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#AlvaBraziel: Houston Man Dead in Another Officer-Involved Shooting
Just days after the deaths of Philando Castile, Alton Sterling and Delrawn Small, there is yet another name to add to the gruesome hashtag fraternity of black men killed by police: Alva Braziel. KHOU reports that Braziel died just before 1 a.m. Saturday on Houston’s south side. Police say two officers were on routine patrol, driving…
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Serena Williams Clinches 7th Wimbledon Win
As Serena Williams gets older, she just gets better. The No. 1 world seed defeated No. 4 Angelique Kerber on Saturday, 7-5, 6-3, to win Wimbledon and to tie Steffi Graf for the most career grand-slam wins with 22, reports The Guardian. It is Williams’ seventh Wimbledon title, again tying with Graf for second all-time behind Martina…
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NYPD Shooting of Motorist Caught on Video; Cop Shoots After 1 Second
Alas, video has confirmed the truth once again. An off-duty New York City police officer waited about one second before shooting and killing a driver in what is being termed a “road rage” incident on Monday, reports the New York Post. The outlet obtained exclusive video of the confrontation on Friday, showing Officer Wayne Isaacs…
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Dallas Mayor Says Shooter Acted Alone, We’ve Got to ‘Attack Race’ as a Nation
The mayor of Dallas said Friday that he believed the gunman who attacked police Thursday night acted alone. “We believe, given the facts that we have today, that Mr. Johnson, now deceased, was the lone shooter in this incident,” mayor Mike Rawlings said in a press conference. “By piecing together what was happening at the…
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Did the NY Daily News’ Graphic Cover Image of Alton Sterling Go Too Far?
On Thursday the New York Daily News published on its cover a graphic image of the slain body of Alton Sterling, who was killed by a Baton Rouge, La., police officer Tuesday night. The image was a screenshot from one of two widely circulating cellphone videos of Sterling’s demise, the result of multiple shots fired…
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In Honor of Jaden Smith’s 18th Birthday, Here Are His Most Bizarre Tweets
It’s safe to say that Jaden Smith is a little … strange. With a catalog of tweets, and a record number of interesting interviews to prove it, the child star seems to be living life on his own terms—and also in his own world. Today, on his 18th birthday, we celebrate Smith’s embrace of his…
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President Obama on #Dallas Sniper Shooting: 'Vicious, Calculated, Despicable Attacks on Law Enforcement'
Just one day after President Barack Obama addressed the police killings of Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile, 32, in Falcon Heights, Minn., he once again took to the podium, this time to address the sniper shooting in Dallas that claimed the lives of five police officers and injured six more.…
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5 Things You Need to Know: #Dallas Sniper Shooting
A peaceful protest took place in Dallas July 7 to raise awareness of the police killings of Alton Sterling, 37, by Baton Rouge, La., police officers, and Philando Castile, 32, by a Minnesota police officer. At the rally’s conclusion, shots rang out. A total of 10 officers were shot by sniper fire, according to Dallas Police…
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The Brick Wall: Where Was My Black Ancestor Before 1880?
My maternal second great-grandmother was named Sarah Riddick, born around 1862 in Washington County, N.C. Records show that she worked as a servant for L.B. Davis and his wife, Annie E. Davis. I would like to know if Riddick was a slave and where she came from. The 1880 U.S. census shows she had three…
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5 Officers Killed in Dallas Sniper Attack After Black Lives Matter Protest
Updated Friday, July 8, 5:55 a.m. EDT: President Barack Obama blasted the Dallas shooting as a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.” Speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where the president traveled to attend the 2016 NATO Summit, Obama said, “The federal government will provide whatever assistance Dallas may need as it deals with this tremendous…
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