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California Teen Seeks Justice in Court After Being Beaten by Police While at a Family Birthday Party
A California teen who ended up being pummeled by a police officer when cops raided a relative’s birthday party earlier this year is now suing, charging excessive force. The beating of 17-year-old London Wallace, of Fresno, Calif., was captured on police bodycam, and may be difficult for many to watch. The unarmed teen can be…
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Black Woman Serves Raw Fists With Side Order of ‘That Smoke’ to Man at Sushi Restaurant
A video has gone viral of a generous black woman at a California restaurant who decided to look past blatant racism and instead made a charitable donation of free dental work as well as served a complimentary order of knuckle sandwiches, much to the delight of patrons of the sushi eatery. According to Eater, it…
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Did James Harden Mastermind a Strip Club Beatdown and Robbery?
Moses Malone Jr., the son of late NBA Hall of Famer Moses Malone, believes that Houston Rockets star point guard James Harden was the mastermind behind a June robbery and assault in which at least $15,000 worth of jewelry was stolen. Now Malone has filed a lawsuit against Harden in which he claims that the…
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‘I Brought You in This World and I’ll Take You Out’: How Black Folks’ Obsession With Whupping Is Killing Us
Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America is one of those necessary African-American reads, like Between the World and Me; I’m Judging You; and Coldest Winter Ever. It’s not just for dinnertime conversation or deep professional panels, it’s for everyone. Spare the Kids, written by Stacey Patton, Ph.D., professor of journalism at Morgan…
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How a Nosy Woman Got a Doctoral Candidate Beaten and Arrested
Lawrence Crosby, a black man and an engineering doctoral candidate at Northwestern University, was fixing his car in a suburb outside Chicago on Oct. 10, 2015, when a woman passing by called police. “Hi, somebody’s trying to break into, somebody’s trying to break into a car,” the woman told the dispatcher, according to Fox 32.…
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Brooklyn Duo Robs Dollar Store and Beats Employee
Police said that a man and woman robbed a 99 cent store in Brooklyn and also beat an employee who tried to impede on the crime, as reported by NY Daily News. At about 1:30 p.m. on November 18, the duo walked into the store and started grabbing merchandise. According to Daily News, a 35-year-old…
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Report: 2 NYC Teen Girls Detained After Allegedly Beating Woman, 78
Two New York City teenage girls were detained Friday, a day after, police say, they attacked a 78-year-old woman on a Brooklyn subway platform after the woman asked one of the teens to move her feet so that she could sit down. Police released screenshots of both teens to the media after the attack. The…