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#WalterScott: Black Attorneys Group, New Black Panther Party Demand Life Sentence for Killer Cop Michael Slager
A Washington, D.C.-based black attorneys group is demanding that former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager be given a life sentence in his federal case for the 2015 shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott. Malik Shabazz, president of Black Lawyers for Justice, is concerned that Slager will get a light sentence, Live…
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After Betty Shelby Verdict, People Gather in Oklahoma City to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’
The weekend after Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby was found not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher, people gathered for rallies in Oklahoma City on two separate days to say “Black lives matter.” One group marched through downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday, and another gathered outside Oklahoma…
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#Flint: Science Series Nova to Air Episode on City’s Lead-Contaminated-Water Crisis
The Public Broadcasting Service program Nova, the most-watched science series on American television, will air an episode looking at the chemistry and engineering behind the 3-year-old lead-contaminated-water crisis in Flint, Mich. According to MLive, PBS issued a news release announcing the program, which will premiere May 31 at 9 p.m. “In a money-saving maneuver, the…
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Bill Enforcing Texas Law Enforcement Requirement to Report Shootings Heading to Governor’s Desk
Updated Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 9:40 p.m. EDT: House Bill 245 passed the Texas Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 28-3. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott to be signed into law. Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas), who wrote the bill, told The Root that he was proud of his…
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UK Prime Minister Says Another Attack ‘May Be Imminent,’ Raises Nation’s Threat Level
Prime Minister Theresa May raised the United Kingdom’s threat level Tuesday night, saying that another attack “may be imminent,” just one night after a bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, left 22 people dead. May raised the U.K.’s alert level from “severe” to its highest rating, “critical,” and deployed the military to…
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Trump’s New Budget Slashes Medicaid, Other Anti-Poverty Programs for Needy Families
Donald Trump is set Tuesday to reveal his first major budget proposal, and with it comes major cuts to Medicaid and changes to anti-poverty programs that would allow states to limit a range of benefits for needy families, something Congress has already been uneasy about. Trump’s plan follows through on a bill passed by House…
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Report: Trump Asked Intelligence Chiefs to Help Him Push Back Against FBI Probe Into Russian Collusion
In his capacity as president, Donald Trump reportedly asked two high-ranking national intelligence officials in March to help him push back against the FBI investigation into possible connections between his presidential campaign and the Russian government. Two current and two former intelligence officials spoke with the Washington Post on condition of anonymity, saying that Trump…
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#FreeBresha: Bresha Meadows Happy With Plea Deal, Says ‘Today Is a Great Day’
Updated Monday, May 22, 2017, 6:48 p.m. EDT: Bresha Meadows hugged her loved ones and attorneys after her hearing today and said, “Today is a good day.” The 15-year-old had just accepted a plea deal that could see her back home and with her family at the beginning of 2018. She has spent the last…
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NAACP Dismisses President as Organization Reimagines Itself to Address 21st-Century Challenges
After three years in the position, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks was voted out by the organization’s national board Friday as the organization pledges a “systemwide refresh” and “strategic reenvisioning” to best position the historic civil rights organization to “confront the realities of today’s volatile political, media and social climates.” In a press release Friday,…
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‘Sessions Must Go’ Projected on Justice Department Headquarters, FBI Building
In a righteous act of artistic resistance and rebellion, an image of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wearing a Ku Klux Klan costume, along with various hashtags, was projected on Department of Justice headquarters as well as the FBI building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday night. USA Today reports that Robin Bell took credit for…
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