Central Park to Rename Entrance After the Exonerated Five Decades after being falsely imprison for a crime they did not commit, the Exonerated Five—formerly the Central Park Five and the subjects of Ava DuVernay‘s When They See Us— is being…
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Former Police Officer Who Kneeled On George Floyd’s Back J. Alexander Kueng Sentenced To 3.5 Years
Kueng pled guilty to one count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter back in October.
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Kanye’s Lies About George Floyd Have ‘Retraumatized’ His Daughter, Lawyer Says Amid $250 Million Lawsuit
Roxie Washington (R) and Gianna Floyd, daughter of George Floyd, attend the funeral service in the chapel at the Fountain of Praise church on June 9, 2020, in Houston, Texas. | Source: Getty Images / Getty The mother of George…
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EBONY Rundown: Megan Thee Stallion’s Los Angeles Home Robbed, Sheryl Lee Ralph Bestowed With Order of Jamaica, and More
Megan Thee Stallion’s Los Angeles Home Robbed Although Megan Thee Stallion shined bright during her recent Saturday Night Live performance, she was unfortunately the victim of a recent robbery. Her Los Angeles home was the target of of a robbery…
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POC Corrections Officers Barred From Jail Floor Where Derek Chauvin Was Held Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Source: Handout / Getty It’s almost as if ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin‘s racism spread like—dammit, I’m just going to say it—monkeypox and it followed him everywhere he went before he was finally convicted and sentenced for murdering George Floyd….
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‘I Feel Safer Here’: HBCUs See Jump In Enrollment Numbers After Black Lives Matter Movement
A number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities has seen a surge in the enrollment numbers spurred in part by the Black Lives Matter movement, reports show. Randolph Smith, 19, told The Washington Post he applied to Morgan State University…
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Judge rules George Floyd trial will remain in Minneapolis and be broadcast live
George Floyd (Image source: Instagram – @_stak5_) A Minnesota judge has struck down a request to move the trial of the four former Minneapolis Police Department officers involved in the death of George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill confirmed…
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