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The Black Market pop-up store in Roxbury. Racist graffiti reading “White Lives Matter” was recently written on to the side of the store. PHOTO BY VIOLET GIDDINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Racially charged graffiti found on Dudley Square’s Black Market

Sarika Ram April 23, 2018
Kaidi Grant was outraged to find the words “White Lives Matter” sprayed onto the side of Black Market, her pop-up shop located in Roxbury’s Dudley Square. She and her husband, Chris Grant, noticed the scribbled words when they looked at the photos they took of the run-down wall of their weekend-only market featuring primarily black, local vendors.
Scott Rogowsky, the host of the HQ Trivia app, called Boston a “city of racist cops” on the app's 9 p.m. game on March 7. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY VIOLET GIDDINGS

Trivia app HQ under fire after Boston comment

Sarika Ram March 12, 2018
Scott Rogowsky, the host of HQ Trivia, a newly popular live trivia show, commented during Wednesday’s evening show that Boston is a “city of racist cops.”
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