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Minneapolis to Expand Required Use of Bodycams After Shooting Death of Justine Damond
Justine Damond’s shooting death is continuing to cause widespread changes in the Minneapolis Police Department, with officials now saying that officers will be required to turn on their body cameras when responding to all calls, initiating traffic stops or taking other actions. According to the Associated Press, acting Police Chief Medaria Arradondo confirmed to reporters Wednesday…
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‘KKK Hate Muslims, We Will Kill You’: Police Investigating Hateful Messages Left at Home of Muslim Family in NY
A Muslim family living in Nassau County, part of New York’s Long Island, discovered hateful, threatening messages in their mailbox on two separate occasions, leading police to launch a hate crime investigation. According to ABC7NY, the message read, “KKK Hate Muslims, we will kill you, Jesus loves you,” along with the image of a swastika…
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Tenn. Man Showed Off a Stack of Cash in Facebook Video Hours Before He and His Mother Were Shot to Death
Osmani Munongerwa’s last posts to Facebook included a video of him waving around and fanning out a stack of cash as he danced Saturday night, and another video of him showing off money, jewelry and an armload of shopping bags. And then, mere hours later Sunday morning, Munongerwa, 20, and his mother, 37-year-old Isha Musa,…
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Police Officers Were Startled by a ‘Loud Sound’ Before Justine Damond Was Fatally Shot: Report
One of the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the shooting death of Justine Damond (who was also known by her birth name, Justine Ruszczyk) told investigators in an interview last week that he was startled by a “loud sound” near the squad car just before the fatal shooting. According to CNN, immediately after that…
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Former Texas Dentist Faces Charges After 4-Year-Old Suffers Brain Damage
A former dentist in Texas was indicted Monday in connection with a 2016 case that left a 4-year-old patient with brain damage. Bethaniel Jefferson, whose license to practice was revoked by the state in November, turned herself in to the Montgomery County Jail after a judge issued a warrant for her arrest Tuesday, Click2Houston reports.…
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Today Would Have Been Emmett Till’s 76th Birthday if a White Woman Didn’t Lie on Him
Emmett Till would have turned 76 today, July 25, had a white woman not lied on him. Maybe he would have had a wife and a family. Maybe he would have been surrounded by grandkids celebrating his big day right now—quietly, of course, for none of us would have ever had a cause to know…
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Fla. Petition Calls for Confederate Monument to Be Replaced by Statue of Beloved Manatee, Because Why Not?
Anything is better than a Confederate monument, so I can’t even be mad that one grieving Florida community is petitioning for said monument to be replaced by a statue of Snooty, a beloved manatee who died over the weekend in a tank accident at the South Florida Museum aquarium that has been described as “tragic.”…
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‘It Just Hasn’t Stopped’: Oldest Living Tuskegee Airman, 102, Laments About Continued Racial Discrimination
Sgt. Preston Jowers has seen a lot of things. At 102 years old, Jowers is the oldest living member of the first all-black aviation unit, the iconic Tuskegee Airmen. But one thing Jowers did not anticipate continuing to see is the racial discrimination that he and his fellow servicemen faced still continuing to be a…
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3 Years After Jahi McMath Was Declared Dead, Family Still Fights to Have Her Death Certificate Overturned
It has been more than three years since Jahi McMath, a California teenager, was declared dead after going into cardiac arrest following what was meant to be a routine surgery to remove her tonsils and help her sleep apnea. However, a Northern California judge is expected to determine soon whether or not to revoke her…
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Time Inc. Wants to Sell Majority Stake in Essence
Time Inc. is looking to hand the reins of Essence over to another party, seeking to sell a majority stake in the monthly African-American women’s lifestyle publication. As the Wall Street Journal notes, the announcement—which may come as a surprise to some—is the first big move by the publisher since it opted not to sell…
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