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LAPD Cops Shot Ezell Ford in the Back, Autopsy Finds
An autopsy released by the Los Angeles Police Department details that Ezell Ford, the mentally ill 25-year-old who was killed by police Aug. 11, was shot three times, including once in the back, KABC reports. Two days after Michael Brown’s shooting death, Los Angeles police officers were attempting to restrain Ford, who family members said…
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DNC Slams La. Rep. Steve Scalise’s Explanation for Speaking to White Supremacist Group
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) is facing a backlash after attempting to explain that he was unaware he was speaking to a white supremacist group when he appeared at its convention in 2002 while still a state legislator. But the Democratic National Committee isn’t buying it. The controversy began Monday when the recently elected House majority…
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Man Shot Dead While Taking Christmas Gifts to His Family
Police are seeking leads on a gunman after a 31-year-old man was shot dead in New York City while delivering Christmas gifts to his family, the New York Daily News reports. Rashaun Nicholson was taking a bag of presents to his wife and four children in a housing complex on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on…
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Kwanzaa Celebrations Begin Friday
Heri za Kwanzaa! The weeklong celebration of African heritage officially begins Dec. 26, when observers will come together and rejoice in family, community and culture. According to the Official Kwanzaa website, the name of the holiday comes from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning “first fruits.” Established in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, who believed…
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Cuba Won’t Hand Over Assata Shakur
New Jersey officials might have been hoping that with warming relations between the U.S. and Cuba, one of the FBI’s most wanted criminals, Assata Shakur, would be extradited to face judgment after fleeing the country. However, according to the Associated Press, Cuba’s head of North American affairs, Josefina Vidal, has reiterated her country’s sovereign right…
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NYPD Cop Killer’s Girlfriend Pleaded for Life
Before gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot two New York City police officers, he attacked his girlfriend, leaving the distraught 29-year-old to flee to a neighbor to plead for her life, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Shaneka Thompson, a health insurance specialist with the Veterans Administration and an Air Force reservist, pounded on her…
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Former Milwaukee Cop Won’t Be Indicted for Fatal Shooting of Dontre Hamilton
The former Milwaukee cop responsible for the April 30 shooting death of Dontre Hamilton will not be criminally charged for the shooting, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced on Monday, according to the Journal Sentinel. “This was a tragic incident for the Hamilton family and for the community,” Chisholm wrote in the report announcing the…
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32-Year-Old Woman Involved With Hanged NC Teen Believes He Was Murdered
Michelle Brimhall, the 32-year-old mother of three who was in a relationship with hanged black North Carolina teen Lennon Lacy, broke her silence in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, saying that she believes Lennon was killed because of their interracial relationship. Brimhall—who, in the immediate aftermath of Lennon’s August death, fled the small,…
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SC Teen George Stinney Jr. Exonerated 70 Years After Execution
It’s been 70 years since George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old South Carolina boy, faced the electric chair for the 1944 murders of two young white girls in Alcolu, but his name has finally been cleared after a circuit court judge tossed his murder conviction, NBC News reports. George was so small, weighing just 95 pounds…
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NC Teen Lennon Lacy Was Lynched, Mom Believes
Lennon Lacy’s mom, Claudia Lacy, is willing to believe that her 17-year-old son committed suicide back in August in Bladenboro, N.C., if it is proved and explained to her, but so far the grieving mother isn’t seeing the evidence or the pursuit of justice that she needs, CNN reports. “That’s all I’ve ever asked for:…
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