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For almost eight years, California law enforcement officials kept a death in police custody secret, labeling the case an "accident" and refusing to disclose basic information to journalists and the family of the victim, according to an investigation by Open Vallejo. Darryl Mefferd had seemed disoriented and dehydrated and was making paranoid remarks, so his niece took him to a local hospital, where he was treated with vitamins and a sedative. Doctors wanted him to remain in the hospital, but they did not feel he met the conditions for an involuntary commitment and did not call police. Mefferd ...
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Sinéad O’Connor wanted to tackle the impact of George Floyd’s murder on what turned out to be her final album. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, who died in London on 26 July aged 56, spent months before her shock passing working with Northern Irish producer David Holmes, 54, on the record ‘No Veteran Dies Alone’. He has now revealed how his and the singer’s recording sessions were heavily influenced by the death of 46-year-old George – the African American murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 25 May, 2020. David says in a new RTÉ documentary ‘Sinéad’, which will a...
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Alan Moore no longer receives royalty cheques from DC Comics for films and television series based on his comic books and instead asked the company to give the money to Black Lives Matter. The 69-year-old English author - who is responsible for creating iconic comics such as 'Watchmen', 'V for Vendetta', 'Batman: The Killing Joke' and 'From Hell' among others - is unhappy with the direction that DC has taken with the film adaptations of their characters and so has given up his payments to BLM, the organisation which was founded in 2013 and aims to highlight racism and inequality experienced by...
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NASCAR driver Noah Gragson has been suspended indefinitely after it was revealed that he had liked a racist meme on Instagram about George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a police officer. Floyd, a black man, was killed in Minneapolis in 2020 by white police officer Derek Chauvin who had pinned an already-handcuffed Floyd’s head under his neck for about nine minutes. The killing renewed a debate about police brutality and the racial justice movement. It also led to the widespread Black Lives Matter protests, sparking conversations and debates across the nation. In the meme, a live-action versio...
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Sinéad O’Connor died despairing about “biblical Devil” Donald Trump and the state of America. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer and outspoken human rights activist said seeing the reality TV star voted in as US president as well as racist outrages such as the police killing of George Floyd made her want to see a public uprising against corrupt leaders. In what is thought to be one of her last in-depth interviews, she ranted in Ireland’s Hot Press magazine in 2020 about how she was convinced Trump was the real incarnation of Satan: “I actually do believe Donald Trump is the biblical Devil, the ...
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Kanye West has apologised for hurting his “people” by falsely claiming George Floyd died from the drug fentanyl. The 45-year-old rapper had made the claim despite George being murdered by a police officer suffocating him by placing a knee on his neck for more than nine minutes. He backtracked on his remarks to paparazzi on Friday night (29.10.22) in an exchange that was captured on video and has now been shared online. Kanye said about footage of George’s killing: “When I see that video as a black person, it hurts my feelings. And I know that police do attack and America is generally racist. “...
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George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, is temporarily halting his legal action against Kanye West. Amid the rapper's anti-Semitic slur scandal - which has seen him dropped by his talent agency, lawyer and many brands, including Adidas, and his multi-billion net worth plummet as a result - Philonise has decided now is not the time to hit the 'Jesus Walks' rapper with a lawsuit. His representative, Lee Merritt, claimed his client will not proceed, for now, with legal action against Kanye - who is now legally named Ye - Candace Owens and others who have said they believe his sibling died from f...
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Kanye West has apologised for causing “hurt and confusion” with his antisemitic remarks. The rapper, 45, said sorry during an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Wednesday (19.10.22), when the host, 57, asked him whether he regretted threatening to go “DEFCON 3 on Jewish people”. Kanye initially doubled down on his comments, declaring: “No, absolutely not” – and when Piers asked if he knew the comments were racist, Kanye: “Yes, that’s why I said it... I fought fire with fire. I’m not here to get hosed down.” But later in the show Kanye offered an apology, admitting:“I will say, I’m sorry ...
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Roxie Washington, the mother of George Floyd’s daughter, is planning to sue Kanye West for disparaging and false comments he made about the murder by police of Floyd. Washington and attorneys at both the Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon & Dixon Attorney At Law will be suing West, also known as Ye, for $250 million. West made these recent comments on an interview with N.O.R.E. on his Revolt.TV podcast Drink Champs. Along with claiming that Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose, which was proven untrue by a medical examiner, West also made more antisemitic remarks. Floyd was murdered when former Mi...
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The mother of George Floyd's daughter is planning to file a $250 million lawsuit against Kanye West. Roxie Washington, who is the mother of Gianna Floyd, is taking action against the 45-year-old rapper for harassment, misappropriation, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress after he recently alleged George died as a result of fentanyl use and not as a result of police brutality. Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon and Dixon Attorneys at Law confirmed that the family have already issued a cease-and-desist letter to Kanye for having made "false statements about George Floyd’s death to prom...
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