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  • Atlanta Teen Who Wrote 'White Boy Privilege' Addresses Police Brutality in New Poem 

    An Atlanta 14-year-old who called out “White Boy Privilege” at a slam-poetry contest at his school in May is now taking up the heavy topic of police brutality, set to debut his latest slam poem Thursday, CNN reports. Royce Mann will be featured in a segment of the Fox talk show The Preachers, which is scheduled to air…

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  • Trump Staffer Takes the Fall for Plagiarism in Melania Trump’s Speech

    An employee with the Trump Organization has taken the fall for the apparent plagiarism of Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech, Talking Points Memo reports. Accusations of plagiarism started making the rounds following Monday night’s Republican National Convention, where Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump, spoke. The similarities between her speech and Michelle…

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  • Kan. Black Lives Matter Turns Planned Protest Into Cookout With Police 

    A Wichita, Kan., Black Lives Matter group was planning a protest march on Sunday as the nation continued to grapple with the recent string of fatal shootings of black men by police and of police by gunmen. However, the Wichita Eagle reports, after speaking with Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay, the group decided that instead of…

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  • NM Restaurant's 'Black Olives Matter' Billboard Sparks Outrage

    “Black Olives Matter.” That’s what the sign outside Paisano’s Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, N.M., proclaimed last week as it promoted its tapenade, a dish that features black olives. Needless to say, the pun was not met with as many smiles as the restaurant might have hoped, instead, drawing huge backlash from social media, KOB reports. According…

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  • Baton Rouge, La., Shooter Gavin Long Suffered From PTSD: Report

    Gavin Long, the Marine vet who shot six law-enforcement officers Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., resulting in the death of three officers, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, CNN reports, according to a source involved in the investigation. Long, 29, served in the Marine Corps 2005-2010 as a data network specialist. His tenure included a deployment to…

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  • Kansas City, Kan., Police Captain Fatally Shot on Duty 

    A Kansas City, Kan., police captain was fatally wounded while responding to a drive-by shooting in the city, USA Today reports. Capt. Robert Melton was pronounced dead at the hospital after being shot as the hunt for suspects continues, Mayor Mark Holland confirmed in a statement. “This is a very tense and volatile time in…

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  • Yale Offers to Rehire Employee Who Smashed Stained Glass Window Depicting Slaves Carrying Cotton 

    Yale University issued a statement Tuesday, offering to rehire a black dishwasher who had originally resigned from his post after confessing to intentionally breaking a stained glass window that depicted slaves carrying cotton,Talking Points Memo reports. The employee, Corey Menafee, resigned last month after admitting to using a broomstick to break the window inside a…

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  • Everything We Know About Baton Rouge, La., Shooter Gavin Eugene Long 

    In the early-morning hours of Sunday, the nation was rocked by yet another shooting in Baton Rouge, La. A gunman—identified as Gavin Eugene Long, who turned 29 on the day of the shooting—shot six law-enforcement officials, killing three, before he was shot and killed himself. As more and more details about the case slowly emerge,…

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  • Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice Found Not Guilty of All Charges in Death of Freddie Gray 

    Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice has been acquitted of all charges relating to the in-custody death of Freddie Gray in April 2015, WBAL-TV reports. Rice, the highest-ranking Baltimore police officer to face charges in the case, and the fourth of six officers involved to go to trial, was facing charges of manslaughter, reckless endangerment and…

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  • Suspect Identified in Fatal Shooting of 3 Police Officers in Baton Rouge, La. 

    The gunman who fatally shot three police officers in Baton Rouge, La., and wounded three others on Sunday was identified as Gavin Eugene Long. According to the Los Angeles Times, a U.S. law-enforcement official described Long as a “black separatist.” The New York Times reports that Long was a Marine veteran who had served in Iraq. Long…

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