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A police officer fired for stopping a white colleague from choking a Black suspect has won back her pension. According to The Guardian, Cariol Horne was dismissed from the Buffalo police department back in 2008 after attempting to prevent fellow officer Greg Kwiatkowski from applying a chokehold to subdue an…
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Ex-Minnesota cop Kim Potter has been charged with manslaughter over the shooting of Daunte Wright. Per BBC News, according to Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the 48-year-old former police officer was taken into custody on the morning of Wednesday, April 14. She was charged with second-degree manslaughter and later released…
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The killing of Daunte Wright – a 20-year-old African-American man – has incited widespread protests across the US with people demanding an end to police brutality in the name of Black Lives Matter. Wright died on Sunday (April 11) after a run-in with cops in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Like…
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Prosecutors at the trial of Derek Chauvin have revealed a new aspect to George Floyd's death. According to The Times, critical care specialist Dr. Martin Tobin testified at the trial of the former police officer that Chauvin had lifted his back leg off the ground when kneeling on Floyd's neck.…
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Cher has taken to social media to apologize after tweeting about George Floyd. The 74-year-old pop icon provoked controversy earlier last week when she took to her official Twitter account to comment on the ongoing trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, who stands accused of police brutality in the killing…
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Pharrell Williams has revealed that his cousin was killed by police in the Virginia Beach shooting on Friday. In a post shared on Instagram on Monday, March 29, the 47-year-old musician shared a picture of his relative, 25-year-old Donovan Lynch, with his 12.6 million followers on the platform. [caption id="attachment_1263100611"…
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A judge has reinstated a charge of third-degree murder against the fired police officer who was filmed with his knee on George Floyd's neck. As reported by The Independent, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is currently being prosecuted for the death of Floyd, after he was recorded kneeling on…
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A Tennessee high school principal has apologized for marking Black History Month with an All Lives Matter theme. CNN reports that the East Ridge Middle School teacher in Chatanooga made the controversial announcement in a weekly newsletter issued on Sunday, January 31. The move was met with a significant backlash…
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The leader of the far-right group Proud Boys has been arrested on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter flag in Washington DC last month. Enrique Tarrio is facing misdemeanor destruction of property charges, according to police, after he admitted to burning a flag taken from a black church during…
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A student has claimed that she was kicked out of her sorority after posting a video of an "all lives matter" sign at a Trump rally. Jaycie Barton filmed the footage at a Trump rally in August, and the clip featured a number of people holding up signs that read:…
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A man has hosed down a woman after she allegedly complained about a neighbor's Black Lives Matter sign and yelled "white lives matter" for "30 minutes". Per the Metro, the unidentified woman was hosed down on October 7 in Austin, Texas, after she reportedly confronted her neighbor about their decision…
