Black Lives Matter. Still

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, numerous young black gay men have alleged that Buck has a fetish for shooting drugs into black men he picks up off the street or on hookup sites

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numerous young black gay men have alleged that Buck has a fetish for shooting drugs into black men he picks up off the street or on hookup sites

That is a unique kink that could only happen with a wealthy white man. In any other circumstance, this would not be a kink, but would be a serial murderer.

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Note that sex workers are regularly charged with murder or manslaughter when their drug-using clients overdose.

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Wypipo…

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The Associated Press (AP)

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Liam Hogan (Limerick1914)

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When Obama said “you didn’t make this” he got crucified for it. I think white people hate it when black people point out that they (whites) had an awful lot of help to get where they are. Some folks cant handle reality.

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Not only is it important to remember the oppression experienced by MLK while giving his amazing orations, but it’s important to remember that this was in 1960. My Mom & Dad were in college. My Grandparents were middle aged.

This isn’t ancient history by any means, and the teenagers and young adults that burned crosses or dumped their food on black people’s heads are probably still alive. I feel like that is something no one ever talks about, and that while people are chomping on the bit to complain about ruining someone’s life over their racist actions we are living with people that were the ones that did all this and got away with no long-term consequences whatsoever.

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One that I hadn’t heard of until now:

Quintard Taylor

Elaine, Arkansas Riot (1919) •

On the night of September 30, 1919, approximately 100 African Americans, mostly sharecroppers on the plantations of white landowners, attended a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America at a church in Hoop Spur, a small community in Phillips County, Arkansas. They hoped to organize to obtain better payments for their cotton crops. Aware of white fears of Communist influence on blacks, the union posted armed guards around the church to prevent disruption and infiltration.

During the meeting, three white men pulled up to the front of the church. One of the men asked the guards, “Going coon hunting, boys?” Gunfire erupted after the guards made no response. Though sharp debate exists as to who fired first, the guards killed W.A. Adkins, a security officer from the Missouri-Pacific Railroad, and injured Charles Pratt, the deputy sheriff.

The next morning, an all-white posse went to arrest the suspects. Though they encountered little opposition from the black community, the fact that blacks outnumbered whites ten to one in this area of Arkansas resulted in great fear of an “insurrection.” The concerned whites formed a mob numbering up to 1,000 armed men, many of whom came from the surrounding counties and as far away as Mississippi and Tennessee. Upon reaching Elaine, the mob began killing blacks and ransacking their homes. As word of the attack spread throughout the African American community, some black residents fled while others armed themselves in defense. The mob then turned its attention to disarming those blacks who fought back.

Meanwhile, local white newspapers further inflamed tensions by reporting that there were planned black uprisings. By October 2, U.S. Army troops arrived in Elaine, and the white mobs began to disperse. Federal troops rounded up and placed several hundred blacks in temporary stockades, where there were reports of torture. The men were not released until their white employers vouched for them. There was also considerable evidence that many of the soldiers sent to quell the violence engaged in the systematic killing of black residents.

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Miami prosecutor probing MLK traffic incident as hate crime

Some good news, for a change.

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Binghamton residents protest alleged strip searches of four students at East...

A firestorm of protest erupted at Tuesday’s Binghamton school board meeting over an alleged strip search of four 12-year-old girls at East Middle School.

Nearly 200 community members packed the board room, leaving standing room only, to ask the school board why no action has been taken in response to last week’s alleged searches.

Members of the community charged that four black female students were questioned and strip-searched by the school nurse and assistant principal after suspicion of possessing drugs. A statement distributed by local organization, Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow, alleged the girls were searched for “appearing hyper and giddy during their lunch hour.”

https://twitter.com/inthesedeserts/status/1088721235721273346?s=21

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What the fuck? That’s what 12 year olds are like.

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Marched in Sydney today for Indigenous Justice.
Massive turnout rejecting the colonial basis of our national day and showing support for our First People.

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https://twitter.com/sarahmaslinnir/status/1090588196633759745?s=21

“It would be a national scandal if people realized exactly how bad it was and how much abuse inmates are subjected to when they become sick inside prisons and jails,” said William R. Claiborne, a lawyer in Savannah, Ga., who specializes in cases of inadequate medical care, such as one in which an inmate was told he was faking fainting spells, only to die of congestive heart failure. “The more marginalized that you are, the more likely you are to not be believed, the more likely you are to get denied care,” Mr. Claiborne said.