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Murder Warrant Issued for Roy Oliver, Texas Cop Who Killed Jordan Edwards
The fired Balch Springs, Texas, police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards as he attempted to leave a party that got out of hand has been charged with murder. Although a judge signed the murder warrant Friday afternoon, the Dallas Morning News reports that Roy Oliver, the officer in question, has not been…
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Maxine Waters Says She’s Putting Her ‘Career on the Line’ to Resist Donald Trump
Baby, your Auntie Maxine is fed the eff up, and she’s not going to take it anymore. The Democratic representative from California says she is putting her “career on the line” to speak out against Donald Trump, and that’s more than what a lot of our passive-ass senators and representatives are willing to do. At…
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Black Lives Matter Changes Tactics From Protests to Policy, Debunks Myths About Movement
More than 100 days into a Donald Trump presidency, it has become clear that his campaign promises have transformed into discriminatory public policies, and with an attorney general and a Justice Department focused on championing police while simultaneously criminalizing protest and political criticism, it is important that our greatest resistance movement change with the times.…
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#Flint: More Than 8,000 Residents Receive Notice of Tax Liens on Their Properties for Unpaid Water Bills
Here is your regular reminder that the residents of Flint, Mich., have not had clean water for just over three years. Unfortunately, they are still expected to pay water bills for water that is neither drinkable nor usable, and on the heels of last month’s shut-offs for nonpayment of said water bills, this month, residents…
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Former NBA All-Star Brandon Roy Wounded in Compton, Calif., Shooting
Former NBA All-Star Brandon Roy was one of four people shot and wounded outside his grandmother’s house in Compton, Calif., on Saturday evening, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s authorities. Roy was standing outside the home with a group of people around 9 p.m. Saturday when two men walked up and opened fire for “no…
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Video Appears to Show School-Resource Officer Placing Student in Choke Hold for No Reason
The civil rights attorney representing two Pittsburgh high school students who were allegedly threatened and attacked by a school-resource officer for the Woodland Hills School District released new video Tuesday that appears to show an alleged third incident involving another student. At a press conference Tuesday, civil rights attorney Todd Hollis said there’s a clear…
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Activist Convicted on Criminal Charges for Laughing at Jeff Sessions During His Confirmation Hearings
While the police officers responsible for killing Alton Sterling can rest easy tonight knowing that they will not face criminal charges for murder, an activist was convicted on criminal misdemeanor charges Wednesday for laughing during the confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On Jan. 10, 61-year-old Desiree Fairooz, Tighe Barry and Lenny Bianchi,…
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#Flint: Mich. Legislature Approves $100,000,000 in Federal Funding to Replace Lead Pipes
The people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for just over three years now. While they’ve been forced to use bottled water for everything from cooking to bathing, government bureaucrats who are supposed to be working for them have allowed petty bipartisan skirmishes to prevent real solutions to the lead-contamination problem from being…
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Eritrean-American Woman Became 1st Blind, Deaf Graduate of Harvard Law School
America makes it hard enough for a black woman to succeed at the same rate and pace as other people, and when you add to the mix being born blind and deaf to African immigrants, it would seem that the odds for success become nearly impossible. But Haben Girma beat those odds and then some…
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Milwaukee Inquest Jury Recommends Charges Against 7 Jail Employees in Inmate’s Dehydration Death
The inquest jury investigating the dehydration death of inmate Terrill Thomas at the Milwaukee County Jail last year recommended Monday that charges be brought against all seven jail employees involved. District Attorney John Chisholm asked the jury Monday afternoon whether there was probable cause that seven sheriff’s office employees had committed a felony offense through…
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