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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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  • NYC Police Officer Kills 66-Year-Old Mentally Ill Black Woman

    A police officer shot and killed a mentally ill 66-year-old black woman in her Bronx, N.Y., apartment Tuesday night. The incident calls into question the New York City Police Department’s use of force and the protocol that should be followed when dealing with “emotionally disturbed” people, The Atlantic reports. The victim, identified as Deborah Danner,…

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  • Mom of Kalief Browder Dies of a 'Broken Heart' 

    The mother of Kalief Browder, who killed himself after spending three traumatic years in New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, has died of a “broken heart,” her lawyer told the New York Daily News Sunday. Venida Browder, 63, died Friday at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough from complications of a heart…

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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…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Sketch Released of Man Who Reportedly Attacked 11-Year-Old Boy in NYC

    A man violently pulled an 11-year-old boy between two cars on a moving subway train in New York City, the New York Daily News reports. The boy told police that he saw two men play-fighting in his subway car when one of them asked him if he wanted to join. After he refused, the man…

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  • NYC Anti-Violence Activist Shot Dead in Fla.

    Lavon Walker, 30, an anti-violence activist, died at a hospital after being shot Sunday on a street corner in Miami Beach, CBS News reports. The incident took place near the popular Miami Beach street Ocean Drive right before 7 a.m. Three suspects were seen in a surveillance video speeding away from the scene of the shooting…

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