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New York Federal Detention Center
In Brooklyn, N.Y., inmates in the federal detention center were left without heat, food, and water for several days due to a partial power outage.
According to Insider.com, onlookers saw inmates flashing lights and banging the windows of the prison.
As a result, protestors stood outside of the prison to inform local officials of the mistreatment taking place.
One protestor among the group was “Love and Hip-Hop” star, Yandy Smith. However, the rally did not last long, after the protestors bombarded the facility.
Protesters were sprayed with mace which led to the end of the rally.
The detention center holds more than 1,600 inmates in the urban area and had been suffering from low temperatures due to the polar vortex that froze the northeast region, resulting in the power outage and loss of heat.
Local leaders called out the issue labeling it as civil injustice for prisoners. As time progressed, conditions appeared to grow increasingly.
Inmates were without food for days, faced colder nights in their cells and the blankets provided were not enough.
After a week, the power was restored, and inmates signaled protestors of the change by flicking the lights inside their cells.
Mississippi Gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves answers racism allegations
Racists photographs have surfaced of an organization associated with 2019 Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves.
While Reeves was in Millsaps’ chapter of Kappa Alpha, the fraternity allegedly had a reputation for racist incidents.
Many pictures have surfaced from Reeves time at Millsaps’ that showed alleged racial activities.
This has caused him to get a great amount of backlash in the media during his candidacy for governor.
The public is referring to the photo as a racist mock of African-Americans, known as blackface.
This act derived from minstrel shows where white actors would paint their face with black paint to portray African-Americans in an inferior way.
Amidst his announcement to run for Mississippi governor, the release of the yearbook photos could hinder his chance to win against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.
Reeves is not the only politician under fire for blackface. Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia was the first to receive national attention for posing in either a KKK suit or blackface in his medical school yearbook.
The public has since voiced the need for his resignation; however, the democrat refuses to stepdown.
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