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Cincinnati Prosecutor to Retry Former Officer in Sam Dubose Shooting Death
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters announced Tuesday that he will retry former Police Officer Ray Tensing in the fatal shooting of Sam Dubose, a black man, during a traffic stop last year, CBS News reports. “It is our belief that the public attention that has been focused on the Tensing case could have, in fact, seeped…
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San Antonio Suspect Apologizes for Fatal Police Shooting
Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, the suspect in the fatal shooting Sunday afternoon of Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, apologized to Marconi’s family after his arrest, CNN reports. When asked by police on Monday why he was upset, McKane said, “Society not allowing me to see my son. I lashed out at somebody who didn’t deserve it. I’ve…
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Accidental Appropriation: White Model on Cover of Black-Hair Magazine Has Readers Wigging Out
In today’s “Well, ain’t that about a bitch” news … Early Monday morning, the editors of Blackhair magazine issued a statement apologizing to readers for a mistake they made on the cover of their December/January 2017 cover. No, it wasn’t a spelling error. The publication, aimed at black women and, as the magazine’s name implies,…
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The Black Middle Class Is About to Get Trumped
When Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign with a racist tirade against Mexicans, he began the short process of renormalizing the racist sentiments that white people had been taught to hide since integration started 60 years ago. He literally made it cool for white America to be openly racist again: In just over a year,…
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Kanye West Goes Off on Jay Z, Beyoncé, Ends Show After 3 Songs
During a Saturday-night performance in Sacramento, Calif., rapper-producer Kanye West not only went off on a tirade against Jay Z and Beyoncé and arrived to the show late, but also ended his set after three songs. Ye started pouring tea during the show, saying that Yoncé said she would only perform if she won Video of…
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Congressman’s Grandson Killed in Chicago Over Sneakers
A U.S. congressman’s 15-year-old grandson was shot and tragically killed Friday night over a dispute over sneakers. Two teens are in custody and have been charged with the murder, ABC7 Chicago reports. Jovan Wilson, grandson of Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), was home with his three siblings (ages 16, 14 and 8) when two other teenagers…
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55-Year-Old Becomes Oldest College Football Player Ever
Age ain’t nothing but a number—even in the rough-and-tumble world of college football. On Saturday, with a 3-yard gain, a 55-year-old became the oldest walk-on running back ever to play Division I college football. South Carolina State running back Joe Thomas Sr., the 55-year-old father of Green Bay Packers linebacker Joe Thomas Jr., took the…
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2 Cops Kill 21-Year-Old Man in Brooklyn, NY
Another young person of color is dead after being shot by two New York City police officers Saturday. The New York Daily News reports that two police officers shot 21-year-old Erickson Gomez Brito after he allegedly attacked them with one of their own collapsible batons in a Brooklyn, N.Y., housing project. The News reports that Officers Jennifer…
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Steve Bannon: ‘Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s Power’
Steve Bannon has used his Harvard Business School-honed skills to promote a reality-show entertainer all the way to the presidency, using fear, half-truths, xenophobia and racism. Now that the mask is off, Bannon gave his first official interview to the Hollywood Reporter after being named chief strategist in the Donald Trump administration, and he did…
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Vice President-Elect Mike Pence Booed at Hamilton Musical, Addressed From Stage
The culture wars have officially exploded. Vice President-elect Mike Pence was booed by a theater audience when he attended the hit hip-hop musical Hamilton in New York City on Friday night—and then was addressed from the stage after the curtain fell. We are not sure what the Indiana governor, who has been a virulent opposer…
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