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The disturbing series of events that transpired on Capitol Hill amid the Congressional hearing to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s election win has not been missed by Black Twitter. On Wednesday, Jan. 6, many Americans watched in shock and dismay as 45’s supporters stormed the Capitol building to overturn an election the lame-duck president legitimately lost.…

With less than three weeks until the Jan. 5, 2021 election, rolling out’s Editor-at-Large, Rashad Richey, talks with Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff about police brutality and nationwide legalization of marijuana. This discussion is part of an exclusive series that delves into what’s at stake in Georgia’s runoff races for U.S. Senate. Rashad Richey: Let’s talk…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a statement of apology to Anjanette Young, who was humiliated when her home was wrongfully raided by law enforcement in 2019. During a news conference held after Chicago’s City Council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, Lightfoot publicly addressed the disheartening situation as she spoke directly to Young. “I want…

40 Years a Prisoner

“40 Years a Prisoner” is not as much an indictment on Philadelphia policing as it is a love letter and a plea for humanity. Philadelphia police targeted the Black radical group, MOVE, for several years before a devastating attack in 1985. Ultimately police officials launched an attack on the group’s headquarters, which resulted in the…

Former President Barack Obama doesn’t like the “snappy” slogan “defund the police” and believes it alienates supporters and potential allies in the fight to end police brutality. Obama: You lose people with "snappy" slogans like "defund the police" https://t.co/qjrPY9eY2M pic.twitter.com/ynqQHnvN3u — The Hill (@thehill) December 1, 2020 Obama, 59, also suggested strongly that the oft-repeated…

While the world celebrated a foreseeable change for the United States with the projected results of the 2020 presidential election, one LSU football freshman continued to live an ongoing nightmare. Koy Moore, who plays wide receiver for the team, was cornered and allegedly harassed by officers who assumed he was up to no good. “Last…

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 the upcoming trial for the officers — identified as Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane — will not…

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.…