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DC's American University Investigating Report of Banana Thrown at Black Student
The American University in Washington, D.C., is investigating two white male freshmen after a black female student reported that a banana was thrown through her dorm-room door earlier this month, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the incident took place Sept. 8 in the Anderson dormitory and is just one of a series…
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Police Identify Man 'Wanted' in Connection With NYC Bombing
The New York City Police Department has started circulating the image of 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, a man authorities say is wanted in connection with Saturday’s bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, Rahami is a naturalized U.S. citizen of Afghan descent, and his last-known address was…
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Dallas Cop Accuses Black Lives Matter, Obama of Inciting Race War, Files Lawsuit
A Dallas police sergeant has filed a federal lawsuit against Black Lives Matters and its supporters, claiming that the movement is inciting a race war and blaming them for violence against police officers, the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the Morning News, Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, a 17-year veteran and the president of the Dallas…
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Va. Father of 3 Adopted Boys: 'Family Is Deeper Than Skin Color'
When 29-year-old Barry Farmer decided that he wanted to be a foster parent eight years ago, he says he didn’t expect to end up as an adoptive father to three young boys, WRIC reports. “When someone calls you dad, you’re like, ‘Who, me?’ I just like taking care of children,” Farmer told the news station. However,…
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3 Ore. Children Pepper-Sprayed, Called Racial Slur
A black Portland, Ore., family say they were attacked this week by a cyclist who used a racial slur as he shot pepper spray at their three children who were in a car, the Portland Mercury reports. According to the report, 62-year-old Patricia Garner and her daughter, 32-year-old Foia Frazer, were getting Frazer’s three children…
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Family of Teen Killed by Police Settles With Portsmouth, Va., for $1,000,000
The family of a black Virginia teen who was fatally shot by a white police officer last year has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $1 million, the Associated Press reports. Earl Lewis Jr., the spokesman for the family of William Chapman II, told AP that although Chapman’s mother has agreed verbally to the figure,…
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Uber Driver Charged With Attempting to Take Minor to Apartment for Sex
A Minnesota Uber driver is facing charges of false imprisonment after allegedly trying to take a minor back to his apartment against her will, KMSP reports. On Aug. 4, authorities say Dahir Aden picked up the female victim in north Minneapolis, then drove to pick up her friend, whom he dropped off at his job…
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#TyreKing: 13-Year-Old Killed by Police Mourned at Vigil
On Thursday evening, friends, family and community members gathered for a vigil to remember the 13-year-old Ohio boy who was gunned down by police after allegedly pulling out a BB gun, CNN reports. According to the Columbus Dispatch, more than 150 people, including Tyre’s youth football teammates, gathered for the candlelight vigil near the area…
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Wis. Inmate's Death by Dehydration Ruled a Homicide
The death of Terrill Thomas, a mentally ill black man who died of dehydration after begging for drinking water while being held in a Milwaukee jail, has been ruled a homicide, a county medical examiner revealed Thursday, Reuters reports. Thomas was found dead April 24, nine days after he was arrested as a suspect in…
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Officer Who Fatally Shot Amadou Diallo in 1999 to Be Named Sergeant of the Year
One of the New York City police officers who shot and killed unarmed Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo in 1999 will be honored as Sergeant of the Year Tuesday at the Sergeant’s Benevolent Association, the New York Daily News reports. Sgt. Kenneth Boss, who currently works with the NYPD aviation unit, is receiving the award for rappelling…
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