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  • Fla. Man Dies Saving Wife From Rip Current Off Miami Beach 

    A Florida woman says that her husband drowned while trying to save her from a rip current off Miami Beach over the weekend, WINK News reports. “He did the most amazing thing in the world that he gave his life for me,” Kendra Smith said of her husband, 34-year-old Sherrod Whittington. “I appreciate that, I really do,…

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  • Milwaukee Officer Who Fatally Shot Sylville Smith Knew Him From High School, Family Says 

    Sylville Smith, the 23-year-old man who was gunned down by a Milwaukee police officer over the weekend, and the officer who fatally shot him knew each other from high school, Smith’s family says, according to CNN. “The officer knew him personally from high school, and he still shot him,” Sherelle Smith, Sylville Smith’s sister, told…

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  • Facebook Dispute Sparked Fight That Left 23-Year-Old Man Dead

    A man and two women are facing murder charges after allegedly beating a man to death with a broom handle, a metal baseball bat and a two-by-four on Chicago’s West Side following a Facebook fight, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trio, identified as 41-year-old Lithia Henderson, 23-year-old Marshalla Kelly and 21-year-old Marshall L. Henderson, are each…

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  • Abused 4-Year-Old Thought Her Name Was 'Idiot,' Police Say 

    An Arkansas mother and her live-in boyfriend are facing charges of abuse after a 4-year-old girl was found with multiple bruises and scars, the Washington Post reports. According to a police report, when officers asked the girl what her name was, she told them, “Idiot.” The mother’s live-in boyfriend reportedly regularly called the child “Idiot”…

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  • Nonprofit BMe Deposits $1,000,000 in Black-Owned Bank, Calls on Others to #BankBlack

    In the #BankBlack movement, one organization is putting its money—$1 million—where its mouth is. BMe Community, a national network dedicated to strengthening communities with the help of black men, is redirecting $1 million of its deposits into OneUnited, the nation’s largest black-owned bank, making BMe the “preferred nonprofit” for the bank, while OneUnited has become…

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  • SC Teens Fatally Shoot Man Who Helped Pull Their Car Out of Ditch: Report

    Two South Carolina teens are facing murder charges after allegedly shooting a man who helped them pull their car out of a ditch late Monday, the Post and Courier reports. According to arrest affidavits, Chadwick Garrett, 45, agreed to help the teens move their stuck vehicle for $20. A witness who has not been identified…

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  • Mom Who Went Viral After Dragging Son Out of Baltimore Protests Seeks Help After Fire Destroys Home

    Toya Graham, the Baltimore mother who went viral during the April 2015 Baltimore protests over the death of Freddie Gray when she was seen on video hitting her son and trying to pull him away from the unrest, says her family is homeless after an accidental fire over the weekend, WBFF reports. According to the report,…

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  • Milwaukee Officer Threatened Online After Fatal Shooting of Sylville Smith 

    A Milwaukee police officer was the target of online threats from people identifying him as the cop who fatally shot Sylville Smith in an incident that sparked outrage and violence in the city over the weekend, the Chicago Tribune reports. As the report notes, the authorities have yet to identify the officer who killed Smith…

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  • NY Man Builds Barbed Wire Fence to Protect Donald Trump Sign 

    One New York man wants to make absolutely sure you know exactly who he’s supporting in this year’s presidential race. In fact, he seems to have taken a lesson straight out of his candidate’s book; however, although Donald Trump wants to build a wall along the border between the U.S. and Mexico, Robert Marini just…

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  • DC Police Investigating Twitter Video of Black Woman Being Pinned to Cruiser by Cop

    Washington, D.C., police are launching an internal investigation after a Twitter video surfaced showing a black woman being lifted off her feet and pinned to a police vehicle by an officer, the Washington Post reports. “We’ve been made aware of the video and contacted their commanding officer,” Rachel Schaerr, a department spokeswoman, told the Post,…

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