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#JxnRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Primary Race, Looks Forward to June General Election
The votes are in. Winning over 55 percent of the vote against eight other candidates, attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—has won the Jackson Democratic mayoral primary race. Lumumba’s leading opposition, Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham and five-term state Sen. John Horhn (D-Jackson),…
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Police Officer Roy Oliver Fired for Fatally Shooting 15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards
Balch Springs, Texas, Police Officer Roy Oliver was fired Tuesday after fatally shooting 15-year-old Jordan Edwards Saturday night as the teen was leaving a party, the Dallas News reports. Jordan’s family released the following statement: We are grateful the decision has been made to terminate the officer responsible for Jordan’s murder. Over the past 24…
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Jordan Edwards’ Family Releases Statement: ‘Jordan’s Brothers Lost Their Best Friend’
The family of Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old fatally shot Saturday night by a Balch Springs, Texas, police officer wielding a rifle, have released a statement to The Root via their attorney, S. Lee Merritt. Read the Edwards family’s full statement below: We would first like to thank everyone for their kind words, thoughts, prayers, and…
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Jordan Edwards Killing: Police Chief, on His Claim That Vehicle Was Backing Toward Officers Aggressively, Says ‘I Misspoke’
Updated Monday, May 1, 2017, 7:06 p.m. EDT: Balch Springs, Texas, Police Chief Jonathan Haber has retracted his earlier statement that the car in which Jordan Edwards, 15, was traveling Saturday night was “backing down the street toward officers in an aggressive manner,” which he initially claimed prompted a police officer to open fire with…
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Bigger Than Trump: One-on-One Exclusive With Rep. Maxine Waters [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Not One Step Back: Drug Policy Alliance’s asha bandele Talks Mass Incarceration, War on Drugs, Why She Goes Hard for Justice [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Reports of Suicide Still Swirling, NYPD Now Calls NY Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s Drowning Death ‘Suspicious’
The New York City Police Department now says that state Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s death is “suspicious” after officials last week told the Associated Press that Abdus-Salaam’s drowning death was being treated as a suicide. As previously reported by The Root, Abdus-Salaam, 65, the first Muslim woman in U.S. history to become a judge and the…
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Racist GOP State Sen. Frank Artiles Calls Black Colleagues ‘N–gers’ and Lived
Updated Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 1:05 p.m. EDT: Artiles claims that he was referring to white colleagues as “niggas” and insists that he’s not racist, Politico reports. Earlier: Another day, another Republican showing out in the name of white supremacy. This time it’s Frank Artiles, a Cuban state senator in Miami serving Florida’s 40th District,…
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#FlipThe6th: The Jon Ossoff Train Keeps Running in Ga., Forcing June Standoff With GOP
Democrat Jon Ossoff, 30, almost turned a GOP stronghold blue Tuesday night in a special election to see who will take over Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. Instead, Ossoff, who would become the youngest member of Congress if elected, forced a June runoff with the GOP front-runner, former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, which will…
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You the Jury: Benjamin Crump, Trayvon Martin Family Attorney, Stars in Fox Reality Show
Benjamin Crump, most well-known as the lawyer for the families of Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Michael Brown Jr., is building on his fame in a new reality courtroom show premiering Friday on Fox. According to Fox, You the Jury “will address hot-button issues that define America today. Whether it’s online trolling and the limits…
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