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First Amendment Retaliation Claim by Virginia Tech Player Who Didn't Kneel for "Unity Statement" Can Proceed

From Hening v. Adair, decided Friday by Judge Thomas Cullen (W.D. Va.): Plaintiff Kiersten Hening, a former member of the Virginia Tech women's soccer team, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against her former coach, Charles "Chugger" Adair. Specifically, Hening alleges that, after she refused to kneel in…

Reason

Free Speech Rules, Free Speech Culture, and Legal Education: Responses to Objections

I was invited to participate in a Hofstra Law Review symposium on free speech in law schools, which will be happening in February, and I thought I'd serialize my current draft article; there's still plenty of time to improve it, so I'd love to hear people's comments. Here are some…

Reason

'Any means necessary': the police who adopt the skull symbol of the ultra-violent comic book vigilante the Punisher

In Travis Linnemann’s book The Horror Of Police, he quotes David Grossman, founder of the “bulletproof warrior” seminar series, notorious for teaching police that killing is “just not that big of a deal.”

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‘You want it to outlive you’: an often-overlooked piece of civil rights history

A new documentary looks back at Lowndes county, where often-forgotten figures fought against white supremacy

The Guardian - US

Musk takeover threatens Black Twitter

Black Twitter’s expected demise would make it harder to discuss police brutality and racism

Salon

Black and minoritised ethnic communities at disproportionate risk of homelessness in the UK

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, there has been a heightened awareness of ethnic inequality in the UK. Despite some recent studies on housing conditions in the context of the pandemic, little attention has been paid to how racial inequality and homelessness intersect.

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Black Twitter's expected demise would make it harder to publicize police brutality and discuss racism

Before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile and Sandra Bland were propelled into the media spotlight, their names were Twitter #hashtags.

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Leeds United star Tyler Adams' classy response to Iranian journalist amid US discrimination question

The Leeds United midfielder has a growing stature off the field

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NYPD sergeant punished for wearing pro-Trump patches at Black Lives Matter protest

NEW YORK — An NYPD sergeant who wore pro-Trump “Punisher” logos on her uniform and blew kisses at demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest in Brooklyn has been docked 30 vacation days, the Daily News has learned.

Tribune News Service

Melbourne BLM protest charge 'mangled'

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.

Tribune News Service

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:

Reuters

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

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Republicans have learned nothing

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

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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)

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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.

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Oath Keepers: "We're harmless kooks!"

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

The Guardian - AU

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 - US

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

WEKU

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.

The Guardian - US

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

Los Angeles Times

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

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