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PlasteredPeggy tries to convince cop not to arrest her because she's a "very clean, thoroughbred, white girl."

PlasteredPeggy tries to convince cop not to arrest her because she's a "very clean, thoroughbred, white girl."  A Bluffton, S.C., woman thought her whiteness would come in a clutch when she was stopped by police after plowing through a stop sign more than 30 miles an hour over the speed limit (allegedly while drunk to top it off) early Saturday morning. The woman, identified by  the New York Post  as Lauren Elizabeth Cutshaw apparently told cops that she shouldn’t be arrested because she is a “very clean, thoroughbred, white girl,” according to a report by the Bluffton Police Department.

Are Charter Schools Good or Bad for Black Students?

Are Charter Schools Good or Bad for Black Students? According to  the Association for the Study of African American Life and History,  the  group  that founded BHM —t his crisis “has grown significantly in urban neighborhoods where public schools lack resources, endure overcrowding, exhibit a racial achievement gap, and confront policies that fail to deliver substantive opportunities.” Delivering those opportunities is one of America’s unfinished civil rights imperatives. But it will require resolving new divisions within the racial justice movement over one of the great hopes for extending educational opportunity: Charter schools. President Barack Obama championed these publicly funded but independently run schools, whose promise is that freedom from traditional bureaucratic regulation will allow educators to innovate, thus improving student outcomes. Unlike  vouchers —essentially publicly funded passes for select students to attend private school, which Democrats typically

Chicago shootings spark calls for Rahm Emanuel to resign

Chicago shootings spark calls for Rahm Emanuel to resign Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his administration are once again under fire for the city’s ongoing problem with gun violence, as this past weekend left at least 11 people dead and 70 others wounded. "Our souls are burdened," Emanuel said in response. "It is unacceptable to happen in any neighborhood of Chicago. We are a better city." Though the Windy City ended last year with 650 homicides — down from 771 the year before — the total still exceeded the combined number of killings in New York and Los Angeles. The staggering numbers have resulted in calls for change, as well as from those who would prefer different leadership altogether. As the city grapples with how to deal with ongoing violence, here’s who has called for the mayor to resign so far.

N.F.L. National Anthem Protests Resume With Players Kneeling and Raising Fists

N.F.L. National Anthem Protests Resume With Players Kneeling and Raising Fists The N.F.L.’s 2018 began in earnest on Thursday with the first full slate of preseason games, and the question that has dogged the league all summer — will players continue social justice protests during the playing of the national anthem — was answered loud and clear. Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles, one of the most outspoken players in recent years, was joined by his teammate, De’Vante Bausby, in raising a fist while the anthem was played. As had been customary in the past, Chris Long, a veteran defensive end, stood next to Jenkins with a hand on the defensive back’s shoulder. In the only reported instance of players kneeling, Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson of the Miami Dolphins took a knee during the anthem before their team’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while their teammate, Robert Quinn, raised his fist.

Video released of Nashville officer fatally shooting Black man in the back

Video released of Nashville officer fatally shooting Black man in the back A new video has been released showing a Nashville police officer fatally  shooting  a man in the back who was running away from him. The family is demanding answers about the use of deadly force that killed the 25-year-old,  the Tennessean   reports. The Nashville district attorney’s office  on Wednesday  released the videos of  Daniel Hambrick’s  last moments. Community members up-in-arms over what they believe to be an excessive use of force as he runs away. Officer  Andrew Delke , 25 ,   has been identified as the officer in the video who shot Hambrick in the back. Because Hambrick was Black and Delke is white, some believe racial bias was a factor in the shooting.

WATCH: Arkansas cop tells group of black residents that they ‘don’t belong in my city’

WATCH: Arkansas cop tells group of black residents that they ‘don’t belong in my city’ A police officer in Arkansas has been fired from his job after being shown on camera telling a group of black men that they “don’t belong in my city.” Local news station THV 11 reports  that Mike Moore, a police officer for the town of England, Arkansas, told Demarcus Branch and his friends that they weren’t welcome in his city. I n the video, Moore approaches the men and tells them, “You don’t belong in my city.” Branch is taken aback by the officer’s statement and says, “We’re from here!” “But you understand, I know who my people are, right?” Moore asks. “Who belongs here and who doesn’t? We’ve got gang wars going on, we got all kinds of stuff.” Moore told Branch that he didn’t belong in the town despite the fact that he grew up there — and despite the fact that his uncle actually works at the England Police Department. Branch brought the video to the department to let

History shared but unreconciled in city’s Confederate statue

History shared but unreconciled in city’s Confederate statue TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — In 1906, when aging, white Confederate veterans of the Civil War and black ex-slaves still lived on the old plantations of the Deep South, two very different celebrations were afoot in this city known even then as a beacon of black empowerment. Tuskegee Institute, founded to educate Southern blacks whose families had lived in bondage for generations, was saluting its 25th anniversary. Meanwhile, area whites were preparing to dedicate a monument to rebel soldiers in a downtown park set aside exclusively for white people. Flash forward to today and that same Confederate monument still stands in the same park, both of them owned by a Confederate heritage group. They sit in the heart of a poor, black-controlled town of 9,800 people that’s less than 3 percent white. Students from what’s now Tuskegee University once tried and failed to tear down the old gray statue, which has since become a