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Eric Garner’s Daughter Lays Wreath on Memorial for Slain NY Officers
On Monday Eric Garner’s daughter, Emerald Garner, visited the memorial for two New York City police officers who were killed Saturday. Emerald Garner laid a wreath at the makeshift site for officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, who were fatally shot by lone gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley while sitting in their patrol car. Brinsley committed suicide…
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Volunteer Cop Resigns After Racist YouTube Comments Are Exposed
An auxiliary officer outside Cleveland who apparently spent a lot of his time watching YouTube videos—usually involving blacks and law enforcement—has resigned from the force after the Cleveland Scene exposed the officer’s offerings in the video website’s comments sections, where he frequently referred to blacks as “spooks” and “n—gers” and, in one comment posted in…
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NYPD Officer Caught on Video Punching Teen Is Suspended
Last week video surfaced of a plainclothes New York police officer punching a boy while other officers attempted to handcuff him, and now, according to news reports, that officer has been suspended. According to CBS New York, the incident occurred Monday shortly after school let out. Police were responding to a report of a person…
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‘After Everything That’s Happened’: NYPD Plainclothes Officer Punches Boy, 12
With the country still on its heels from the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of white police officers, video has surfaced of a reportedly 12-year-old boy being punched by a New York City Police Department plainclothes officer as three uniformed cops attempt to arrest him, the New York Daily News reports.…
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NJ Authorities Want Assata Shakur Back From Cuba to Finish Life Sentence
On Wednesday President Obama announced that he was easing some of the United States’ 50-year restrictions against Cuba, and shortly after that announcement, the focus for some people shifted to what a new Cuba-U.S. relationship might mean for Assata Shakur. Shakur, who has become a kind of vigilante folk hero in the black community, was…
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US to Restore Relations With Cuba After 50-Year Embargo
In a historic move, replete with Republican controversy, the president announced on Wednesday that he is looking to ease up on sanctions—including economic and travel restrictions—against Cuba, effectively ending a 50-year diplomatic freeze with the communist nation, according to CBS News. “I believe we can do more to support the Cuban people and our values…
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Outpouring of Kindness Continues for Grandma Caught Shoplifting to Feed Family
On Dec. 6, Tarrant, Ala., police Officer William Stacy got a shoplifting call from Dollar General. Stacy gets such calls all the time. When he got to the store, he was shocked by what he saw: Helen Johnson, 47, was short the money she needed to get a carton of eggs, so she had stuffed…
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Report: NC Teen’s Relationship With White, Crack-Addict Girlfriend May Have Led to Hanging
Friends and family of Lennon Lacy, the 17-year-old North Carolina teen found hanged, believe that his death may have been connected to a relationship he had with a 32-year-old white woman who, they say, turned to prostitution to support her crack habit, according to a New York Daily News report. Lennon’s body was found Aug.…
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John Crawford’s Girlfriend Questioned for Over an Hour Before Cops Tell Her He Is Dead
John Crawford III walked into a Beavercreek, Ohio, Wal-Mart on Aug. 5. He was there with his girlfriend, Tasha Thomas, to get marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate. The plan was to make s’mores for a family cookout. Once at the store, he picked up an unboxed BB gun from the shelf and began walking the…
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1st Deadline for Affordable Health Care Insurance Coverage Is Monday
If you or people you know need health care now, signing up for Affordable Care Act health coverage must be done by Dec. 15 in order to be covered by Jan. 1. If by chance you miss that date, all is not lost. The Miami Herald reports that first-time Obamacare consumers without insurance can still…
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