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Brooklyn, NY, Man Shot and Paralyzed by Cop 28 Years Ago Dies; Coroner Rules It a Homicide
And for those who think that police brutality is a new thing because of video evidence, think again. On March 31, 1989, a Brooklyn, N.Y., man was shot and paralyzed by a cop’s bullet. He recently died, and authorities have now ruled his death a homicide. Brian Evans, 46, died of kidney failure July 11,…
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‘Bye, Becky!’ Protests Erupt Over Gentrifyng Brooklyn, NY, Bar That Promoted Itself With Fake Bullet Holes Behind $12 Cocktails
On Monday a press release for a new “boozy sandwich shop” in Brooklyn, N.Y., went out, complete with a photo of a chichi cocktail in front of a “bullet hole ridden wall”—a wall the new owners said they were proudly keeping, but which turned out to be fake (at least the bullet holes were). By…
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2 Brooklyn, NY, Men Charged With Shouting Racial Slurs at Interracial Couple, Beating Up and Threatening to ‘Lynch’ Black Boyfriend
A white woman and her black boyfriend were targeted by two idiots Brooklyn, N.Y., men who are accused of shouting racial slurs and threatening to “lynch” the boyfriend before viciously beating him, according to court papers. The New York Post reports that the woman and her boyfriend were walking together over the weekend when 25-year-old Bernard…
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Rapper Prodigy’s Mural Defaced a Day After Going Up
A mural for recently deceased rap pioneer Prodigy of Mobb Deep was defaced less than 24 hours after it went up in New York City’s Queens borough. Someone appeared to have thrown white paint over the two-story mural of the rapper, born Albert Johnson, who died June 20 in Las Vegas of complications from sickle…
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Is Airbnb Turning NYC’s Brooklyn White? Airbnb Responds
Editor’s note: A quote by Murray Cox has been added to provide full context. Updated Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 1:38 p.m. EDT: On Monday The Root published this original article, which used data to argue that the home-sharing company Airbnb is being used as a tool for gentrification in Brooklyn, N.Y. After the article was…
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16-Month-Old Allegedly Beaten by Her Teenage Dad on Father’s Day Dies in NYC Hospital
On Friday the 16-month-old girl who was allegedly beaten into a coma by her teenage dad during a Father’s Day visit died at a hospital in New York City’s Brooklyn borough. According to New York Daily News, Nylah Lewis passed away at 10:40 a.m. in the Maimonides Medical Center after sustaining multiple skull fractures and…
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NYC Father Accused of Badly Beating 16-Month-Old Daughter on Father’s Day
A young Brooklyn, N.Y., father is facing charges of assault and endangering the welfare of a child after being accused of brutally beating his 16-month-old daughter, leaving the infant in critical condition. According to the New York Post, little Nylah Lewis is not expected to survive after authorities say she was attacked by her father,…
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I Will Literally Give Someone Actual Money To Attend Dr. Umar Johnson's Hotepalooza In Brooklyn And Report On It
You might remember geographically incorrect Africa medallion soaked in Thunderbird with sentience Dr. Umar Johnson from his prominent role in last year’s Hotep Civil War. (And if you don’t remember any of that, great! Congratulations! I’m jealous of your ability to erase that shit from your mind, and please forgive me for reminding you of it.) If…
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65-Year-Old NYC Woman Loses Life Savings in Scam
Dorothy Edge, a 65-year-old retired nanny from Brooklyn, N.Y., thought she was helping out with a good deed. Instead, the kindhearted elderly woman was scammed out of her entire life savings, some $28,000, in a “pigeon drop scam,” authorities say. “I’m calling myself stupid, and I don’t want anyone to be stupid like me and…
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Biggie Smalls Mural Will Stay on NYC Building
Last week a Brooklyn, N.Y., landlord threatened to remove a Biggie Smalls mural created by Spread Art NYC in order to make room for new windows. But on Monday, local activists reached an agreement with the landlord. The mural, which has been on the building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood since 2015, was an eyesore and…