donald Trump took zero questions from reporters Friday after three days of escalating nationwide protests over police violence and the death of George
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NBA Coaches Association Condemns Racial Injustice, Forms Committee
The NBA Coaches Association – of which Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle is the president – recently released a statement condemning the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, and also announced the formation of a committee on racial injustice and
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Barack Obama Issues Statement On The Death of George Floyd, “This Shouldn’t Be Normal In 2020 America”
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Benjamin Crump says first degree murder charge still possible in George Floyd case
Today Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump who is representing the family of George Floyd was a guest on SiriusXM’s “The Joe Madison Show” and told Madison he believes a first-degree murder charge is still possible based on newly discovered evidence in the killing of George Floyd, a Minneapolis
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Trump Took Shelter in White House Bunker As Protests Raged
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police
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Black America’s Conflicted History with the Insurrection Act
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