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Abdi Hassan and his business colleagues at Top Figure, a social media consultant group, often work out at a gym in the Mozaic East building, a co-working space in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. However, on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Hassan and his colleagues were harassed by a White man, Tom Austin, who questioned them about exercising…

A Black man in Oakland, California, was detained by members of a private security guard company for taking photos of bicycle racks. Kenya Wheeler provided a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, and has since provided interviews with local Bay Area news affiliates, including NBC and ABC after the incident, which occurred on…

Steve Foster, the California man who was famously detained and handcuffed for eating a sandwich on a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station platform, is filing a civil rights claim against the transit agency, alleging racial profiling and selective law enforcement. Foster acquired the services of a well-known Bay Area civil rights attorney, John…

A Black man was harassed by police while sleeping in his own home. The incident occurred in Raleigh, North Carolina, after police responded to a false burglar alarm. Footage from Oyeneyin’s surveillance camera was released this past weekend. In the video footage released this past weekend, Kazeem Oyeneyin, 31, was asleep when police began knocking…

Atlanta businessman Dennis McKinley is suing Emory Healthcare and its police department after allegedly being racially profiled and handcuffed by an overly aggressive cop who falsely accused him of stealing a sandwich. Mckinley, a serial entrepreneur and the ex-boyfriend of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams, said he was accosted by an officer at…

Three Black teenagers in Mobile, Alabama, are suing a shopping mall for $25 million after they were allegedly harassed and racially profiled by a White cop who worked there. The teens’ lawyers announced a lawsuit on Monday, July 1, 2019, according to the Press-Register. On June 22, 16-year-olds Cameron Robinson and Zion Lett and 15-year-old…

An Illinois man is furious and claiming that he was a victim of racial profiling for being Black while hospitalized. Shaquille Dukes,24, was arrested by a Freeport, Illinois police officer, while he was a patient at FHN Memorial Hospital. Dukes was hooked up to an IV and pump and stepped outside the hospital doors. That…

If it seems that more rappers have been arrested in 2019 than ever before, there may be a reason for this besides their notoriety. According to the New York Post, the NYPD has a special unit dedicated to the surveillance of some of the top Black rappers and urban parties. The unit, called the Enterprise…

Sultry songstress SZA complained that she was the victim of racial profiling while shopping for Fenty products at a Sephora store in suburban Los Angeles. When Rihanna got wind of the alleged episode, the record-breaking singer sent her love from London, and then some. Last month, SZA, 28, voiced her righteous indignation after the store…

Another case of a cop acting badly caught on film has led to a lawsuit. Atlantic City, New Jersey, police officer Andrew Jaques is the subject of a suit brought by two men over a traffic stop. The men claimed they were racially profiled and when one of them started filming the encounter with their cellphone,…

Mount Vernon, New York, Mayor Richard Thomas blasted JP Morgan Chase employees for allegedly making him the target of racial profiling for #BankingWhileBlack at a branch in neighboring White Plains. Thomas held a press conference on Monday, April 29, 2019, to denounce the actions of JP Morgan Chase workers for calling the police on him…

For many college students, late-night hunger is real and an offer of free food is met with joy. But for Columbia University student Alexander McNab, a quest for free food resulted in an encounter with university security and being pinned against a counter in front of fellow students. The incident occurred on the campus of …

When Dyma Loving, 26 and her friend Adrianna Green, 22, called police after a neighbor pulled a gun on them, they never expected the violent response from law enforcement. Miami-Dade County police arrived at the scene and despite being the victim, Loving found herself violently assaulted by a cop, handcuffed and arrested for not listening. The…

A simple trip to the local Kroger grocery store to buy snacks resulted in the unwarranted criminalization of four young Black men ages 15, 16, 19 and 20. The group of family members had walked to the neighborhood Kroger in Mesquite, Texas, and had purchased their snacks with no issue when they were told by…

When Paul McCowns went to the Huntington Bank in Cleveland to cash his first paycheck from a new job, he was feeling great. That quickly changed after he presented all the needed forms of ID, and the bank would not cash his check. To add insult to injury, police were waiting outside to arrest him. Apparently,…

A Black woman was terrorized by two White men while shopping at Walmart. The incident occurred on Nov. 29, 2018, in West Monroe, Louisiana, according to KNOE. The White men, identified as Dylan Reynolds and Michael Walters, approached the Black woman and began yelling racial slurs at her as she left the store and walked…

Stephanie Dash of Williamson County, Tennessee, believes she faced issues with authorities because she is a Black nurse who cared for a White patient. On Dec. 5, 2018, Dash, who works for Amedisys Home Health Nashville, took a job to care for a White patient in their home, according to The Tennessean. While caring for the…

A recent viral video put fast food chain Chipotle in the news after an alleged incident of racial profiling. In the video, a group of young Black men is refused service until they pay for their food upfront. The manager is heard to say that is the policy of the store. However, White patrons are…

A college professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio was reprimanded after she called police on a Black student. According to The San Antonio Express-News, Anita Moss, a biology lecturer at the university, will not be allowed to teach for the remainder of the semester while she is being investigated by the school.…

There is something absolutely ridiculous that has been going on all year when it comes to Black folks just living their lives. The names “BBQ Betty,” “Permit Patty,” and most recently “Cornerstore Caroline” now have a new White woman in their ranks, “Golfcart Gail.” In an incident that is now being called “Soccer While Black,”…