President Donald Trump said he opposes renaming the Washington Redskins despite calls to change what many view as an offensive reference to Native Americans. He suggested that Nascar’s only Black full-time driver, Bubba Wallace, should apologize for a “hoax” after a noose was found in his garage at an Alabama racetrack. Trump also questioned Nascar’s decision to ban Confederate flags at its tracks.
Amy Cooper, the former head of Franklin-Templeton’s insurance investment portfolio, was charged Monday with filing a false police report, the Associated Press reported. Cooper, who is White, was fired after a viral video surfaced of her calling the police and claiming a Black man had threatened her after a dispute over her walking her dog without a leash in Central Park. The altercation occurred the same week as the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in Minneapolis police custody.
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