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American Muslim Community Raising Money to Rebuild Burned Churches On June 17th a lone gunman entered a traditionally black church and shot 9 parishioners in cold blood. In the next several days eight black churches were burned. It is unknown if these burnings are related, and authorities have not labelled any of these crimes as…
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Man Removes Confederate Flag Off the Back of Truck During Traffic Few things have sparked as much debate as the controversy over the Confederate flag, this controversy has been stirring for many years, it did not start last month, as many believe, it became a big deal first in 1962, more than 50 years ago.…
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Watch Activist Remove Confederate Flag At SC State Capitol Early on Saturday morning activist Brittany ‘Bree’ Newsome of Charlotte, N.C., took matters into her own hands by scaling the 30 foot flagpole at South Carolina's Capitol in Columbia and taking down the Confederate flag herself. Another North Carolina activist, James Tyson, assisted her by holding the pole to…
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Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Same-Sex Marriage In A Historic 5-4 Decision The Justices Say That The Constitution Guarantees Marriage Equality To Gay And Lesbian Couples Is A Nationwide Right. LGBT Community Finds Another Reason to be Gay: Supreme Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage On Friday, the United States Supreme Court affirmed that marriages between…
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The state medical examiner's office has changed the cause of death for Freddie Gray from accident to homicide, following the autopsy report which shows Gray died of a single high-energy injury, probably caused by sudden slowing of the police van he was riding in, according to the report obtained by the Baltimore Sun. Homicide is…
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Private Prisons Sues States for Not Having Enough Prisoners In America, most prisons are owned by private corporations. Private corporations like to make money. Lots of money. Empty prison beds do not make money, so many states are being urged into contracts with the prisons, pledging to keep the prison anywhere from 70% to 97%…
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The Reason The Confessed Church Killer Murdered 9 Innocent People In Cold Blood He wanted to start a race war. Period. He has said that the Trayvon Martin case ‘awakened’ him, and that he wanted to do something that would start a race war. Roof’s roommate, Joey Meek, told ABC news that Roof had…
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NYC Activist Michael Meyers Says We Must Stop Portraying Black Men as Moral Monsters of Our Society In a heated conversation Monday, social activist Michael Meyers called Bill O’Reilly and his network Fox news, claiming they have a pattern of accusing and demonizing black men. “You are painting black men as society’s moral monsters,” said…
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Heartbreaking Footage Of Policeman Choking a 13 Year-Old Boy While Giving Him a Taser to the Spine The person who filmed the disturbing video said the 13 year-old was skateboarding when the officer approached him and punched him in the face before they started filming. Allegedly this police officer was choking and shooting a child…
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