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US Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into the Fatal Shooting of Jordan Edwards
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the police shooting death of Jordan Edwards, an unarmed black teenager, in Balch Springs, Texas, a spokesperson for the local district attorney’s office confirmed Thursday. Now former Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver, 37, is facing murder charges in connection with the April 29 shooting…
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#NoDAPL: Dakota Access Pipeline Has Already Had a Leak Before It’s Even Fully Operational
The $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, which was the subject of international protests because of the threat it posed to both the environment and the indigenous people living along the Missouri River, has already had a leak more than a month before it’s scheduled to be fully operational. The April 6 leak spilled 84 gallons…
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Trump Was Planning to Visit FBI Headquarters, but the FBI Was Like, ‘Nah, Stay Home’
President Donald Trump had planned to make a visit to the headquarters of the FBI, but those plans were changed after the White House was told he would not be greeted warmly if he showed up. You know how nervy your president is. Even after firing FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, Trump thought it would…
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FBI Raids GOP and Tea Party Consulting Firm in Md. With Ties to Key Trump Advisers
Wearing plainclothes and bearing a search warrant Thursday morning, FBI agents raided GOP consulting firm Strategic Campaign Group in Annapolis, Md. The firm has close ties to two key Trump advisers: former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone. Dennis Whitfield, a senior adviser at Strategic Campaign Group, is also a…
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LAPD Officers Will Not Be Charged in Fatal 2015 Shooting of Woman They Say Had a Knife
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that it will not be filing criminal charges against the two police officers who shot and killed a woman in 2015, once again going against a ruling of the Los Angeles Police Commission. Prosecutors reviewed evidence that included video footage captured by the officers’ body cameras before…
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The Pretrial Profit System: How Corporations Make Billions Arresting Poor Blacks
In 2008, 18-year-old Demorrea Tarver was out with some friends when he was stopped by the police. Officers found a handgun in the handbag of a minor who was riding with Tarver (Tarver said he didn’t know about the gun) and a small amount of marijuana. The cops arrested Tarver and charged him with three…
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45 Years After the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Ended, the Legal Fallout Lives On in Federal Court: Report
It has been some 45 years since the horrific “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male,” also known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, came to an end after it was exposed that medical workers, working with the U.S. Public Health Service, were withholding treatment from nonconsenting and unsuspecting black men infected with syphilis—which…
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Trump Gives 1st Interview Since Firing FBI Director Comey and Sounds Like a Mob Boss
In a different time—you know, like, a week ago—James Comey was still the FBI director and President Donald Trump was scheduled to have a sit-down with NBC News’ Lester Holt. Trump was set to boast about his health plan. And then Comey was fired and the White House was ablaze in rumors; press secretary Sean…
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Report: Black Girls 5 Times More Likely to Be Suspended From School Than White Girls
Black girls do not present more frequent or serious discipline problems. They are not slower learners; nor do they struggle academically more than any other student. But according to a new report from the National Women’s Law Center, black girls are twice as likely as any other student to be suspended, and 5.5 times more…