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  • Tenn. Officer Calls Colleague the N-Word Twice, Gets Suspended for 3 Days

    Is a three-day unpaid suspension appropriate discipline for calling a co-worker a racial slur? A white sergeant with the Hamilton County (Tenn.) Sheriff’s Office used a racial slur twice while talking to a black deputy back in November, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. Sgt. George Jackson was suspended for three days without pay for…

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  • 8 Shot at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in Miami During MLK Day Celebration

    A Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Miami went awry after a shooting left eight people injured, WSVN reports. According to the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, three juveniles and three adults were shot during the celebration at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. Two other juveniles were grazed by bullets and were treated on…

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  • Search for Suspect in Killing of Orlando, Fla., Officer Enters 2nd Week 

    The search for Markeith Loyd, 41, is entering its second week as authorities filter through tips that continue to come in, WOFL reports. Loyd is wanted for the killing of Orlando, Fla., Police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton outside a Wal-Mart on Jan. 9. He is also wanted in connection with the slaying of his pregnant…

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  • Audio Allegedly Captures Mich. Mayor Comparing Black People to ‘Chimps,’ Degrading Women 

    Warren, Mich., Mayor James Fouts is amid a scandal after leaked audio recordings allegedly capture him comparing black people to chimps and calling older women “dried-up cunts,” WXYZ reports. The recordings were originally obtained by Motor City Muckracker, an independent news organization, and were published on the site Monday morning. “Blacks do look like chimpanzees;…

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  • 2 Women Arrested for Helping Man Wanted in Orlando, Fla., Police Shooting

    Two women were arrested in Florida on Wednesday for helping a man wanted in the fatal shooting of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer, officials announced, according to Reuters. The women reportedly helped the man on separate occasions over the last month. Jameis Slaughter, 25, an ex-girlfriend of murder suspect Markeith Loyd,…

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  • Fla. Man Charged With Helping Suspect Days Before Shooting Death of Orlando Cop

    Authorities have arrested an employee at a fried-chicken restaurant, accusing the worker of helping a murder suspect evade capture two days before authorities say the same suspect fatally shot an Orlando, Fla., police officer, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Zarghee Mayan allegedly gave restaurant food to his former co-worker Markeith Demangzlo Loyd,…

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  • El Cajon, Calif., Cop Who Fatally Shot Alfred Olango Won't Face Criminal Charges

    The El Cajon, Calif., police officer who gunned down an unarmed black man who was apparently having a mental breakdown will not face criminal charges, the San Diego County (Calif.) District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. “The law recognizes police officers are often forced to make split-second decisions in circumstances that…

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  • Talk #BankBlack With OneUnited Bank President Teri Williams

    If you wanted to #BankBlack but had no idea where to start, or what that really even means, now is your chance to get some answers. On Thursday, Jan 12, at 7 p.m. EST, OneUnited Bank, the largest black-owned bank in America, will be going live on Facebook from its Miami branch to answer questions about the…

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  • Read the Scathing 1986 Letter Coretta Scott King Wrote Opposing Sessions’ Federal Nomination

    Updated Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 1:02 a.m. EST: Elizabeth Warren attempted to read Coretta Scott King’s letter about Jeff Sessions on the Senate floor; but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) silenced her. Earlier: Coretta Scott King’s scathing letter in which she urged Congress to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship…

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  • W.Va. Teacher Suspended Over Racist Tweets Referencing 'Obama's Children'

    Them Twitter fingers will get you into trouble real quick. A social studies teacher at Huntington High School in West Virginia has been suspended with pay and was asked to delete her personal Twitter account after the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared via that account for more than a year, the Herald-Dispatch reports.…

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