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'Transracial' Instagram troll invokes #BLM after arrest for assaulting cop A white teenager, who stirs social media controversy by claiming to be black while mocking black culture, was arrested at a North Carolina mall Saturday for allegedly kicking a police...
Slain Black Lives Matter leader was victim of attempted robbery: cops The Black Lives Matter leader shot dead while riding his bike in New Orleans was the victim of an attempted armed robbery, police said. Muhiyidin d’Baha — the activist known...
Fury erupts after NYPD precinct posts 'political' hashtag A positive gesture by an NYPD precinct commander went sideways when she used the hashtag #blacklivesmatter in an official tweet — and she deleted it amid furious pushback. Deputy Inspector...
Cop probed for slurring Black Lives Matter leader A police officer in Atlanta is being investigated after video surfaced apparently showing him hurling homophobic and racist slurs at the president of Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta, calling...
Black Lives Matter leader shot dead The Black Lives Matter leader known for diving over a barrier to snatch a Confederate flag from a protester on live TV last year was shot dead in New Orleans,...
Chaos outside Super Bowl as protesters block trains MINNEAPOLIS — Police arrested 17 activists who blocked a light-rail line carrying Super Bowl ticketholders to U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday in a protest against police brutality and privileges enjoyed...
How sports can start an entire social movement Colin Kaepernick’s first two “protests” drew scant attention. He sat on the bench, out of uniform, virtually unnoticed. His third got some buzz after a reporter tweeted a picture of...
Eric Garner's dad allegedly assaulted at granddaughter's funeral Eric Garner’s father is claiming a relative conked him in the head with a plastic soda bottle during his granddaughter’s funeral, police sources said Wednesday. Ben Carr, 68, whose son...
Cop who killed Walter Scott gets 20 years in prison CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white former South Carolina police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for fatally shooting an unarmed black motorist in the back in 2015,...