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Police Shoot Unarmed Los Angeles Teen Standing Next to Friend Holding Toy Gun
On Tuesday 15-year-old Jamar Nicholson, of Los Angeles, was standing in an alley with a group of friends, one of whom was holding a toy gun. A plainclothes police officer, who believed that the gun was real, opened fire on the young men, hitting Jamar, who was unarmed, in the back. “What the officer thought…
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Workers Awarded $15,000,000 After Bosses Called Them ‘N–gers’ and Separated Them by Race
Seven Denver warehouse workers were awarded some $15 million after a federal judge found that bosses separated the blacks from other workers because of their race and called them n—gers and “lazy, stupid Africans.” The judge also found that managers at Matheson Trucking and Matheson Flight Extenders Inc. discriminated against the workers “in all phases…
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Minn. Man Is Recorded Pulling Gun on Unarmed Black Man, Thinking He Was Drug Dealer
A white homeowner was caught on tape, apparently pulling a gun on a black man who was approaching him outside his house, the Daily Mail reports. Demetrius Taylor, a native of St. Paul, Minn., said he was just sitting in his car, talking with a friend, when they saw the white homeowner taking photos. Taylor approached…
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Ga. Man Shot by Officers and Handcuffed in Hospital Up Until His Death: Report
Georgia police are under scrutiny as more details emerge about Kevin Davis, who was shot by a DeKalb County officer Dec. 29 and died two days later, The Guardian reports. According to the report, Davis was held at Grady Hospital in Atlanta for the last two days of his life, handcuffed to his bed. His…
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1st African-American MIT Graduate Honored With Limited Edition Stamp
Robert Robinson Taylor, often recognized as the first African-American graduate of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was honored by the U.S. Postal Service, becoming the 38th honoree in its Black Heritage Stamp series. The first-day-of-issuance ceremony at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., overlapped with the museum’s exhibit “Freedom Around the Corner:…
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Former NBA Player Anthony Mason Suffers Massive Heart Attack: Report
Former NBA player Anthony Mason, who had stints with the New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat, is in critical condition after suffering a massive heart attack, according to sources close to Mason who spoke with the New York Post. The newspaper reports that Mason, 48, who played for the Knicks for five seasons…
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Watch: 2 Women Brawl After Wal-Mart Customer Head-Butts Worker
Jessica Albitz didn’t like the way Alice Keener, who works at the Jackson Hewitt stall inside a La Porte, Texas, Wal-Mart, had spoken to her and her husband, who had come to get their taxes prepared. So Albitz returned to the store, and it didn’t take long for things to go south. According to Click…
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Phoenix Man Accused of Following Woman Home and Raping Her
Tilfert Vaughn, 54, of Phoenix, has been charged with following a woman he had seen at a bar home and raping her at knifepoint while a male friend lay next to her “frozen in fear.” According to court documents seen by AZ Central, on Nov. 5, the 27-year-old woman awoke to find a bathroom light…
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Leader of Prison Drug Ring Who Impregnated 4 Guards Gets Reduced Sentence for Testimony
It doesn’t matter that Tavon White—a Baltimore convict—helmed a drug-smuggling operation and impregnated four prison guards while serving out a stint in prison. Prosecutors on Monday reduced White’s sentence from 20 years to 12 years because he cooperated with authorities and testified against other prison inmates involved in the drug ring, which included two corrections…
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3 Charged in Craigslist-Ad Murder
Police in Cobb County, Ga., have charged three suspects in the shooting death of James Jones Jr., a 21-year-old Clark Atlanta University junior, who was slain during an apparent robbery on Monday in Marietta, WSB-TV reports. Jordan Baker, 18; Jonathan Myles, 19; and Kaylnn Ruthenberg, 21, were all charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and…