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The Signs of Protest From the Justice for All March
Thousands descended on Washington, D.C., on Saturday to participate in the Justice for All march. They wore masks and shirts with messages and carried rally signs down Pennsylvania Avenue from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Capitol to protest police brutality and demand reform. Here are some of the more memorable signs and messages: “I’m here…
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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Why Young Protesters Bum-Rushed the Mic
Billed as a rally against rampant police violence, Saturday’s Justice for All march in Washington, D.C., organized by several civil rights organizations, including the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and the National Urban League, faced some criticism in the days leading up to it. The primary concern among critics is what appears to be…
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Photos: Images From the Justice for All March
Thousands of demonstrators joined the families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Akai Gurley on Saturday in Washington, D.C., for the Justice for All march to end police brutality and increase police accountability. Participants made their way down Pennsylvania Avenue from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Capitol. A coalition of several…
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‘A Movement, Not Just a Moment’: Thousands March to Call for an End to Police Violence
Armed with posters and a camera, Delores and Shannon King made the three-hour trek from Portsmouth, Va., to the nation’s capital on Saturday to join thousands of people gathered for the Justice for All demonstration protesting the recent deaths of several unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. “We are here to…
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Adrian Peterson’s Appeal of Suspension Denied
On Friday an arbitrator pulled the plug on any dream that Adrian Peterson, the suspended Minnesota Vikings running back, had of returning to a National Football League playing field anytime soon. Harold Henderson, a former NFL executive vice president for labor relations and the hearing officer appointed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, ruled that Peterson must…
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Teen Fatally Shoots Self on FaceTime With Friend
A 15-year-old boy in Lynwood, Ill., fatally shot himself in the head while video-chatting with a friend in what police initially suspected was a tragic accident but was ruled a suicide by the coroner, the New York Daily News writes. Blake Hannett, a sophomore at Marian Catholic High School, was found slumped in a chair…
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Baby of Slain Texas Woman Is Found in Mexico
A missing 11-month-old boy from Houston was found Friday in Mexico during an intense search sparked by the discovery of his mother’s mutilated body at her home, police said, according to the New York Daily News. Achilles Lambert, who police say was abandoned by his father, Patrick Lambert, 38, was found in good condition in…
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Sharpton and Families of Men Slain by Police March on Washington
The Rev. Al Sharpton and relatives of Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and Michael Brown marched arm in arm Saturday along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., protesting the recent deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Members of several civil rights organizations joined Sharpton in…
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University Student Marks Birthday With N-Word Slur Cake
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that the University of Maryland chapter of Delta Gamma Sorority is under fire after social media picked up on a recent Instagram of a member celebrating her 21st birthday standing next to a three-layer cake inscribed with “Suck a n—ga d—k.” The university’s Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life tweeted…