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Byron McBride, 19, Identified as Gunman in Killing of 6-Year-Old Kingston Frazier
Byron McBride, 19, has been identified as the gunman in the shooting death of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier. WAPT reports that Dwan Diondro Wakefield, 17; D’Allen Washington, 17; and McBride will all be charged with capital murder in Frazier’s death, according to Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest. As previously reported by The Root, there were…
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Kingston Frazier Killing: Hinds County, Miss., Sheriff’s Conflicting Reports Unfairly Cast Doubt on Boy’s Mother
During a press conference Thursday afternoon, Hinds County, Miss., Sheriff Victor Mason claimed that Ebony Archie, the mother of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier, did not immediately inform law enforcement that her son was in her vehicle when it was stolen from a Kroger parking lot in Jackson, Miss., Thursday morning. “She mentioned her car was missing,”…
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No Indictment: Ohio Grand Jury Finds Police Shooting of 13-Year-Old Tyre King ‘Justified’
Columbus, Ohio, Police Officer Bryan Mason, 31, will not be held accountable for shooting 13-year-old Tyre King to death on Sept. 14, 2016, a Franklin County grand jury has decided. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said “the grand jury found the shooting to be justified,” 10tv.com reports. Mason, a nine-year veteran on the force, was…
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Report: White House Lawyers Researching Impeachment
White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment in the unlikely event that Donald Trump is forced to go through proceedings aimed at removing him from office, according to CNN. From CNN: White House counsel’s office have consulted experts in impeachment during the past week and have begun collecting information on how such proceedings would work,…
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Kingston Frazier, 6, Kidnapped in Jackson, Miss., Car Theft, Found Dead; Suspect in Custody
Updated Thursday, May 18, 2017, 9:14 p.m. EDT: Three suspects have been taken into custody in the shooting death of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier. They will be charged with capital murder, says Madison County, Miss., District Attorney Michael Guest. Updated Thursday, May 18, 2017, 12:41 p.m. EDT: Dwan Wakefield, a person of interest in the killing…
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3 Suspects Arrested in 6-Year-Old Kingston Frazier’s Death to Be Charged With Capital Murder
Dwan Diondro Wakefield, 17; D’Allen Washington, 17; and Bryon McBride Jr., 19, are all in custody and will be charged with capital murder for the heinous killing of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier, said Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest. There were initially two people of interest. Wakefield, a senior at Ridgeland High School and the school’s…
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Betty Shelby Verdict: White Woman’s Fear Wins, but Don’t Ever Forget This Is the Face of a Killer
As previously reported by The Root, a jury of Betty Shelby’s peers deliberated for nine hours Wednesday before finding the Tulsa, Okla., police officer not guilty of manslaughter in the Sept. 16, 2016, fatal shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher. Though there have been reports of tears, it ultimately didn’t matter, to them, that Terence Crutcher was…
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Balch Springs, Texas, Cop James Young Caught Tasing Handcuffed Black Man Was Field Training Officer for Jordan Edwards’ Killer
Sgt. James Young—the Balch Springs, Texas, police officer responsible for training Roy Oliver, the officer who killed 15-year-old Jordan Edward—has been identified as the officer in newly released dashcam footage tasing Marco Stephenson, a black man handcuffed with his hands behind his back. Attorney Lee Merritt, legal counsel for Jordan’s family, confirmed to The Root…
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Philippine President Attacks Neuroscientist Carl Hart for Speaking Against Drug War: ‘That Black Guy … Son of a Bitch Has Gone Crazy’ [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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#BlackGirlFeminism: Being Intentional About Raising Black Feminist Daughters
Mother’s Day is a triggering day for many women, but there is also joy and community and love. This is especially true for those of us black women who have to navigate not only interpersonal relationships with our children but also our relationship to the state. It is a terrifying task trying to raise aware,…
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