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2 Killed, 8 Wounded in Shooting at Chicago Memorial for a Man Killed Earlier the Same Day
Two people were killed and eight were left wounded in a Sunday shooting in Chicago that police believe to be the result of a gang-retaliation hit that targeted the memorial for another man who had been killed earlier in the day. According to USA Today, the victims were at an outdoor memorial service Sunday evening…
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Family of Jordan Edwards Sues Balch Springs, Texas, Police Officer and Department in 15-Year-Old’s Death
The family of Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old who was fatally shot by a white suburban-Dallas police officer, has filed a lawsuit against (now former) Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver and the Balch Springs Police Department. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit accuses the department of inadequately training Oliver and also ignoring warning signs…
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Jury Selection to Start for Trial of Tulsa, Okla., Cop Who Fatally Shot Terence Crutcher
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for the trial of Betty Shelby, a white Tulsa, Okla., police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man whose car had broken down on a highway. Shelby, 43, is facing charges of first-degree manslaughter, and as Reuters notes, she could face from four years…
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Ebony’s Owner Michael Gibson: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
The owner of Ebony magazine sought to reasssure doubters Sunday that despite recent upheaval, “We are absolutely going to survive. This is a profitable business. We’re 100 percent committed.” “We really want to expand our brand,” Michael Gibson, co-founder and chairman of CVG Group, owner of Ebony and Jet, told Journal-isms by telephone, calling plans…
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Judge Denies Lawyer’s Request to #FreeBresha Meadows Until Trial
Updated Mon, May 8, 1:52 p.m. EDT: Bresha Meadows, 15, has been offered a plea deal and could be released from jail in less than a year. Read the details here. Updated Sunday, May 7, 7:09 p.m. EDT: Although attorneys for Bresha Meadows, 15, argued that the teen is not a flight risk, Trumbull County…
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Ohio Teacher Fired for Dragging Preschooler Down Hallway
More news of a serious breach of duty by those entrusted to care for our most vulnerable: An Ohio preschool teacher has been fired after a colleague snapped a photo of her dragging what looks to be an African-American tot down a hallway. The unnamed teacher was an employee with Alta Head Start, a program…
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Yet Another 15-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Police, This Time in San Diego
On the very same day 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was laid to rest after being fatally shot by a police officer in Texas, an unidentified teenager, also 15, was shot and killed by San Diego police. NBC San Diego reports that the teen called 911 just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday asking officers to conduct a welfare…
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#BringBackOurGirls: 83 Chibok Students Released by Boko Haram
Slowly, surely, more of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by terror group Boko Haram are finding their way out of captivity. The Associated Press reports that Nigeria’s government confirms that 82 kidnapped Chibok, Nigeria, schoolgirls have been released and are expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in the capital, Abuja. Buhari’s office tweeted the…
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15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards Laid to Rest as Family, Friends, Classmates Remember His Short Life
At a funeral service that included a touching photo montage, soaring gospel music and the names of those Americans slain by police ringing out from the pulpit, more than 800 family and friends packed into a Baptist church in Mesquite, Texas, on Saturday to remember the life of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Jordan was shot and…
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Rape Charges Dropped Against Hispanic Teens Trump White House Used to Justify the Bullshit
In what surely has to be a disappointment for a White House that used this case to dubious and distasteful political advantage, prosecutors have dropped charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a girl in a Maryland high school bathroom. At least one of the teens was an “illegal” immigrant who handily fit the…