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  • #WalterScott: Testimony in Cop's Trial for Murder Focused on Aftermath of Shooting

    Testimony continued this week in the trial of a white former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged with shooting and killing an unarmed black motorist. It focused on the moments immediately following the shooting and the investigation thereafter. As previously reported on The Root, Michael Slager, 34, is on trial for the April 2015 shooting…

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  • #NoDAPL: Company Refuses to Halt Construction, Prepares to Drill Under Lake Oahe

    Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has not granted a permit, the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline announced Tuesday that it is preparing to drill under Lake Oahe on the Missouri River in the next two weeks. As previously reported on The Root, resistance to the $3.8 billion pipeline has been strong from…

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  • Trump's Victory Equals Conservative Majority on Supreme Court

    Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election Tuesday means that a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is not too far behind. In his action plan for the first 100 days of his presidency, Trump promised to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. With a Republican majority in…

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  • Unhappy With a Trump Victory, Protesters Across the Country Take to the Streets

    Despite pleas from President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton asking their backers to accept Donald Trump’s victory and support his transition into power as the president of the United States, people took to the streets Wednesday evening to express their dismay with the election outcome. The Washington Post reports that demonstrators marched through the streets…

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  • Trump’s Action Plan for His 1st 100 Days as President

    While on the campaign trail at the end of October, President-elect Donald Trump made a stop in Gettysburg, Pa., and outlined his plans for his first 100 days in office. The plan focuses on three main areas: cleaning up Washington, D.C., protecting American workers and restoring rule of law. NPR reports that Trump also laid…

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  • 2 Top GOP Leaders Make Peace With Trump to Create United Republican Front

    Two top congressional Republicans who were previously critical of President-elect Donald Trump are working to bridge the gap with him after his election win Tuesday night. Last month, when a leaked 2005 video showed Trump boasting about being able to sexually assault women by grabbing them in their genitals without consent, House Speaker Paul Ryan…

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  • Report: 868 Fewer Places for People of Color to Cast Ballots in 2016 Election

    Tuesday’s election is the first since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act three years ago in Shelby County v. Holder, and according to a study published Friday, 868 polling places that served mostly people of color have been closed in that time. “The Great Poll Closure” (pdf), a study published by the…

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  • Baton Rouge, La., Police Officer Sues DeRay Mckesson for Protest Injury

    A Baton Rouge, La., police officer who says that he was injured during a protest of a deadly police shooting filed a lawsuit against prominent activist and Campaign Zero co-founder DeRay Mckesson on Monday. According to the Associated Press, the officer, who is identified only as John Doe in the lawsuit, says he was struck…

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  • Judge Issues Restraining Order to Stop Voter Intimidation by Trump Campaign

    A U.S. district judge in Ohio issued a restraining order Friday that prevents anyone working on Donald Trump’s campaign from harassing and intimidating voters at the polls Tuesday. The judge’s ruling came after a two-hour hearing during which Trump’s lawyer was asked to justify the Republican presidential candidate’s inflammatory rhetoric about voter fraud, Mother Jones…

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  • #WalterScott: Judge Denies Defense Motion to Suppress Video of Shooting

    The judge in the murder trial of a white former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged with shooting and killing an unarmed black motorist denied two defense motions Friday concerning cellphone video of the shooting. Michael Slager, 34, is charged with the April 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott, 50, who was running from a…

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