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Autopsy Reveals That Black Motorist Was Shot in the Back by NC Trooper
Two days after family members of Willard Scott Jr. gathered in Durham County, N.C., to demand answers in the shooting death of their loved one, an autopsy report has been released showing that the motorist was shot in the back by a North Carolina highway patrolman. Scott, 31, was shot and killed Feb. 12 after…
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Beavercreek, Ohio, Officer Won’t Face Federal Charges in Death of John Crawford III
It’s been almost three years since a Beavercreek, Ohio, police officer fatally shot a black Walmart shopper who was holding a pellet gun that he had unboxed on a store shelf. On Tuesday, federal investigators announced that they would not seek federal charges against the officer in the shooting death of John Crawford III. As…
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Black American Tourist Beaten to Death Over a Selfie, Police Say
A selfie. An argument over a selfie at a bar on the Greek island of Zakynthos is what led American tourist Bakari Henderson to be beaten to death by some 15 men, police are saying. According to the Washington Post, the confrontation began after Henderson, who was on vacation with friends, asked to take a…
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2 Brooklyn, NY, Men Charged With Shouting Racial Slurs at Interracial Couple, Beating Up and Threatening to ‘Lynch’ Black Boyfriend
A white woman and her black boyfriend were targeted by two idiots Brooklyn, N.Y., men who are accused of shouting racial slurs and threatening to “lynch” the boyfriend before viciously beating him, according to court papers. The New York Post reports that the woman and her boyfriend were walking together over the weekend when 25-year-old Bernard…
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NYC Teen Blasted N.W.A Song (You Know Which One) During Funeral of Slain NYPD Officer: Report
A Bronx, N.Y., teen got a house call from about 20 police officers Tuesday after he decided it would be a smart idea to blast an infamous N.W.A song out of his third-floor apartment window Tuesday as thousands gathered to mourn the death of Miosotis Familia, a New York City police officer who was shot…
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Black Teen ‘Mistaken’ for Larger, Bald Black Man Says Police in Calif. Drew Gun on Her, Punched Her in the Mouth
A black 19-year-old woman says she was confronted by police at gunpoint, punched in the mouth and bitten by a police dog after Bakersfield, Calif., police apparently mistook her for a much larger, bald black man who was suspected of threatening people with a machete at a nearby grocery store. According to the Bakersfield Californian,…
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Oh, Look: NRA Spokeswoman Finally Had Something to Say About Philando Castile’s Shooting Death
It’s been some three-and-a-half weeks since a jury acquitted a St. Anthony, Minn., police officer in the death of permit-to-carry gun owner Philando Castile in a case that enraged the nation. But now that all the drama has unfolded and there is nothing else to be said or done, a National Rifle Association spokeswoman has…
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2 Fla. Women Accused of Beating 3-Year-Old Boy to Death for Drinking Milk From Jug, Police Say
A Florida woman and her mother are accused of beating a 3-year-old boy with a plastic rod before throwing him across a room, all because the tot drank milk from a jug, authorities said. The child, identified as Xavier Mokarzel-Satchel, died from his injuries. Lakesha Lewis, 28, and her mother, 58-year-old Callene Barton, have both…
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Internal Probe Reopened After Viral Video Shows Ga. Cop Repeatedly Striking Homeless Woman With Baton
The DeKalb County, Ga., Police Department has reopened an internal investigation after video surfaced showing an officer repeatedly hitting a homeless woman with his baton during an arrest. According to CNN, the incident dates to June 4. The officer had gone to a Chevron gas station in Decatur, Ga., to respond to a complaint about…
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Fla. Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Who Were Separated Among Several Foster Families
Adoption has always been in the minds of one Marianna, Fla., couple. But Dashoan and Sofia Olds did something truly amazing when they adopted seven children, all siblings who had been previously separated among several foster families, to become one big family of nine. According to WJHG, when the couple saw a local news story…
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