Author: Darlen Vazquez-Rojas

Rhode Island doughnut shop, Allie’s, has eliminated police and military discount due to racism and injustice. What We Know: The popular doughnut shop in Rhode Island posted on their social media accounts the following message: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBIaDEHH5BJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The message from the well-known shop came after a local African-American firefighter, Terrell Oaci was racially profiled by police while he was in uniform. The police questioned Terrell Oaci and asked if he had a weapon. The police have denied the allegations. The doughnut shop’s decision sparked outrage with the community and many asked to boycott the small business. https://twitter.com/NBC10_KellyO/status/1269650809177939971?s=20 Along with critics, other…

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What we know: After many protests around the world have demanded the city of Minneapolis to disband or increase the number of budget cuts for the police department, the city is finally considering it. Disbanding the police department is not common and no one has attempted to try. Unlike cities such as Minneapolis considering this extreme measure others such as Camden, New Jersey dismantle their own police department seven years ago and this is where they are now: Camden dissolved its police department in 2012 and replaced it with an entirely new one due to continuous corruption in the agency…

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Discriminatory remarks have ended the partnership between HelloFresh and Lea Michele. The actress had posted a tweet in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amidst the recent outrage of George Floyd’s death. The tweet sparked outrage moments later by her co-stars who accused the actress of racist comments, bullying, and hateful comments. What we know: On May 29th, Lea Michele had posted a tweet expressing her support to the Black Lives Matter movement. A few days later, her Glee co-star Samantha Ware, who portrayed Jane Hayward, responded to Lea Michele’s tweet with the following message: https://twitter.com/Sammie_Ware/status/1267632171570745345?s=20 Following the tweet…

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Danger sets in the U.S as The New York Times publishes Tom Cotton’s use of military force. What We Know: The New York Times faced a backlash late Wednesday by running an Op-Ed and publishing it as part of the news. Many of the staff members came out and “shamed” the Times for publishing this opinion-based article and igniting more fire as well as danger in the community. In the wake of the many riots all over the U.S, President Trump threatened the use of the United States army by the Insurrection Act to act as needed and use physical force against protesters.…

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