(Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Joseph Sohm) Individuals who are serving time in prison are eligible to receive $1,200 stimulus checks. Judge O Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the…
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Derek Chauvin, cop charged with killing George Floyd, allowed to leave the state
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (Image source: Hennepin County Jail) The police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck has been allowed to leave the state of Minnesota. On Oct. 9, a judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota ruled that Derek…
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Nigeria to castrate convicted rapists, give death penalty when victims are kids
Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Ana Aguirre Perez A state in Nigeria has decided to fight sexual abuse crime by implementing harsh punishments for those who are convicted. On Sept. 18, the New York Times reported that the state of Kaduna…
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Black man wrongfully convicted of raping White woman released after 44 years
(Photo credit: Kittirat Roekburi/Shutterstock) A Black man is finally free after serving nearly 50 years of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit. At the age of 20, Ronnie Long was convicted of raping a White…
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Black man forced to spend life in prison for attempting to steal lawn tool
(Photo credit: Kittirat Roekburi/Shutterstock) The Louisiana Supreme Court is being ridiculed for what some are calling a blatant form of systemic racism. A Black man, Fair Wayne Bryant, was initially convicted in 1997 after he attempted to steal hedge clippers…
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White cops shot and killed unarmed Black man in Atlanta
Atlanta Police motorbikes, August 2013. (Photo credit: ESB Professional/Shutterstock) An unarmed Black man has been shot and killed in Atlanta. On the evening of June 12, the incident occurred at a Wendy’s restaurant located at the intersection of University and…
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Ahmaud Arbery’s killers can be 1st Whites in Georgia executed over Black victim
Ahmaud Arbery (Image source: Facebook.com / @irunwithmaud) The mother of Ahmaud Arbery wants her son’s alleged killers to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and in Georgia, that could possibly occur because the death penalty is legal…
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Ben Crump calls Ahmaud Arbery’s killing a ‘modern-day lynching’
Benjamin Crump (Photo credit: Mo Barnes for Steed Media) Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump continues to fight for justice. Crump has been hired to serve as the lawyer for the family of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black Georgia man whose…
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Black inmate forced to spend 1 year in solitary confinement due to his dreadlocks
Eric McGill Jr. (Image source: Lebanon County Jail) A Black inmate in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, faced hair discrimination for refusing to cut his dreadlocks while in prison. Eric McGill Jr. is currently being held in the Lebanon County Correctional Facility where he’s…
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