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Anthony Brennan III, the bicyclist who was recorded on video attacking teenagers in Maryland for putting up posters to raise awareness about George Floyd's killing has been arrested and fired from his job.
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Rwanda ro͝oän´dä [key], officially Republic of Rwanda, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,441,000), 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on Uganda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, and on Burundi in the south. Kigali is the capital and largest
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Kanye West Gives $2 Million to Help Legal Teams of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, Plans to Cover College Costs for Floyds Daughter
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Botswana
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Man Charged in Slaying of Retired St. Louis Police Captain
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 24-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a retired police captain who died on a night of violent protests while trying to protect his friend’s pawn shop, the citys prosecutor announced Sunday. Stephan Cannon was being held
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Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters Passes Away at Age 69
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David Oyelowo Says Academy Members Threatened to Not Vote for Film ‘Selma’ After Cast Went to Premiere Wearing Shirts That Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’
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Celebrating the cultural phenomenon of STL’s own Nelly as debut album turns 20 | New Pittsburgh Courier
And we still country by Vango Jones, For The St. Louis American “You can find me in St. Louis rolling on dubs.” Those were the first words Nelly uttered in the first verse of his debut single, “Country Grammar.” It was a proud proclamation of where he was from and a pairing that would soon
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Bond Raised to $1M for Officer Charged in Floyds Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Monday set $1 million bail for a Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyds death. Derek Chauvin, 44, said almost nothing during an 11-minute hearing in which he appeared before Hennepin County Judge Denise Reilly on closed-circuit
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People supporting Romeo Miller are quick to defend him against critics. The "Growing Up Hip Hop" star protested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this week in
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Minneapolis City Council Agreement Bans Police Officers from Using Neck Restraints, Requires Cops to Intervene If They Witness Excessive Force
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Angola
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Free Us From the Chains (Once and for All) - Los Angeles Sentinel
We have seen the face of racism, we have had to look deep into its soulless eyes and empty hearts for over 400 years. It rears its ugly head in cycles, recently in the cold-blooded murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna
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Ferguson Police Take A Knee In Honor Of George Floyd
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Trina Apologizes for Calling George Floyd Protesters In Miami Animals
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‘Pop, Lock & Drop It’ Rapper Huey Dies In Double Shooting
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Video Shows Patriot Shooting At Breonna Taylor Protest That Cops Said They Were Prepared For
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Jordan Peele, Other Directors Affirm They Wont Let John Boyega Be Out of Work Over His Fiery Speech on Racism
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Gambia postpones protest against police violence in the US | Africanews
Gambian police “temporarily” banned a demonstration planned on Monday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Banjul to protest police violence in the United States, after the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and a Gambian national near Atlanta, the organizer of the rally said
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Mozambique
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Say their names: Stories of black Americans killed by police - African American News Today - EIN News
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