Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
California prisoner who swallowed a staple ends hunger strike to protest jail conditions
Jazz Svarda began a hunger strike at the Santa Rita Jail after swallowing a staple he believes was intentionally placed in his food.
Read MoreU.S. appeals court upholds Florida voting law that judge found discriminatory
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld several Republican-backed voting restrictions in Florida, overruling a lower court judge who had found the laws intentionally discriminated against minority voters.
Read MoreBlack couple reunited with newborn taken by authorities over medical treatment
Authorities returned baby Mila to Temecia and Rodney Jackson after nearly a month of protest from residents.
Read MoreTucker Carlson leaves a toxic legacy at Fox News. What’s next?
Far-right talk show host, Tucker Carlson, has been let go by Fox News. Carlson has a long history of racial bigotry. He took content from online white nationalists to build up an appetite for fringe theories in the Fox News audience, according to Media Matters for America.
Read MoreCalifornia city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts
A San Francisco Bay Area city council is undertaking an audit of its troubled police department, the latest development in a year-long federal investigation of the Antioch Police Department that blew up this month with the disclosure of racist and hostile text messages sent by officers.
Read MoreAndrew Lester, 84-year-old Kansas City man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, is in custody
Ralph Yarl, a 16 year old Black teenager, was shot after accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell in a Kansas City neighborhood. His shooter is in custody.
Read MoreOhio grand jury declines to charge 8 officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker
An Ohio grand jury declined to bring charges against eight Akron police officers — seven of them white — in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black motorist, officials said Monday.
Read MoreOklahoma county leaders caught on audio talking about killing reporters, complaining they can no longer lynch Black people
The governor of Oklahoma has called for the resignations of the sheriff and other top officials in a rural county after racist comments were recorded
Read MoreProtesters demand return of Black couple’s baby taken by Texas authorities after home birth
CPS took the Jackson’s daughter after a pediatrician reported his concern about her medical care, even though the parents agreed a care plan.
Read MoreMorgan State University 80-year-old segregation wall comes down in Baltimore
For over three fourths of a century, students at Morgan State University walking down Hillen Road would walk past a red brick wall. Unbeknownst to most, the wall was built by White residents in the 1930s in response to the increasing enrollment of Black students at Morgan State, a historically Black institution. The construction of the “Spite Wall” at Morgan State epitomizes the hate that does not welcome Black students. Destroying this wall is a collaborative effort to reconstruct and expand the University.
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