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Congressional Black Caucus Plans March to Justice Department Over Police Shootings
At their weekly Wednesday meeting, members of the Congressional Black Caucus discussed the problem of police shootings and what to do about it. “It’s become way too common, way too routine. This cannot be like business as usual anymore,” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) as he left the House floor for votes Wednesday afternoon. After…
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Loretta Lynch Addresses Shooting Deaths of Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott
At the International Bar Association’s 2016 Annual Conference on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch commented on the police-shooting deaths of two black men in Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte, N.C., according to a Department of Justice press release. “On Monday the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma,”…
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Maybe There Are No Good Cops?
In the wake of the police-shooting deaths of Terence Crutcher, Tyre King, Keith Lamont Scott and (insert the name of the next victim here), there will undoubtedly be quickly assembled news panels with ex-cops and former police officials regurgitating the same stale arguments. As they bombard media outlets with the usual litany of excuses meant…
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Police: Officers Gave Keith Lamont Scott 'Clear' Commands Before Fatal Shooting
Keith Lamont Scott was given “loud, clear verbal commands” to not leave his vehicle and to drop his weapon before he was fatally shot by police officers on Tuesday evening, police in Charlotte, N.C., say, ABC News reports. Police are insisting that the 43-year-old father was armed with a gun, although it is not clear…
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Protesters, Officers Clash in Aftermath of Keith Lamont Scott Shooting Death
The shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott, a disabled black man who was reportedly reading a book when he was shot by a black police officer in Charlotte, N.C., sparked protests Tuesday that continued late into the night, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the large demonstration began peacefully, with some people chanting…
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Hillary Clinton Speaks ‘Directly to White People’ in Wake of Police Shooting: ‘This Is Not Who We Are’
Calling in to The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton weighed in on the police shooting of Terence Crutcher, saying that “systemic racism” needs to be addressed, and a part of that is “speaking directly to white people.” “This horrible shooting—again. How many times do we have to see this in our country?” Clinton…
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Keith Lamont Scott Identified as Disabled Black Man Shot Dead by NC Police While Reading in Car
Updated Sunday, Sept. 25, 11:32 a.m. EDT: According to eyewitness accounts and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department dashcam and body-cam footage, Keith Lamont Scott was not sitting in his vehicle at the time he was shot. Scott exited the vehicle and was backing away from it as commanded. Neither a book nor a gun (as CMPD claimed Scott was…