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June 17, 2020

Seattle man living in CHOP sounds alarms over safety: 'We're sitting ducks in here'

Business owners and residents in Seattle’s so-called “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone, or CHOP, are growing increasingly concerned about safety inside the area, according to local reports.

June 17, 2020

Herschel Walker offers to send people who want to defund police to countries without them

Former NFL running back Herschel Walker offered to work with airlines to send people who want to defund the police to other countries who don’t have them.

June 17, 2020

Cornell professor who criticized Black Lives Matter faces student boycott

Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson wrote Wednesday that there is an effort underway to boycott his classes due to his public criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement.

June 17, 2020

UN human rights chief urges nations to pay reparations for slavery, colonialism

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged countries to address today’s systemic racism and “centuries of violence and discrimination” through reparations and other processes.

June 17, 2020

Detroit chief warns 'there can never be a rush to judgment' after ex-Atlanta officer charged in Brooks death

Detroit Police Chief James Craig encouraged the public to reserve judgment Wednesday after the Fulton County, Ga. district attorney announced that the former Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks last week will be charged with felony murder.

June 17, 2020

Shapiro hammers NBC over role in Google's crackdown on The Federalist: 'The mask finally fell'

Ben Shapiro said Wednesday that he was "glad" to learn of NBC News' role in Google's recent actions against The Federalist because it finally exposes the network's agenda to "punish" those that don't buy into their narrative.

June 17, 2020

The Onion tweeted about Aunt Jemima's removal hours before announcement

The satirical newspaper The Onion appears to have been onto something as the outlet tweeted about the removal of breakfast food mascot Aunt Jemima hours before it was announced that she will be removed from products. 

June 17, 2020

California mayor resigning after refusing to take up police reform at council meeting

The mayor of small town in California’s Sonoma Valley is stepping down from her post amid an uproar over her initial silence over the Black Lives Matter movement.

June 17, 2020

Mandela's grandson says ex-South African leader ‘would have admired’ the Black Lives Matter movement

Nelson Mandela’s grandson on Tuesday said the former South African leader “would have admired” global Black Lives Matter protests prompted by the deaths of two African Americans while in police custody.

June 17, 2020

George Floyd's brother, Philonise, gives message to UN panel investigating 'systemic racism' in US

The brother of George Floyd made an earnest plea on Wednesday, urging the top human rights body of the United Nations to launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism, the killing of black people by police and violence against peaceful protesters in the United States.