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Earvin “Magic” Johnson admits he still feels a bit of trepidation when he gets pulled over by the police. This despite the fact he’s a world-recognized icon from both the sports and business worlds with hundreds of millions in his bank account. Johnson, 61, revealed his uneasiness with traffic stops while speaking with venerated California…

Crowds have chanted her name. Social media feeds have been flooded, demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. A call for action is demanded but has fallen on deaf ears. Taylor’s killing has sparked a national conversation about death by the police. The outcry continues, and still no arrest. Last week, her family negotiated a settlement with…

Michelle Obama brought her family members on the latest episode of her podcast to discuss the hot-button topics of police brutality and police misconduct against Black Americans. The “Michelle Obama Podcast” featured the former first lady, 56, her older brother Craig Robinson, 58, and their mother Marian Robinson, 83. Craig Robinson, in particular, learned early…

A sheriff’s deputy in suburban Atlanta has been fired after viral videos showed two officers pinning down an unarmed Black man while one punches him in the face repeatedly. According to CNN, Roderick Walker and two others were cruising in a ride-share vehicle was stopped by Clayton County sheriff’s deputies because of a “taillight violation.”…

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is the latest athlete refuse to play in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, who was shot multiple times by a White police officer on Aug. 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in front of his children. Blake’s shooting, which left him paralyzed from the waist down,…

Detroit Lions canceled practice on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, to stand in solidarity against police brutality after the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The cancellation followed two postponements as the players, mostly African Americans, come to grips with the fact that another unarmed Black male was shot. The father of…

The Wisconsin National Gaurd has been deployed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of a Black man. On Aug. 24, Gov. Tony Evers called on the National Gaurd after protesters took to the streets, angered over the shooting of Jacob Blake, according to The Associated Press. Blake was shot several times at close range…

It took 8 minutes and 46 seconds to shock the collective American conscious out of quarantine and into action. Eight minutes and 46 seconds of modern technology capturing the death of George Floyd and transmitting it around the world. And the same 8 minutes and 46 seconds to launch protests from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C.,…

Another act of police violence has shocked the nation. During the early morning on Aug. 21, a Black man was killed after members of the Lafayette Police Department reportedly fired 11 rounds at the victim, according to Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Police responded to a disturbance at a gas station that involved Trayford Pellerin, 31, who…

Cardi B made several requests and demands of presidential candidate Joe Biden that were aired on the day the Democrats fired up their virtual national convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Elle magazine facilitated the Zoom video chat between Cardi, 27, and Biden, 77, which included topics ranging from the novel coronavirus pandemic to police…

Oprah Winfrey has stepped back from the cover of her monthly magazine to instead raise awareness about police brutality victim Breonna Taylor. The 66-year-old media mogul has graced the cover of every single issue of O: The Oprah Magazine since its inception in 2000, but the September issue will make history as the first edition…

Iconic Congresswoman Maxine Waters doesn’t want another George Floyd episode popping off during her watch. So as Waters was driving by a police stop where the officers were White and the motorist was Black, the legislative lioness darted out of her SUV to closely monitor the situation personally. Passersby just happened to drive by and…

Another incident of police brutality has gone viral. On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, an altercation between a Black woman and a Black police officer turned violent, according to video obtained by the Miami Herald. The issue began after the woman, Pam Anderson, 21, reportedly missed her flight at Miami International Airport and began complaining loudly.…

Another incident of police brutality against an African American has surfaced. According to the Miami Herald, Safiya Satchell was sitting in her Mercedes SUV when she was approached by an off duty police officer who was working as security for a strip club in the immediate proximity of the incident, which occurred on Jan. 14.…

Naomi Campbell is “sick and saddened” by racism across the world. The supermodel has resurrected her “No Filter With Naomi” series to talk about the Black Lives Matter movement, as she admitted she “wanted to just disappear” when she heard about the murder of George Floyd. She said: “I always knew ‘No Filter with Naomi’…

Another incident of police brutality has gone viral. This time, a Black man was assaulted by White cops in Valdosta, Georgia, and recently filed a lawsuit against the officers involved. On Feb. 8, 2020, Antonio Arnelo Smith, 46, was walking down the street when he was stopped by members of the Valdosta Police Department, according…

Black children may develop negative perceptions of law enforcement due to recent incidents of police brutality. On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, Stacey Pierre-Louis posted a gut-wrenching video on social media of his 10-year-old son, Eliah. While dribbling a basketball on his family’s driveway, Eliah stopped dribbling and hid behind his family’s SUV. Moments later, a…

Rolling out spoke with Patrick Brewton of Youth Against Inequality at a vigil in Homewood, Illinois, on June 13, 2020, honoring people who have been killed by the police. Brewton shared the importance of commemorating the lives lost to police brutality.

Ne-Yo has defended calling George Floyd‘s death a “sacrifice,” after the unarmed Black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last month. The 40-year-old singer-songwriter made the remarks at a memorial service for Floyd, where he also sang Boyz II Men’s “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.” At the service,…

Kandi Burruss’ voice began to crack almost immediately as she recalled the heartbreak she felt when she was forced to have a conversation about police brutality with her son, who is only 4 years old. “So, the police are the bad guys?” Burruss, 44, said her son, Ace, asked innocently. Burruss, a longtime star of…