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Officer Charged In Death Of Freddie Gray Found Not Guilty

Five other officers are awaiting trial for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray in 2015. Just over one year ago, Freddie Gray was arrested in Baltimore, ostensibly for the illegal possession of a switchblade, although the cause for arrest has been disputed for multiple reasons. During his time in the Baltimore Police Department’s custody Freddie Gray’s spinal cord was severed. He died a week later in a Baltimore hospital. Since then all six officers involved in the arrest have been charged with crimes relating to the arrest and death of Gray. Today, the first of the six cases...
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All Remaining Officers In Freddie Gray Case Have Been Acquitted

No one will be held criminally accountable for the death of Freddie Gray. All three remaining Baltimore police officers facing charges in the high-profile case involving the death of Freddie Gray have been acquitted. In a hearing this morning that was supposed to commence the trial of Officer Garrett Miller, Chief Deputy State’s Attorney Michael Schatzow told Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams that the state had decided to drop all charges against Miller as well as the two remaining officers, William Porter and Alicia White, reports The Baltimore Sun.  Today’s decision was somewhat predictable considering that three other officers...
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Freddie Gray’s Best Friend Killed In West Baltimore: Report

RIP Juan Grant. The murder of Freddie Gray at the hands of Baltimore police rocketed across the nation. As you may recall, the Maryland-native was arrested in 2015 after he began running away from police upon seeing them. The latter resulted in a chase, within which unreasonable force was used to arrest Freddie. The ensuing series of events remains uncertain but resulted in the death of the youngster at the hands of the police. The cause of death was later revealed by medical experts to be linked with a spinal cord injury. The 25-year old’s demise sparked the continuing conversation surrounding police...
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LA Shop Owners Cuffed & Detained For Protecting Store From Looters

A woman of color was placed in handcuffs after screaming for the police’s attention when looters threatened to break into a nearby shop. In one of the craziest things to ever play out on live television, several good samaritan shop owners in Van Nuys were placed in handcuffs and detained, simply for protecting their own shop and preventing looters from breaking into a nearby business. Christina Gonzalez, an on-site reporter for Fox11, captured the scene as it happened. She stood outside and watched as the shop owners argued with looters, who were trying to break into a gold shop...
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HNHH Observes #BlackOutTuesday

HotNewHipHop stands in solidarity with the music industry’s #BlackOutTuesday HotNewHipHop will be standing in solidarity with our black friends, black colleagues, black music creators, black family to pause our typical news cycle on today, June 2nd. In observance of #BlackOutTuesday we will be refraining from our typical news output. Today we will be solely focusing on the coverage of the protests across the United States. There are so many unbelievable clips and images shared across social networks that show just how corrupt our judicial system is in the wake of the protests– just how corrupt the law is– and it is a...
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L.A. Police Chief Says Looters Are Just As Responsible For George Floyd As Officers

L.A. Police Chief Michel Moore said he “misspoke” when he commented George Floyd’s death “is on their hands as much as it is those officers” when speaking about looters. America’s leaders are finding every word they say scrutinized with a fine-toothed comb, especially those connected with law enforcement. Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore became a trending topic across social media platforms on Monday (June 1) following his controversial remarks about the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old man was recently killed by four Minneapolis police officers while handcuffed and face down on the ground. He told them he couldn’t...
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Joe Budden Teases Virgil Abloh With Photo Of Designer’s Face On $50 Bill

Joe Budden couldn’t help himself when he took to both Twitter and Instagram to poke fun at Virgil Abloh’s recent comments. It was a rough day for Virgil Abloh on Monday (June 1). The wealthy fashion designer and CEO of Off-White captured attention after he shared his anger over his friend’s store being looted by rioters taking advantage of protests. After being criticized, Abloh issued an apoloy. “I apologize that it seemed like my concern for those stores outweighed my concern for our right to protest injustice and express our anger and rage in this moment,” he said. “Buildings...
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Yung Miami Isn’t Worried About Big Companies Being Looted: "STFU ITS BLACK LIVES"

Yung Miami took to Twitter to share that these stores “follow us around” and “think you doing fraud.” As we inch closer to the music industry’s Blackout Tuesday (June 2), more artists are coming forward about the ongoing protests and riots in America. Many in the industry—including Sony, Shady Records, Columbia, Interscope, Def Jam, and Warner Music Group—will stop all business on Tuesday in an act of protest, and while this is a peaceful, yet disruptive, act, others have stormed the streets to pillage and plunder. We’ve watched some celebrities lament over the damage done to businesses, but Yung Miami...
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Tyler The Creator Weighs In After His Golf Wang Store Got Caught Up In The Riot

Retail businesses in Los Angeles were hit pretty hard during the George Floyd-related protests this weekend. Tyler, The Creator's Golf Wang store on Fairfax was vandalized, but Tyler isn't even mad. Tyler, the Creators statement on the GOLF store in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/uCard2MfBR — Odd Future Fans (@itsOddFuture) June 1, 2020 The Golf Wang Instagram page posted a vintage photo of the Black Panthers with the caption “BLACK FURY: keep your eyes wide and educate yourself. ( black panther party, 1969).” They added this in the comments: “and the store is fine, but even if it wasnt, this is...
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DaBaby Lectured By Store Owner After Card Was Mistakenly Declined

DaBaby recently tried to make a purchase, but he gave the wrong billing zip code for the credit card and All he wanted to do was buy some items, but instead, DaBaby was given a lecture. The North Carolina artist recently relayed a story on his Instagram where he shared a recent encounter with a man who he attempted to make a large purchase from. A mix-up caused DaBaby’s card to be declined, but instead of correcting the situation, the man, who DaBaby refers to as “buddy,” told the rapper he should be “embarrassed.” Carmen Mandato / Stringer / Getty...
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