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June 24, 2020

Behar, Goldberg say phrases like 'black sheep,' 'blackmail,' 'Great White Way' should change

"The View" co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar suggested on Wednesday that certain words needed to be changed because they carried connotations with the words "white" or "black."

June 24, 2020

Protesters rally at Atlanta jail, demand release of woman accused in Wendy’s arson

Protesters on Tuesday night gathered outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta demanding the release of the woman accused of setting fire to the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by a police officer.

June 24, 2020

White DC protester seen yelling in faces of black cops in viral video: 'They're a part of the problem'

A white female Black Lives Matter protester was filmed yelling in the faces of two black male police officers in Washington D.C.  Tuesday in a viral video that has since been viewed more than 2.1 million times.

June 24, 2020

Senate Republicans' police reform bill fails on test vote amid Dem opposition

A Republican-authored police reform bill failed in a Senate test vote Wednesday after Democrats opposed the bill on the basis it did not go far enough -- sparking a furious war of words on the floor and marking an apparent impasse just weeks after George Floyd's death led to calls for new legislation. 

June 24, 2020

Redskins' Jack Del Rio hits back after fans criticize him for being Trump supporter: 'I'm 100% for America'

Washington Redskins defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio took aim at critics who slammed him for being a “Trump supporter” after he sent out a series of political tweets Tuesday night, saying he’s “100 percent for America.” 

June 24, 2020

Ray Parker Jr. recalls being beaten by cops as a teen: 'They drew their guns'

Parker Jr. is sharing some of his own experiences with police brutality as a young boy growing up in Detroit, Mich.

June 24, 2020

Sen. Loeffler on calls to defund police: 'We cannot allow mob rule' under Democrat leadership

“We cannot allow mob rule,” Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday reacting to growing calls to defund police departments following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody last month.

June 24, 2020

Kellyanne Conway: Focus on statues 'a convenient way' for Pelosi, Dems to ignore years of failed policies

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the Democratic Party are using discourse about the removal of U.S. historical and symbolic statues as "a convenient way" to ignore years of failed liberal policy, Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway accused Wednesday.

June 24, 2020

Seattle moves to slash police budget by $20M to offset coronavirus losses as officials vow to dismantle CHOP

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Wednesday is expected to propose cutting $20 million from the city’s police department budget for the remainder of 2020 to offset the costs of the coronavirus pandemic.

June 24, 2020

Ari Hoffman: Seattle is 'canary in the coal mine' as protesters try to set up autonomous zones in other cities

Ari Hoffman said on Wednesday that Seattle is the “canary in the coalmine for the rest of America” as protestors there were the only ones in the country to succeed in forming an autonomous zone.