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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…
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Join The Root’s March on Washington Twitter Chat on Saturday
On Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. EST, The Root’s Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele will be moderating a Twitter panel with three professionals to discuss this new wave of activism sweeping the nation in light of the recent grand jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and the killings of unarmed black men and…
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San Diego City Staffer Allegedly ‘Wanted to Shoot’ Protesters
San Diego protesters took to social media Friday with charges that a staff member who works for City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf called them “f—king idiots with their hands up” and added, “I wanted to shoot them.” According to KPBS, on Wednesday during the City Council inauguration, community representative Shirley Owen grew tired of protesters who…
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Watch: Baltimore Police Reportedly Curse at and Taser Woman for Recording Video
A Baltimore woman has successfully retrieved intense footage that she says she captured of Baltimore City police making an arrest, which led to her being cursed at and tasered, WJZ reports. The video below includes NSFW language. In March, Mwamba said she stopped while driving home when she saw police officers arresting a man who…
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FBI Investigating Death of Black NC Teen Who Was Hanged in a Trailer Park
The FBI is stepping in to investigate the peculiar death of a black North Carolina teen, who was found hanging from a swing set by a dog leash and a belt in a trailer park in August, the Associated Press reports. Lennon Lacy’s family has questioned the state medical examiner’s ruling that the 17-year-old’s death…
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Tamir Rice’s Death Ruled a Homicide by Ohio Medical Examiner
Tamir Rice’s death has been ruled a homicide by a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, medical examiner in a recently released autopsy, BuzzFeed reports. The autopsy concludes that Tamir died from a “gunshot wound of the torso with injuries of major vessel, intestines and pelvis,” also noting in capital letters, “HOMICIDE.” Rice, 12, was shot and killed…