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Dr. Umar Johnson catches a lot of backlash for his radical views, but he is on point with his latest hot take. Amid protests all over the country (and the world, for that matter) against police brutality after the murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek …

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A guy in Los Angeles picked the wrong car to vandalize during Saturday’s protests in Los Angeles. TMZ Sports obtained video footage showing NBA star J.R. Smith beating the crap out of a man who allegedly smashed his car window during the city-wide demonstrations protesting police brutality after the …

Screenshot: @kennygotsoul (Twitter) Some white people have been showing up for the ongoing protests against the George Floyd killing with thoughtfulness and in solidarity, including by putting their bodies in between cops and black protestors. Other white people have been showing their whole entire asses. In the ‘whole entire asses’ …

Two Atlanta Police Department officers have been fired after video showed them using “excessive force” while arresting a pair of HBCU students amid protests in the city Saturday night, according to ATL Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Mayor Bottoms said during a news conference Sunday (May 30) the firing came …

Read: The absence of legitimate authority in Baltimore Understanding why typical law-and-order policing isn’t a good solution in these tense situations shouldn’t be hard. Protesters have come to the streets because they are rightly angry at police brutality, furious at the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others. …

A young Black man was shot dead outside a bar in Omaha during the second night of protests in the Nebraska city, and the white bar owner who killed him is reportedly in police custody awaiting charges. Omaha police said officers heard gunshots around 11 p.m. Saturday night (May …

After President Donald Trump claimed he spoke to the family of George Floyd on Friday (May 29), describing them as “terrific people,” the late Minnesota resident’s brother, Philonese Floyd, is sharing what went down on that phone call. “He didn’t give me the opportunity to even speak,” Philonese told Al …

Video footage surfaced showing thousands of Minneapolis protesters scattering as the driver of a tanker truck speeds towards the crowd on the highway. Thousands of Minneapolis residents were peacefully protesting on the I-35W bridge Sunday evening (May 31) when all of a sudden a semi-truck came barreling into the …

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