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Diehard fans know that Vanessa Bryant was involved in a lawsuit that had to do with some Kobe Bryant crash pics. Check out the latest reports coming from The Shade Room.

A judge rules that the names of the deputies who shared photos from the crash site of #KobeBryant, his daughter #Gigi and 7 others will be revealed and not shielded from the public. Vanessa shared a post of this news thanking the judge. We continue to send love towards all the families affected by this tragedy TSR wrote.

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Someone said: I understand shes hurt but whats the purpose of naming those deputies? Does she want revenge for the leak? and one other follower posted this: As she tf should. People need to learn that there are consequences for their actions.

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One other follower said: Serious question What is this going to do? Are they going to be charged or something for doing this?

Someone else posted this: Their lives will be a living hell once them names drop and one other follower posted this: Yall so pressed bout who leaked some damn pics but George Zimmerman still alive and well. What does yall gon do with the name? The address? Oh okay.

Someone else said: I dont mean to be insensitive. I know shes still mourning.. but what is she gonna do with this? Im confused. Why does this matter?

Vanessa Bryant could not be any more proud of her firstborn daughter since shes following her dream and pursuing a modelling career. That being said, the mom is also certain that Kobe would be just as proud if he were still here!

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Vanessa took to her account on Instagram to share a pic of her stunning 18-year-old daughter rocking a perfect makeup look and in the caption, raving about her pursuing a modelling career!

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Martel Stone, a former executive sous chef at (now-closed) Afro-Caribbean fine dining destination Kith/Kin, will lead the kitchen for a new full-service restaurant and bar connected to the Gathering Spot, a private networking club for the progressive set that opened its original location in Atlanta five years ago. Located blocks from the White House at 1720 I Street NW, the Gathering Spot is scheduled to open Monday, March 15. At an American restaurant called the H, Stone will weave in influences from the African diaspora, his upbringing, and his travels. The H will be open to members and their guests only, but non-members can book its events space. Founders Ryan Wilson and TK Petersen say they were moved to start a club built around supporting the Black community when a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of murder and manslaughter charges after he killed unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin.

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The Director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans to remain vigilant against the coronavirus as the 3rd vaccine is rolled out. (March 1) AP Domestic

In recent weeks, misinformation about Coca-Cola's diversity, equity and inclusion training has brought the company under fire.Critics claimed the company's mandatory training had urged employees to be less white. Fact-checkers found the claims to be a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information.

Regardless, the scandal is inspiring critics to turn their sights on other soft drink companies.

Were mad at Coke and Co, but also know that Pepsi donated over $100M to Antifa in 2020, reads a Feb. 27 post to a conservative Facebook group.

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This claim likely stems from disinformation about PepsiCos contributions to racial equity organizations.USA TODAY rated that claim false in August.

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None of the posters accepted USA TODAYs request for comment.

In August, USA TODAY debunked claims that Pepsi had donated $400 million to the Black Lives Matter movement. Confusion came after former Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs incorrectly claimed that several corporations pledged money to the movement during a July 16, 2020, broadcast. Dobbs acknowledged that his claims were inaccurate in a tweet the following day.

Alix Ekstrom, a PepsiCo spokesperson, told USA TODAY the Pepsi brand has not made any such donation. She stressed that PepsiCo would be investing more than $400 million over 5 years to address issues of inequality and create opportunities.

The PepsiCos Racial Equality Journey" includes changes in the company's workforce, business partnerships, and support for social programs that impact Black communities.

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The plan does not include donations to Black Lives Matter, however, a message from the PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta stressed Black Lives Matter, to our company and to me.

In June, PepsiCo brand Gatorade announced its own donation to BLM. The pledge was part of a $500,000 total donation Gatorade split across BLM, the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Know Your Rights Camp.

Black Lives Matter is an organization that was founded in 2013, after George Zimmerman was acquitted of /killing Trayvon Martin.

An unnamed PepsiCo spokesperson confirmed to Check Your Factin February that the company did not donate money to antifa. PepsiCo did not respond to multiple requests for comment from USA TODAY.

Unlike BLM, antifa is not an official organization. Antifa, short for anti-fascist, is an international left-leaning political movement. Aside from a few unified groups, the movement is largely unstructured with no leadership or headquarters to accept donations.

There is an International Anti-Facist Defence Fund that collects donations to help antifascist individuals with legal and medical support. Historian and antifa researcher Mark Bray described these contributions in The Washington Postas "small donations" that "hardly constitutes the moneyed boogeyman that Republicans have conjured."

A man with an Antifa badge walks with Detroit Detroit Will Breathe members and other organizations as they march through the city of Detroit on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 while demanding the counting of all votes for the 2020 elections. (Photo: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press / USA TODAY Network)

After widespread antiracism protests in summer 2020, critics blamed antifa for violence and vandalism. In the months since, BLM opponents have continued to attribute political upheaval toantifa. Many falsely claimed antifa actors were responsible for the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

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We rate thisclaim FALSE, based on our research.There is no evidence PepsiCo donated $100 million to antifa in 2020. Allegations that PepsiCo funded the left-leaning movement likely stem from old misinformation that was debunked in August 2020. Antifa is an international political movement without any official leaders or defined structures.

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America has a long road ahead before truly uprooting issues of police brutality, white supremacy and systemic racism

Last year, the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many others underscored the pervasiveness of racial inequality and police brutality in Americait also marked an important year for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. In May 2020 alone, thousands of Americans rallied in solidarity with the Black community, protesting racism, demanding criminal justice and police reform and calling for long-term change. In addition to demonstrations spreading across major cities, the Black communitys call for action was also echoed on social media. For a while, it seemed impossible to scroll through Instagram or Twitter without seeing posts calling out racism and threads highlighting what can be done to help.

