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Gun-Waving St. Louis Lawyer Now Wants His Record Wiped Clean

PEW PEW

Mark McCloskey, one half of the St. Louis gun couple who drew on BLM protesters, wants his misdemeanor scrubbed.

Amanda Yen | Published Jan 26, 2024

U.S. Army Sergeant Convicted of Murdering BLM Protester

GUILTY

Perry and his lawyers maintain that he acted in self-defense and he now awaits sentencing, facing the possibility of life behind bars.

Zachary Petrizzo | Published Apr 07, 2023

Why Right-Wingers Are Obsessed With Making ChatGPT Say Slurs

FEVER DREAMS

“AI stuff is just coursing through our culture at the moment, making everything worse,” host Will Sommer says on this week’s Fever Dreams.

The Daily Beast | Published Feb 08, 2023

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Family of Double Amputee Killed by Police Demand Answers

‘VICIOUS AND COWARDLY’

“He’s out of his wheelchair, he’s amputated in both legs at the knee, and he’s moving away from the officers,” a community activist said.

AJ McDougall | Published Jan 31, 2023

How a Police Protest Launched a ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Warzone

COP CITY CHAOS

Molotov cocktails. Threatening messages. Police raids. A dead protester. What started as BLM-style activism got way more complicated.

Sean Keenan | Published Jan 19, 2023

Feds to Probe Memphis Traffic-Stop Death of Tyre Nichols

‘STAY STRONG’

Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, died of unspecified injuries after two “confrontations” occurred during the stop by Tennessee police earlier this month.

AJ McDougall | Published Jan 18, 2023

Video Shows Cops Tase BLM Co-Founder’s Cousin Before He Died

‘TRYING TO GEORGE FLOYD ME’

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has described her family’s shock after watching the LAPD take down her cousin in the middle of the street.

Eileen Grench, Josh Fiallo | Published Jan 12, 2023

Court Docs Say Arbery’s Killer Had 16 Phone Calls With D.A.

CHATTY

One of the men convicted of murdering Arbery spoke with his former boss, the local district attorney, by phone in the weeks following the 2020 killing.

Mathew Murphy | Published May 05, 2022

Buffalo Cops Cleared Over Shoving 75-Year-Old BLM Protester

‘NO EVIDENCE’

An arbitrator said officers had no “other viable options” to move septuagenarian Martin Gugino out of their way.

AJ McDougall | Published Apr 11, 2022

9 Austin Cops Indicted Over Handling of Floyd Protests

BITE THE BULLET

A grand jury convening this week was considering charges against as many as 21 police officers over their handling of the summer’s social unrest.

AJ McDougall | Published Feb 17, 2022

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