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New Jersey Prisons Lift Ban on Award-Winning Book The New Jim Crow
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, 1:15 p.m. EST: After being called out by the ACLU for banning an award-winning book about mass incarceration, New Jersey said that it has lifted the ban on Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. According to the New York Times, the state made its decision after the ACLU issued a…
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Blood and Glasses Found in Parking Lot in Case of Missing New Jersey Nurse
Police have issued an alert and are seeking the public’s help in finding a 24-year-old New Jersey nurse who has gone missing. Shanaya Coley of Paterson, N.J., was last seen at her home shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday. A nurse’s aide, Coley was set to work that night at Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat in Wyckoff,…
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5 New Jersey Black Churches Vandalized but Police Determine It’s No Hate Crime
The vandalism at five suburban New Jersey churches has been determined not to be an act of racial terror but that of a man who lived in the area and acted alone, according to authorities. “As a result of the investigation, no evidence was obtained that would indicate this was a bias incident which legally…
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Earle Hyman, Who Played Bill Cosby’s Father on The Cosby Show, Dead at 91
Earle Hyman, who played on Broadway in works by Shakespeare and Ibsen but became well known for playing Bill Cosby’s lovable father on The Cosby Show, died Friday in Englewood, N.J., at the age of 91. Hyman’s death was confirmed to the New York Times by Jordan Strohl, a representative for the Actors Fund. As…
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Dad Stabbed to Death Defending Son During Robbery
A New Jersey dad was killed while trying to protect one of his young children during a robbery. According to his family, Jose “Migue” Malave, 30, was killed in front of his girlfriend and four of his children after a group of teens attempted to rob his 8-year-old son of a pair of sneakers, the…
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Police Chief Who Compared Black People to ‘ISIS’ and Wanted to Mow Them Down Charged With Hate Crime
A former New Jersey police chief has been charged with hate crimes and civil rights violations by federal prosecutors after revelations surfaced that he used dogs to attack black suspects, used hateful speech and physically attacked an African-American teenager. According to NJ.com, Frank Nucera Jr. was the police chief in the small township of Bordentown,…
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8-Year-Old Jump Rope Champ Killed After Being Struck by a Jeep While Walking Home From Fundraiser
An 8-year-old jump roping champ was killed over the weekend after a Jeep struck him while he was walking home from a fundraiser with his award-winning team. Jeremiah “Jerry” Grant, who was a member of the renowned double Dutch jump roping team the Honey Bees, was rushed to a nearby medical center after the incident…