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  • White NC Man Arrested Alive After Pointing Gun, Firing Shot at Sheriff's Deputy 

    In the past two days, we’ve seen two black men—Alton Sterling and Philando Castile—fatally gunned down by police officers in two different states while legally carrying, but not holding or pointing, a firearm. And then there’s William Bruce Ray of Raleigh, N.C., who was safely apprehended after pointing a pistol at a Wake County sheriff’s…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Black People, Be Careful What You Ask for When You Ask for Gun Control

    For the most part, Rep. John Lewis had the right idea. Battle-tested by the civil rights movement and still inclined to be driven by conscience rather than convenience, the 76-year-old Georgia congressman recently led his Democratic colleagues in a 26-hour sit-in to protest the House of Representatives’ refusal to do anything to stop people like…

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    Tonyaa J Weathersbee

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