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Police and Media Royally Botch Response to First Recorded Murder of Trans Woman in 2019
We’ve started 2019 by continuing to fail black trans women. On Sunday night, 31-year-old Dana Martin was found left for dead with a gunshot wound “in a car that had crashed in a ditch” in Montgomery, Ala., according to AL.com. Police think the shooting happened near the vehicle, and no arrests have been made. Despite…
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Suspected Driver Confesses in Jazmine Barnes Case, Suspected Shooter Denies Involvement
The details of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes’ death remain murky as suspected shooter Larry Woodruffe, 24, denies involvement in the crime, claiming Eric Black Jr. was the shooter in the fatal attack. Black, 20, previously confessed to driving the car from which Woodruffe allegedly shot and killed Jazmine during the Dec. 30 assault. The young girl…
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Black Teens Accused of Shoplifting at Kroger Had Receipts. Police Still Gave Them a Trespass Warning
A Texas Kroger manager is being accused of racially profiling some black teenagers who came into his store to buy snacks. I’m not inclined to disagree. According to KXAS-TV, two black boys and two young black men—ages 15, 16, 19, and 20—went into a Kroger last week and made their purchases, juice, chips, Oreos, by…
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Second Suspect Charged With Capital Murder for Death of Jazmine Barnes
Suspect Larry Woodruffe has been charged with capital murder for the death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. Per NPR, police believe Woodruffe, 24, was the person who fired on the car Jazmine Barnes and her family were in as they made their way out of a parking lot on Dec. 30. Jazmine’s mother, LaPorsha Washington, was…
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Suspect Charged, Held Without Bail for Murder of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes
Court proceedings have begun for Eric Black Jr., one of the men implicated in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. On Monday, Black was charged with capital murder and will be held without bail after reportedly confessing involvement in the crime, which Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez has called a case of “mistaken identity,”…
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Black Teacher Allegedly Told Food for ‘Whites Only’ by Colleagues, Called ‘Aunt Jemima’
A black English teacher is suing her school district over racist acts by colleagues and students and over—surprise—royally fucking up when she reported it. Forty-six-year-old Andrea Bryan is suing Long Island’s Commack School District for bungling their response to discrimination against her after she dealt with multiple instances of racist remarks and alleged instances of…
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Tekashi 6ix9ine Will Show Up in Your Hood but Not to His Show: Sued Over Canceled Performance
Embattled Muppet Baby 6ix9ine is getting some new additions to his growing list of legal issues—this time for canceling a performance a half hour before it was to begin, probably to go do hoodrat shit with his friends. According to TMZ, promoters who booked 6ix9ine for an unofficial Howard homecoming event in October are asking…
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College Board Under Fire for Deciding Black Student Did Too Well on Her SAT
When Florida high school senior Kamilah Campbell’s SAT scores didn’t stack up the way she wanted, she worked hard to do better—but that might not matter now. “Kamilah explained that she took the SAT for the first time on March 10 with no preparation. Between then and October she practiced diligently, working with her teachers,…
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Could Police Have Prevented 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes’ Death?
It’s true of every case of white supremacist violence, every senseless and unprovoked shooting that causes the death of innocent people, and it may very well be the case here: We could have prevented this. Prominent civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who has in the past represented slain innocents Jemel Roberson and Botham Jean, posted…
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‘Mama, Jazmine’s Not Moving’: Family of 7-Year-Old Killed in Car Shooting Grieves, Gunman Still at Large
The family of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed in an unprovoked shooting at a Walmart parking lot, is sharing the heartbreaking details of the attack and its aftermath. LaPorsha Washington, Jazmine’s mother, told CNN, “Every time I wake up I want it to be a dream.” Washington, 30, who says she was shot in…
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