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Some Ala. Lawmakers Upset Over Obama’s Selma March Plans
The White House announced last week that President Barack Obama plans to head to Selma, Ala., in March to commemorate the 50th anniversary of historic marches led by civil rights leaders. But some black lawmakers are upset over his planned date of arrival to participate in the event, Alabama Media Group reports. A group of…
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Supreme Court to Examine Okla. Execution Procedure
In a case that could have far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court said Friday it would review whether a drug protocol used in Oklahoma’s recent lethal injections violates the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, Reuters reports. News of the Supreme Court review came Friday after one of four Oklahoma death row inmates, who filed…
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Woman Goes on Strike Against ‘Disrespectful’ Teen Daughters
Teen daughters unfair to Mom? Well, that’s what a single North Carolina mom is claiming, and she’s not taking it sitting down, so to speak. Naasira Muhammad, of Winston-Salem, made a “Mom on Strike!” placard and began marching up and down the sidewalk in front of her home about a week ago after, she says,…
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Pa. Man Paralyzed in Police Shooting Will Not Face 2nd Trial
Nearly two years after Pittsburgh police shot Leon Ford Jr. five times during a traffic stop, leaving him paralyzed, prosecutors announced Friday that Ford would not face a second trial on charges stemming from the incident, BET reports. The 2012 shooting generated one of the earliest protests against police use of force in black communities.…
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Ernie Banks Dies at 83
Ernie Banks, who became the first black player for the Chicago Cubs during his remarkable lifetime, died Friday, his wife, Liz, confirmed for the Chicago Tribune. He was 83. Banks, widely known as “Mr. Cub,” was the first African American to play for the Chicago team, making his debut Sept. 17, 1953. He “went on…
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Woman Kidnapped at Texas ATM Manages to Escape From Car Trunk
The Arlington Police Department in Texas has released surveillance video from an ATM in hopes of identifying and catching a robber and kidnapper who forced an unsuspecting woman into her trunk earlier this month, CBS DFW reports. The kidnapping occurred at a drive-through ATM at a Wells Fargo bank Jan. 14, where the victim, choosing…
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Norwood, Ohio, Mayor Promises Not to Abandon Police to ‘Race-Baiting Black Leaders’
Norwood, Ohio, Mayor Thomas Williams penned a letter to his local Police Department, voicing his support for the boys in blue, who he feels are “under attack by race-baiting black leaders and cowardly elected officials,” Talking Points Memo reports. The letter was officially written on Dec. 22, days after New York City police officers Wenjian…
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Atlanta Mayor Chided by Police Union for Participating in ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Photo
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed drew the ire of a local police union because a photo he took in December recently resurfaced, and it shows the mayor alongside other African-American celebrities raising his hands in the “Hands up, don’t shoot” pose—a gesture that has become associated with the protests against the police killing of 18-year-old Michael…
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Watch: San Francisco Officer Almost Pushes Man Out of His Wheelchair
The Internal Affairs Division of the San Francisco Police Department is investigating a Sunday incident caught on tape that appears to show a police officer almost pushing a man out of his wheelchair, SFGate reports. Acording to the report, around four police officers were standing on a street corner responding to an incident pertaining to disorderly…
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2nd-Grade Teacher in Ark. Shows Kids Racial-Slur-Laced MLK Parody Video
Some Cedarville, Ark., parents are upset after learning that a group of second-graders were shown a Martin Luther King Jr. parody video that used the racial slur “n—ger” some 14 times. According to KFSM 5News, Latia Hernandez was shocked to hear her daughter describe the video she had watched in her second-grade class at Cedarville…