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The relationship between blacks and cops is paradoxical to the core. Nobody needs the police more than African-Americans, yet no community harbors greater resentment toward them. The two groups have plenty of opportunity to cultivate this mutual distrust, particularly in the inner city. “We have thousands of kids in these neighborhoods who have had endless contact with cops, who’ve been arrested, who see people get arrested,” says Jonathan Rubin stein, a former Philadelphia policeman and crime expert....

The Exiled is Snipe’s new graphic novel, a noir thriller in an urban setting. The actor’s own production company, Maandi House Studios, is collaborating with comic publishers Gifted Rebels, known for comics like The Eighth and The Kill Journal. After his crucial role as the vampire slayer in the Blade trilogy, still considered the cornerstone of modern comic book movies, Wesley Snipes has dabbled in the comic book industry with After Dark, a limited series for Radical Comics....

Oksana Chusovitina confirmed she was hanging up her leotard on day two of the Tokyo Games, on Sunday, which was her eighth consecutive Olympic appearance. The 46-year-old failed to qualify for the vault final after finishing in 14th place. After completing her last Olympic event, she waved to the eerily empty stands with tears in her eyes. She received a standing ovation from fellow competitors and the judges, who knew they had witnessed the final chapter in a record-breaking career that recently saw her competing against girls less than half her age....

African Americans have received 3 percent of vaccine doses while they make up 6 percent of the state, according to the Associated Press. Latinos, who make up 39 percent of the state, have received 17 percent of doses. The vaccination gap is much narrower for white Californians, who make up 36 percent of the state’s population. State health data shows that 32 percent of white people in the state have already received shots....

Black Americans are hurting right now, after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. Most believe those deaths—two of them caused by police, the other caused by white men acting like police—were unjust. Many believe race factored into the deaths, either through direct motivation or systemic imbalances. The Republican establishment could use this moment to connect with black voters. It could draw near and say, “We hear and empathize with you....

Throughout sports history, Black women are often forgotten. It’s hard enough for women’s sports to get equal coverage, but that doesn’t take away from the tremendous contributions made by Black female athletes. Sporting News celebrates the achievements of Black women in sports and how their success set the foundation for the next generation. Click the player above to see the video. Whether they were the first to do it or the ones who did it best, Black women have and will continue to leave their mark in sports history....

Supporting a hate crime hoaxter in the name of racial solidarity is a far cry from the movement’s origins in 2014 to shine a light on police brutality, particularly the killing of unarmed Black men. But supporting Smollett, who made a mockery of racism, is not an aberration. Across the board, BLM has abandoned its important goal to protect Black life in order to wage a culture war about race....

It is known so far that most of the actors from the first installment, except Chadwick Boseman of course, will be returning to reprise their roles. At the aforementioned event, Feige did not reveal much about the movie, which wasn’t very surprising, but Variety reports that he did confirm the Black Panther 2 script that they are working on “would make Chad proud.” RELATED: ‘Black Panther’ Star Angela Bassett Says Sequel Lives Up To The Hype...

In Marvel Comics, Namor is shown as a white-skinned male with pointy ears. However, his appearance in the latest MCU movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever looks closest to a Hispanic male. Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Marvel Comics. Namor is the only white-skinned Atlantean in Marvel Comics Namor is one of the few characters introduced towards the start of Timely Comics (changed to Marvel comics later on) in 1939....

It looked as if the Blackhawks’ season would end Thursday at Scottrade Center by way of another wretched third period, but Patrick Kane scored a brilliant wraparound goal in double overtime to keep this first-round playoff series against the Blues going and force a Game 6. MORE: Top photos from Round 1 | Best Blackhawks players of all time Kane, who along with other high-profile teammates had yet to find the back of the net these playoffs, got himself off the schneid 3:07 into the second extra frame when he shimmied between three Blues, slipped the puck beside Brian Elliott to the foot of the crease, and then wrapped himself around the net to pot his own rebound and give Chicago a 4-3 victory....

Now Biden is formally vetting her to be his vice-presidential running mate. That doesn’t sit well with minority voters. According to groups and leaders of color, including immigration activists, the selection of Klobuchar would mean Biden is taking voters of color for granted—after black voters resurrected his campaign—to prioritize Midwestern moderate white voters. “She would be a reckless choice” said Aimee Allison, whose group She The People held a presidential forum last year at historically black Texas Southern University that Klobuchar attended....

Nelson told WCCO she thought she saw her friend’s dog walk by but quickly realized what she saw was actually a black bear. In the video, Nelson and Arndt ran for the door and started banging on it after they discovered it was locked. “So I’m pounding on the door saying, ‘Let us in!’ Screaming our heads off, just wanting to get inside,” Nelson said. “Then [Hailey Nyberg] pokes her head around the corner....

Though lack of diversity remains a serious problem in the field, companies like San Francisco’s MD Numbers provide some much-needed representation. These Black entrepreneurs and others hope to write a new chapter in the story of America’s “war on drugs,” which has disproportionately punished people of color. Right now, the medical use of cannabis is legal in 35 states with a doctor’s prescription. Recreational use of cannabis is legal in 14 states, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, while an additional 16 states and the U....

But following two years marred by COVID-related capacity and proximity restrictions, as well as the ever-growing convenience of online shopping, the phenomenon that is Black Friday has undergone a major transformation. This month, data published by the National Retail Federation indicated that 166.3 million Americans plan on shopping between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, with Black Friday expected to attract nearly 115 million shoppers alone. The group also reported that 67 percent of holiday shoppers in the U....

Footage shared widely on social media showed protesters in the British city of Bristol tearing down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, who died in 1721. Colston was a member of the Royal African Company, which is estimated to have transported about 80,000 Africans to the Americas as slaves. After the Bristol statue was torn down, it was dragged through the city’s streets and thrown into the harbor’s waters....

As many Call of Duty diehards are aware, Dead Ops 2 Arcade is an expanded continuation of the twin-stick shooter’s first appearance as one of the secrets to unlock in the original Black Ops. Nevertheless, Treyarch has really beefed up the mini-game’s sequel by adding a bunch of new weapons like the Ray Gun, as well as several different power-ups, such as an item that shifts the overhead perspective into first-person view....

There are more than nine challenges total, so the challenges players get in any given match could be different. Regardless, completing all of the challenges in IX is no easy task, and it’s going to take particularly skilled Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 players to complete them all. Here are all the possible challenges players can get in IX: Complete one round inside the Temple Destroy nine pieces of gladiator armor Get the final blow on a Blight Father Have a max crowd affinity for two minutes Kill a Blight Father without being pulled by its tongue Kill five tigers Kill nine gladiators Kill nine zombies with the Brazen Bull shield Kill nine zombies with the Death of Orion charge shot Kill six zombies with equipment Knife kill 13 zombies Slide under a blade trip without being hit Stop three catalyst transformations...

With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever already making its mark with its record-breaking theatrical debut, the time leading up to the film had audiences anticipating what would come from the film. Following the tragic loss of Chadwick Boseman, who played T’Challa in the first installment of the Black Panther franchise, Ryan Coogler the writer of the film was faced with the task of crafting a whole new story without Boseman....