• Police Looking for Two White Women Suspects in Atlanta Wendy’s Arson

    Police Looking for Two White Women Suspects in Atlanta Wendy’s Arson

    Atlanta police are looking for two white women who are suspected of starting a fire at the southwest Atlanta Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was shot dead by police. Atlanta officials on Tuesday released new photos of one of the two suspects at a press conference at a fire station. The photos, from surveillance footage, show a white …
  • Netflix CEO Reed Hastings pledges $120 million to black colleges

    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings pledges $120 million to black colleges

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  • Brooklyn Jewish Leaders Use Bolt Cutters to Reopen Park Closed by City

    Brooklyn Jewish Leaders Use Bolt Cutters to Reopen Park Closed by City

    Jewish residents in Brooklyn used bolt cutters to cut through a lock placed on a Brooklyn park Monday evening after thousands of protesters gathered in the borough a day earlier to express support for black transgender people. Footage posted Monday on social media showed members of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community taking bolt cutters to the …
  • NYC Authorities Weld Brooklyn Playground Shut One Day after Massive ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ Protest

    NYC Authorities Weld Brooklyn Playground Shut One Day after Massive ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ Protest

    New York City workers were seen welding shut the gates of a playground in Brooklyn on Monday, one day after a demonstration in the borough saw thousands of attendees. On Sunday, thousands gathered at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza for a Black Trans Lives Matter rally. Despite the protests, New York City remains under the “phase …
  • Senate Republicans’ Police Reform Bill Will Restrict Use of Choke Holds

    Senate Republicans’ Police Reform Bill Will Restrict Use of Choke Holds

    Senate Republicans will unveil legislation this week to restrict the use of choke holds by police officers, among other reforms, as protests continue nationwide in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. The legislation, which was spearheaded by Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate’s only black Republican, is set to be …
  • Rioters Burn Atlanta Wendy’s to the Ground following Death of Rayshard Brooks

    Rioters Burn Atlanta Wendy’s to the Ground following Death of Rayshard Brooks

    An Atlanta Wendy’s, the site where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by Atlanta police on Friday, was burned to the ground Saturday by an angry mob during protests over Brook’s death. On Sunday, Atlanta police offered a $10,000 reward for the arrest and indictment of those responsible for starting the fire that destroyed the …
  • De Blasio Tells Covid Contract Tracers Not to Ask Positive Cases If They’ve Attended BLM Protests

    De Blasio Tells Covid Contract Tracers Not to Ask Positive Cases If They’ve Attended BLM Protests

    New York City’s coronavirus contact-tracing force are not asking those who test positive for COVID-19 whether they recently attended a Black Lives Matter demonstration, a city spokesperson confirmed. “No person will be asked proactively if they attended a protest,” Avery Cohen, a spokesperson for de Blasio, told THE CITY about the directive. “If a person …
  • Beyoncé demands police officers to be charged in Breonna Taylor’s death

    Beyoncé demands police officers to be charged in Breonna Taylor’s death

    Beyoncé called for the prosecution of the Louisville police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor in an open letter to the attorney general of Kentucky on Sunday. In the letter, posted on the singer’s official website, Beyoncé addressed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, and demanded justice for Taylor’s family, who have “not been …
  • Boston Mayor Declares Racism a ‘Public Health Crisis,’ Will Transfer Police Funds to Social Services

    Boston Mayor Declares Racism a ‘Public Health Crisis,’ Will Transfer Police Funds to Social Services

    Boston mayor Marty Walsh declared racism a “public health crisis” on Friday, and announced a proposal to transfer funds from the police department’s overtime budget to social services. Walsh said $3 million would be immediately transferred from overtime for city police to the Boston Public Health Commission. The mayor will also propose that the City …
  • Derek Chauvin Could Receive $1 Million Pension Even If Convicted of Murder

    Derek Chauvin Could Receive $1 Million Pension Even If Convicted of Murder

    Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, could receive a $1 million pension even if he is ultimately convicted. Chauvin, 44, can legally file for pension benefits once he turns 50, the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association said. “Neither our Board nor our staff have the discretion to increase, decrease, deny …