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A magistrate has refused an application by police to amend charges against two Black Lives Matter protesters, agreeing with defence that they were "mangled".

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'Bad Axe' film puts thumb on America's tension points

DETROIT — When the world shut down in 2020, New York City-based filmmaker David Siev came home to Bad Axe, the small town in Michigan's Thumb where he was born and raised, and started filming his family.

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Soccer-World Cup 2022: why do footballers take the knee?

England's players took the knee before their opening match of the Qatar World Cup against Iran on Monday. Here is a look at the history of the anti-racism gesture in sport:

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City's "Public Art Master Plan" Program Likely Can't Exclude "All Lives Matter" Mural Based on Viewpoint

After the City of Bloomington allowed three Black Lives Matter street murals—and had allowed other "street art" projects in the public right-of-way by other community organizations—the Indiana University Chapter of Turning Point USA sought to paint an "All Lives Matter" mural. The City said no, and today Judge Sarah Evans…

Reason

"Can we even break bread together?"

"Bad Axe" director David Siev and producer Daniel Dae Kim discuss an immigrant business, Asian hate and activism

Salon

Republicans have learned nothing

Pennsylvania Republicans had a can of whoop-ass opened on them — so they're doubling down on dumb MAGA antics

Salon

Student with Black Lives Matter demonstrators jailed for throwing bottle during city centre clash

Naif Muhirez, who said he remained with the Black Lives Matter group out of curiosity, has joined many others from the other side of the clash behind bars

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Past is present in Peniel Joseph’s ‘The Third Reconstruction’

"The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-first Century" by Peniel Joseph; Basic Books (288 pages, $27)

Tribune News Service

Stories about crime are rife with misinformation and racism, critics say

We've heard again and again that crime is rising. But the reality is far more complex, in part because of how we define crime in the first place.

WEKU

Oath Keepers: "We're harmless kooks!"

The Oath Keeper legal strategy may appear ludicrous until you consider their specific charge

Salon

Caught between black and blue: senior Queensland police officer reveals the racism that broke him

Indigenous officers ‘walk two worlds’ and survive by being seen to fit in with police culture, Sgt Richard Monaei says

The Guardian - AU

From George Floyd to Hunter Biden: Lachlan Murdoch, Fox News and the year that tested America

In an extract from his biography The Successor, Paddy Manning considers how Rupert Murdoch’s favored son dealt with the challenges of 2020, and what might come next

The Guardian - US

The trademark 'White Lives Matter' has been filed by 2 Black radio hosts

Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward, hosts of the radio show Civic Cipher, have filed for the trademark "White Lives Matter," so the phrase can't be used to sell merchandise.

WEKU

How Republicans’ racist attack ads wiped out Democrat’s lead in Wisconsin

Ron Johnson’s campaign of ‘race and fear’ is affecting Senate race that Mandela Barnes once looked to have in the bag

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Kanye West’s tee is a fashion don’t. Someone else owns ‘White Lives Matter’ trademark

When it comes to T-shirt sales, “White Lives Matter” will not make a dime for Kanye West. The rapper, legal name Ye, doesn’t own the trademark to the phrase and the Black men who do don’t seem inclined to license it to him.

The Guardian - UK

Yes, Sunak at No 10 is a ‘win’ – in exposing the emptiness of elite diversity rhetoric

If Britain’s first Asian PM is meant to be a high mark for progress, let’s not forget the inequalities his politics create, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - US

‘I’m changing Congress’: how Cori Bush brought her lived experience to Capitol Hill

Member of ‘the Squad’ on how her abortion experience, sexual assault and front-line fight in Ferguson, Missouri, affected her politics

The Independent UK

Report shows feds gathered intel on Portland protesters

U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials under then-President Donald Trump compiled intelligence dossiers on people who were arrested at Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon

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Edinburgh formally apologises for history of slave trade, following 2020 Black Lives Matter report

Next steps include the creation of an independent Legacy Commission which will carry out work with full support from the council.

Los Angeles Times

Kanye West’s fame gives his unrepentant antisemitism a powerful, troubling megaphone

LOS ANGELES — As the United States increasingly grapples with racist and bigoted rhetoric entering the mainstream — accompanied by a rise in hate crimes, the extremism has tended to come from the margins of political life.

Daily Mirror

Kanye West 'has a right' to question George Floyd's death as family sues him

The family of the late George Floyd have sued Kanye West for $250million over his controversial remarks about Floyd's death, but the rapper has doubled down on his opinion

Daily Mirror

Taking the knee has come and gone again but football's racism issues still exist

There are still a number of challenges regarding discrimination in football and progress continues to move at a slow pace despite the increase in awareness on the subject following the Black Lives Matter movement

ABC News

Australian artists Soda Jerk debut new film Hello Dankness, a cinematic mashup of Trump-era America and classic movies

Hundreds of visual references from movie history combine with biting political satire in the latest project from New York-based Australian artists Dan and Dominique Angeloro aka Soda Jerk.

Chronicle Live

Hell's Angel spared jail for violent disorder at Black Lives Matter protest in Newcastle city centre

Gary Richardson, who recklessly struck a police officer during the violence, walked free due to being in poor health

Daily Mirror

Kanye West being sued for $250million by George Floyd's daughter

George Floyd's family have sent a cease-and-desist letter to rapper Kanye over his remarks about Floyd's death, claiming that they have been 'retraumatised'

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