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Twin Plays in Honor of Brother Who Died to Save Him: ‘Issy Would Want Me to Play Ball’
Demacio Bailey, the twin brother of 15-year-old Demario Bailey, who died when the pair were attacked by armed robbers in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, played in his Monday-night high school basketball game, dedicating it to his twin, the Chicago Tribune reports. “He said, ‘Mama, Issy would want me to play ball,’ ” the boys’ mother,…
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Chicago Family Mourns Loss of Twin Who Died Protecting Brother From Armed Robbers
Their family had just given the 15-year-old twins permission to be out on their own together more often when Demario Bailey was shot dead by armed robbers while trying to protect his brother, Demacio, the New York Daily News reports. According to the news site, the boys were walking to a basketball game at Englewood High…
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76-Year-Old Texas Man Reportedly Tasered by Officer During Traffic Stop
The Victoria, Texas, Police Department is conducting an internal investigation after one of its officers allegedly used a stun gun on a 76-year-old man during a traffic stop, the Victoria Advocate reports. Officer Nathanial Robinson, 23, is reportedly on administrative duty following the Thursday incident, during which, it is alleged, he violated the department’s policy…
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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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Ohio Police Union President: Browns’ Andrew Hawkins ‘Pathetic’ for ‘Justice for Tamir Rice, John Crawford’ Shirt
Cleveland police union President Jeff Follmer has blasted the Cleveland Browns’ wide receiver Andrew Hawkins for wearing a “Justice for Tamir Rice and John Crawford III” shirt, which Follmer referred to as “pathetic,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Hawkins has joined the growing list of athletes—professional and collegiate—wearing shirts during pregame warm-ups protesting various police…
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Watch: Baltimore Police Reportedly Curse at and Taser Woman for Recording Video
A Baltimore woman has successfully retrieved intense footage that she says she captured of Baltimore City police making an arrest, which led to her being cursed at and tasered, WJZ reports. The video below includes NSFW language. In March, Mwamba said she stopped while driving home when she saw police officers arresting a man who…
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FBI Investigating Death of Black NC Teen Who Was Hanged in a Trailer Park
The FBI is stepping in to investigate the peculiar death of a black North Carolina teen, who was found hanging from a swing set by a dog leash and a belt in a trailer park in August, the Associated Press reports. Lennon Lacy’s family has questioned the state medical examiner’s ruling that the 17-year-old’s death…
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Tamir Rice’s Death Ruled a Homicide by Ohio Medical Examiner
Tamir Rice’s death has been ruled a homicide by a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, medical examiner in a recently released autopsy, BuzzFeed reports. The autopsy concludes that Tamir died from a “gunshot wound of the torso with injuries of major vessel, intestines and pelvis,” also noting in capital letters, “HOMICIDE.” Rice, 12, was shot and killed…
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Michel du Cille Dies at 58
Celebrated Washington Post photojournalist Michel du Cille died Thursday in Liberia while on assignment at the age of 58, the Washington Post reports. Du Cille, who won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his photographic chronicles of human life, struggle and triumph, was most recently photographing Ebola patients, the Post notes. According to the Post,…
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