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2 Men Charged With Raping 16-Year-Old at Johns Hopkins Frat Party
Two men have been arrested and charged in the rape of a 16-year-old girl while at a Johns Hopkins University fraternity party, USA Today College reports. Chaz Haggins, 20, and Ethan Turner, 19, were both arrested on rape and sexual assault charges, according to the Baltimore Police Department, the site notes. The incident occurred at…
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Report: Officer in Tamir Rice Shooting Death Ruled Unfit for Duty in 2012
Before Tim Loehmann—the officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice—joined the Cleveland Police Department, he had a brief career with the Independence, Ohio, police, a suburban department that ruled him unfit for police work, Cleveland.com reports. According to the report, a Nov. 29, 2012, letter from the Independence Police Department, kept in Loehmann’s personnel…
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Protesters Swarm Times Square to Demand Justice for Eric Garner
Large groups of demonstrators marched up from Times Square to Rockefeller Center, where the scene was set for a festive televised Christmas-tree lighting Wednesday evening, to protest the news that a Staten Island grand jury would not charge the white New York City police officer accused of choking Eric Garner and causing his death. The…
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As a Black Man, I’m Outraged at the Grand Jury in Eric Garner’s Case; as a Lawyer, I’m Disgusted
By now you know. A Staten Island, N.Y., grand jury decided not to indict New York City police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner. As a black man, I’m outraged by this result. And as a lawyer who defends cases on the criminal side and prosecutes cases on the civil side, I’m…
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What Is It Going to Take to Indict When Police Kill an Unarmed Black Man?
There was video. The move was banned and Eric Garner’s death was ruled a homicide. But in the death of Garner, a father of six from Staten Island, N.Y., these things weren’t enough for a grand jury to bring charges against the officer who killed him. Think about that again: None of the overwhelming circumstances…
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DC Political Candidate Dead at the Age of 34
A local Washington, D.C., political candidate has died at the age of 34. A.J. Cooper was running for the City Council seat previously held by Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser. According to the Facebook group for his election campaign, Cooper died after complaining of chest pains and dizziness. “He was a hell of a kid who was…
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Grand Jury Will Not Charge Officer in Eric Garner Choke Hold Death: Report
A Staten Island, N.Y., grand jury has decided not to charge New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who administered the fatal choke hold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner, the New York Daily News reports. The news comes only a week after then-Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted for killing unarmed teen Michael…
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Michael Brown’s Stepfather Shouldn’t Have Had to Apologize for His Anger
Moments after the Nov. 24 prime-time press conference held by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch to announce what was, effectively, the indictment of black Twitter, Michael Brown, the media and anyone else not named Darren Wilson, CNN ran, on continuous loop, a raw, emotional reaction from Louis Head, Brown’s stepfather, in which he…
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Van Jones: Charles Barkley’s Comments Were ‘Inflammatory,’ ‘Irresponsible’ and ‘Dangerous’
Civil rights activist Van Jones blasted former NBA star Charles Barkley on CNN Tuesday night for comments he made regarding the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury decision, including the statement that black communities would be the “wild, Wild West” without cops. “The true story came out from the grand jury testimony,” Barkley said. “We have to be…
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Man Arrested for Making Death Threats on Facebook Against Darren Wilson
A Washington state man is facing charges after allegedly threatening to kill “Police Officer D.W.” in a Facebook post, Talking Points Memo reports. Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar used only initials when expressing the alleged threat, but the criminal complaint filed against him claims that the threats “relate to the widely publicized events of Aug. 9, 2014,…