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  • 3-Year-Old Daughter of Miss. Police Officer Dies After Being Left in Patrol Car

    The Board of Aldermen of the city of Long Beach, Miss., voted unanimously Tuesday to fire two police officers involved in the hot-car death of the 3-year-old daughter of one of the officers, the Sun Herald reports. Initially, the officers were placed on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the death of 3-year-old…

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  • Police in NC Release Full, Graphic Video of Keith Lamont Scott Shooting

    Police in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., have released the full, graphic body-cam and dashcam footage of the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte last month, Reuters reports. According to the report, a lawyer for Scott’s family said that the videos do not support police claims that Scott was holding a gun at the time of his…

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  • American Nightmare: Counsel of Record Christina Swarns Talks Buck v. Davis

    Editor’s note: For more information about the Buck v. Davis case, read “Racial Bias Got Duane Buck the Death Sentence; the Supreme Court Can Fix It,” also on The Root. Christina Swarns, litigation director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has her work cut out for her Wednesday. Swarns is lead counsel in…

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  • Racial Bias Got Duane Buck the Death Sentence; the Supreme Court Can Fix It

    The perceived criminality and dangerousness of black men in the United States has a long and storied history. Black men are killed, become hashtags, and their names become etched into an American lexicon of atrocities against blackness. Terence Crutcher. Philando Castile. John Crawford III. Duane Buck could be next. “Nobody in this room is unaware…

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  • Lawyer: Calif. Officers Who Killed Fleeing Black Man Should Face Murder Charges

    A lawyer for the family of a black man who was fleeing police called Monday for the two Sacramento, Calif., police officers who killed him to be charged with murder, Reuters reports. John Burris, the lawyer, told Reuters in a phone interview that dashcam video released last week suggests that the officers who shot and…

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  • Pa. Town Council Approves Motion to Censure Mayor Over Racist Obama Memes

    A Pennsylvania town council approved a motion Monday night to censure its mayor over racist Facebook posts, including two showing apes with captions referencing President Barack Obama and his family, CBS News reports. The West York Town Council unanimously approved the motion to censure Mayor Charles Wasko, a Republican. “We will send a message to…

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  • Hurricane Matthew Threatens Haiti With High Winds, Heavy Rains

    Haiti is bracing itself for Hurricane Matthew, which is expected to hit the Caribbean country early Tuesday, bringing deadly winds, rains and storm surge, the Associated Press reports. The Category 4 storm was already dropping heavy rains on parts of Haiti, where, as the newswire notes, many people live in areas prone to flooding. The heavy rain also fell…

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  • Ala. Mom Says Son Was Brutally Beaten Because of Pro-Police Stance

    A Sylacauga, Ala., mom is demanding justice after her 17-year-old son was found brutally beaten following his high school’s Friday night homecoming game, WBRC reports. Brandi Allen says her son Brian Ogle’s skull was broken in three places. “Apparently he was hit with something that is presumed to be the butt of the pistol. He has…

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  • #SittingOnPorchWhileBlack: Video Shows NC Cop Violently Arresting Black Man

    A Greensboro, N.C., police officer was stripped of his law-enforcement credentials last week via a vote by City Council members after body-camera footage of an arrest he made was made public, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, the council voted unanimously Sept. 26 to permanently sanction Police Officer Travis Cole for his use…

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  • Texas Sonic Drive-In Customers Upset at 'Racist' Receipts 

    A Fort Worth, Texas, man is demanding answers after he and his friend noticed that the receipts for their Friday lunch included racial slurs, Fox4DC reports. Tyrone Moseley and a co-worker stopped at a local Sonic drive-in for their meal and ordered on the patio, where, according to Moseley, the servers usually take his name.…

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