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'More An American Thing': AFL's Nic Naitanui Weighs In On 'Take A Knee' Becoming Australian Norm
The West Coast Eagles player spoke about the gesture that protests racial injustice and police brutality.
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Bodycam Captures Police Chief, Officer Defending Slavery, Using Racial Slurs
The two men, who have been forced from their Georgia police department, were reportedly recorded talking before a planned Black Lives Matter protest last year.
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Trumps Legacy Through The Eyes Of Those His Presidency Hurt
From inciting violence to separating families, the repercussions of the Trump administrations policies and rhetoric will be felt for a long time.
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Michael McCormack Stands By His Comparison Of US Capitol Riots To BLM Protests
Australia's deputy prime minister said 'violence is violence'.
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For Police, MAGA Insurrectionists Weren't A Threat. Black Lives Matter Was.
Before Trumps extremist supporters stormed the Capitol, cops were accustomed to seeing them as allies.
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Biden Calls Out Racist Double Standard In Response To Capitol Riot
No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday ... they wouldnt have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol, the president-elect said.
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Stain On Australia: Miranda Devine Slammed For Blaming Capitol Riots On BLM Protesters
The conservative columnist controversially claimed "we really shouldnt be surprised... after the way leftist violence was condoned most of last year".
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Republican Senator Poses With Former KKK Leader, Now Claims She Had No Idea
The Georgia senator has decried the Black Lives Matter movement, and accused Black people carrying legal firearms of practicing "mob rule."
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Australia And India Cricket Teams Take Anti-Racism Stand With 'Barefoot Circle'
The cricketers showed support for the BLM movement and acknowledged First Nations Australians before the match started.
By Nick Mulvenney, Reuters

Sacha Baron Cohen Shares Video Of Chaotic Escape From Washington Gun Rally
Behind-the-scenes footage showed the 'Borat 2' crew's harrowing getaway after "very angry" attendees rushed the stage.
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