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Killsplaining: Whether White Supremacist Cop or Wayward Teen, No One Asks to Be Murdered
We are starting to become a nation of excuses. A nation that shoots first and then looks through your personnel file to explain away why the shooting was valid. I am not a fan of uncovering the past of a person who was unjustifiably killed. If a person is killed by a rogue police officer…
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You Won’t Have Tim Duncan, the Pumpkin-Spice Latte of the NBA, to Ignore Anymore
On Monday, Tim Duncan ended his career much the way he played: quietly. He didn’t announce that he was leaving at the top of the season so he could go on an NBA farewell tour like Kobe Bryant did, but such is life for the man who made his living as one of the most…
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In the Streets, in Protest and on the Basketball Court, Black Women Lead
A day after rallies around the country to protest the slayings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling at the hands of police, two photos are emblazoned in my mind. The first is of a woman standing peacefully in a sundress wearing sensible shoes while police in riot gear swarm to arrest her. The second is…
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Everything We Know About Dallas Shooter Micah X. Johnson
After a rally Thursday in Dallas to protest the recent police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, Micah X. Johnson, 25, reportedly opened fire, killing five police officers and wounding six others. After a standoff between Johnson and police, officers sent in and detonated a robotic bomb, killing Johnson. Below is…
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We Can Grieve 5 Officers and the Black Men Shot by Police at the Same Time
The pain I feel for the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling has not subsided since I learned that five Dallas officers had been fatally shot in their name. In fact, the pain has been multiplied by five. The news broke for me Thursday night on social media. Cops were being shot at a…
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State Drops Charge Against Baltimore Officer in Freddie Gray Case
The trial of Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice, one of the six officers charged in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, began Thursday, and he’s already had one of the charges against him dropped. According to WISN, Rice was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree reckless assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in…
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Ga. 6-Year-Old Finds Stolen Olympic Gold Medal
A Georgia father and his 6-year-old daughter were out for a walk when they stumbled upon an Olympic gold medal. According to ABC News, former slalom canoeist Joe Jacobi won the medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The medal was stolen from Jacobi’s car last month. Chloe Smith, 6, spotted the shiny object…
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FBI Director Recommends No Criminal Charges Against Hillary Clinton in Private-Email Use
FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday that his office will not recommend that prosecutors bring charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information in emails on her private servers. “Although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this…
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Report: Off-Duty NYPD Cop Kills Unarmed Man in Road Rage Incident
A road rage incident involving an off-duty New York City police officer and a 37-year-old man turned deadly after the officer opened fire during a heated confrontation, authorities say. According to the New York Daily News, Delrawn Small, his girlfriend, their 4-month-old and her two daughters were driving down a street in the East New…
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Former Tuskegee Airman Roscoe C. Brown Jr. Dies at 94
Roscoe C. Brown Jr., one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen who flew in World War II, died Saturday at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. He was 94. According to NBC 4 New York, Brown, who held a doctorate in education, became critically ill toward the end of 2015. In May he had a pacemaker…
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