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Teens Handcuffed for Selling Water on National Mall Get Job Offers
A little compassion goes a long way, and when Raymond Bell, the founder and administrator of the HOPE Project, saw that two young teens were handcuffed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for selling water without a permit, he saw two hardworking young people that he wanted to help. “I’m an entrepreneur myself, and…
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3 Chicago Cops Facing Multiple Charges in Alleged Cover-Up in Laquan McDonald’s Shooting Death
Three current or former Chicago police officers were indicted on multiple charges Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to cover up wrongdoing by Officer Jason Van Dyke, who gunned down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. The Chicago Tribune reports that Detective David March and Patrol Officers Joseph Walsh (Van Dyke’s partner that night) and Thomas Gaffney…
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Family of Alton Sterling Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of Alton Sterling—a black man who was gunned down on July 5, 2016, by Baton Rouge, La., police—has filed a wrongful death suit against the city, the Baton Rouge Police Department, the police chief and two officers involved in the encounter. The lawsuit claims that the shooting fit a pattern of racist behavior…
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3 of the Central Park Five Finally Celebrate Their High School Graduation, Receive Honorary Diplomas
It’s been decades in the making, but on Monday three of the Central Park Five finally got the opportunity to celebrate their high school graduation and received honorary degrees after they were robbed of their futures when they were wrongly imprisoned and later wrongly convicted for the 1989 rape of a woman who was jogging…
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‘I Could Kill You’: Video Shows Off-Duty Ill. Police Officer Pinning Black Teen to the Ground
Another video has surfaced showing an off-duty Lansing, Ill., police officer pinning down a black teen and threatening his life, all because the boy was trying to help a friend who happened to be on the officer’s property. According to WGN TV, the incident began Saturday night when a few teenage boys got into a…
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#WalkingWhileBlack: Video Shows Fla. Cop Threatening to Jail Black Man for Crossing the Street, Not Having ID
A young black man in Jacksonville, Fla., was harassed by a local sheriff’s officer after he was allegedly caught in the horrific act of jaywalking without a license. Seriously. According to the Miami Herald, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer J.S. Bolen stopped 21-year-old Devonte Shipman and one of Shipman’s friends for jaywalking, all while attempting to intimidate…
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Trump Supporters Hold ‘Sit-in’ at NC Starbucks After Woman Is Reportedly Mocked for Wearing Trump T-Shirt
Woe is a woman in North Carolina who was apparently mocked by a Starbucks barista for wearing a Donald Trump T-shirt. “They shouted out ‘Build a wall’ and shoved a drink at me, and then all the baristas in the back started cracking up laughing,” Kayla Hart told Fox 46. So more than 40 Trump…
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City of St. Anthony, Minn., Reaches $3,000,000 Settlement With Family of Philando Castile
The city of St. Anthony, Minn., will avoid a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Philando Castile’s family in the wake of his 2016 shooting death by paying out nearly $3 million to his family. According to the Associated Press, Castile’s mother is set to receive the $2.995 million as settlement in Castile’s death at the…
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Police Still Searching for Suspects Who Beat Up Restaurant Owner Over Cold Chicken
Police are still searching for two people they say were caught on surveillance footage attacking a restaurant owner and the owner’s daughter over an apparent dispute over cold chicken late last week in Georgia. According to WTOC, the incident started Thursday afternoon at the family-owned Qwik Chick takeout stand next to U.S. Highway 1, when…
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Woman Charged in SC With Tearing Confederate-Flag Tag Off Truck, Backing Into Truck’s Owner
A woman is facing multiple charges after police say she ripped a Confederate-flag “tag” off a truck in South Carolina before backing into the truck’s owner. According to WCIV, 43-year-old Ann Lee Walters is facing charges of vandalism and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries after the incident in Charleston. WCBD reports that…
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