However, it appears as though people are already beginning to move on from their activism. Profile pictures that were once blacked out in solidarity with the movement have slowly been deleted, and links to petitions on Instagram bios have been removed. Many have also taken President Joe Bidens 2020 win as a sigh of relief for Black lives, although America has a long road ahead before truly uprooting issues of police brutality, white supremacy and systemic racism. As a new year rolled around and we once again welcomed Black History Month in February, its time we remind ourselves that upholding racial equality and civil rights are not trends to participate in for a few months before returning to business as usual. Black lives always matter, and we must continue to do our part in demanding greater equality.

The BLM movement was founded by activists Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi in July 2013 following the acquittal of policeman George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Although the movement has existed for nearly a decade, 2020 was arguably its most momentous year with successful developments in police reform, the removal of racist symbols from state flags and increasing international solidarity for Black lives everywhere.

Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Baltimore are just a few of the cities that have reduced funding for police departments by over hundreds of millions of dollars, choosing instead to divert funds to mental health programs, education services, increasing affordable housing and tackling homelessness. In many cities, policies were passed to ban the use of chokeholds by law enforcementthe very tactic that led to George Floyds deathas well as the institution of Breonnas Law in Louisville, KY, which bans no-knock search warrants. Statues honoring Confederate leaders, colonizers and slaveholders have been removed, including those of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson in Richmond, VA and the Athens Confederate Monument in Athens, GA.

Moreover, pressure to uproot racist sentiments caused sports teams and food products to change their names. Just recently, PepsiCo announced that they would be renaming the Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup brand to Pearl Milling Company, in addition to pledging $5 million to support the Black community. The momentum from last years BLM protests also prompted people outside of the U.S. to reflect on their own issues of racism and police brutality, from protestors in the U.K. toppling the statue of slave trader Edward Colston to viral Twitter threads about systemic racism and colorism against Papuans trending in Indonesia.

Throughout 2020, the BLM movement incited important public conversations around racism and efforts to address individual prejudice, as well as nationwide changes in policing, criminal justice and government. The fight for racial equality, however, is far from over. Mass incarceration and sentencing disparities continue to disproportionately harm Black people. Qualified immunity remains a factor in facilitating police misconduct. Many victims of police brutality, such as Jacob Blake, Tony McDade and Elijah McClain, have still not seen justice.

In order to truly create long-term change, we must hold our leaders to a higher standard. Centuries of white supremacy and systemic racism will not disappear after just one year of protests and petition-signing. This can only be done through consistent, long-term efforts from both white and Black communities to address individual and structural racism. As lawyer and civil rights activist Derrick Bell once said, Black people achieve civil rights victories only when white and Black interests converge. Hopefully, 2021 will mark a year where positive change is not presupposed on tragedy and national outrage. Black lives still matterlets not forget.

Written by: Amara Putri aputri@ucdavis.eduDisclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by individual columnists belong to the columnists alone and do not necessarily indicate the views and opinions held by The California Aggie.

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Looking back at events this past week and this week in recent history as we learn to address criminal justice

Past mistakes are the ones from which we are taught to learn. But to discover racist lynchings of a Black citizen, we need not go on a historical expedition; a short trip back to Feb. 23, 2020 is enough. It has been one year since the unprovoked killing of Ahmaud Arbery. His death at the hands of racists shows us that mistakes are still being made. It is time to learn from the present. History is often analyzed retrospectively. Many times, lessons come decades or even centuries after consequential events. But there is so much to learn from our not-so-distant past as well. Exactly one year later, Illinois chose to take steps based on their willingness to understand the Black communitys pain and fear. Illinois terminated its highly discriminatory cash bail system. It is time for the rest of the country, including California and its citizens, to follow Illinois lead.

Illinois decided to change its trajectory on discriminatory practices this past Tuesday. Governor Pritzker signed legislation that ends the practice of requiring cash bail to allow the release of a non-violent defendant before their trial. This practice often makes it difficult for poorer citizens, who are disproportionately people of color, to await their trials outside of a cell. With Illinois new law, any charged citizen who is not a dangerous threat to society is truly free until and unless they are proven guilty. Any means any: not just the wealthiest and whitest of those charged.

Our system failed Arbery among countless others. But on his death anniversary, we can count on Illinois to address poverty and race-driven generational trauma. Justice has yet to be served in Arberys case, but he has since become a martyr of the Black Lives Movement. We have yet to see whether the defendants hateful rhetoric and incriminating video evidence are enough for the jury to convict them. But in previous cases like the trial of George Zimmerman, the killer of Trayvon Martin, innocent until proven guilty often becomes innocent even when proven guilty in the trial. While his death has yet to be avenged in the court of law, his impact has spread beyond his close circles. His, George Floyds, and Breonna Taylors untimely demises have reinvigorated a movement that fights against a system that treats Black Americans as guilty until proven innocent a system that discriminates at every level, from the roads to the courts to the prison cells.

Eliminating cash bail is one step of many towards complete criminal justice reform, but it is an instrumental one. Illinois was the first state to take this leap; it is time for California to do the same. Many get discouraged by how unattainable seismic shifts seem. But systematic change is far from impossible. It is time to think, write, whisper, and shout as we tackle criminal justice reform.

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