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Black Man Arrested While Collecting Signatures for a Tenant Association Says Racial Profiling Needs to Stop

Ashantai HathawayJanuary 14, 2021January 14, 2021

by Ashantai HathawayJanuary 14, 2021January 14, 20211361

“It’s an egregious pandemic, Being a Black man and being racially profiled, being looked at as being suspicious and you get tired of that. It...

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Black Attorney Arrested, Placed on Probation; Says He Was Racially Profiled Because he Wasn’t Wearing a Suit

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 20218384

Black attorney, who says he was racially profiled before getting into a dispute with officers in a California courtroom, has received a year's probation....

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White Woman Who Falsely Accused Black Teenager of Stealing iPhone Has Been Arrested

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 8, 2021January 8, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 8, 2021January 8, 20211773

Miya Ponsetto, the White woman who falsely accused a 14-year-old Black child of stealing her iPhone at a SoHo hotel, has been detained and arrested....

Fashion & Beauty News

Black Versace Executive Accuses Beverly Hills Police Officers of Racial Profiling

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 9, 2020October 9, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 9, 2020October 9, 20208754

Salehe Bembury, the VP of sneakers and men's footwear for Versace, says police officers stopped him in Beverly Hills in a case of racial profiling....

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Black Man Questioned by White Police Officers For Having Too Many Credit Cards

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 27, 2020August 27, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 27, 2020August 27, 202045543

A Black man in Texas was questioned by white police officers based on the number of credit cards he happened to have in his wallet...

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Florida Man Charged With False Imprisonment After Illegally Detaining Black Teen Who Was Riding His Bicycle

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 31, 2020July 31, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 31, 2020July 31, 202057434

A Florida man has been charged for illegally detaining a Black teenager early last month...

COVID-19 Lifestyle

Miami Police Handcuff Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus (Video)

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 15, 2020April 27, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 15, 2020April 27, 20201316

Miami's police chief ordered an investigation after a black doctor, who has been testing the homeless for COVID-19, was handcuffed outside his home....