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Former Tuskegee Airman Audley Coulthurst Dies at Age 92
Another former member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen has died. Audley Coulthurst passed away Thursday at a Veterans Affairs facility in Brooklyn, N.Y., after suffering cardiac arrest, his daughter, Audra Coulthurst, said, the Associated Press reports. He was 92. According to the report, Coulthurst enlisted in the Army in 1942, ultimately becoming one of the…
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69-Year-Old Grandmother Punched by Man Outside NYC Deli May Never Fully Recover
The daughter of the 69-year-old grandmother who was knocked unconscious by a man outside a Queens, N.Y., deli is accusing the suspect’s family of hiding him from the police, preventing him from facing the consequences of his alleged actions, the New York Post reports. Marie Gentillon said that her mother’s life will never be the same…
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Justice Department Replaces NYC Team Investigating Eric Garner's Death
The Department of Justice has overhauled the Eric Garner investigative team, replacing the New York team of agents and lawyers looking into his 2014 death, the New York Times reports. The move, which the Times describes as a “highly unusual shake-up,” could put some steam into the long-stalled case and possibly put the department back on…
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NYC Man Charged in Kidnap, Extortion and Killing of Landlord
Erskin Felix, 38, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was the mastermind of a plan that resulted in charges of first-degree kidnapping and second-degree murder in the abduction and death of a wealthy landlord, officials say. His brother, Kendall Felix, 28, was also arrested in the case on charges of hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence, CBS News reports.…
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GOP Candidate's Black Outreach: Kool-Aid, Watermelon and KFC
As many of us politicos have come to know, the Grand Old Party is overflowing with stupid white men. In this campaign season, though, Donald J. Trump has been sucking up so much of the election coverage, the rest of those of that dumb-dumb-diddy demo have been overlooked. That’s why I am so grateful to…
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NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services Suspends 4 Top Officials in Wake of 6-Year-Old’s Death
New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services suspended four of its top officials earlier this week in the wake of the death of a 6-year-old Harlem boy who was covered in bruises, the New York Post reports. According to the report, an ACS assistant commissioner, a borough commissioner and two other officials have been suspended fro…
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What Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk About Rap
What you say about somebody else reveals you. What I think of you as being is dictated by my own necessities, my own psychology, my own fears and desires. I’m not describing you when I talk about you; I’m describing me. —James Baldwin Donald Trump supporters have continually found new, improbable ways to rationalize the…
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Trump Supporter Charged After Threatening Black Woman in Albany, NY
An apparent Donald Trump supporter is facing charges of aggravated harassment after allegedly threatening to beat a black woman and calling her a racial slur earlier this week, the Albany Times Union reports. Albany, N.Y., police spokesman Steve Smith said that officers responded to a 911 call at a local ShopRite around 8:20 p.m. Monday…