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#AlfredOlango: El Cajon, Calif., Police Aware Unarmed Black Man Was in Mental Distress Before They Fatally Shot Him
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, 2:17 a.m. EDT: According to activists on the ground in El Cajon, Calif., the Police Department informed media that it was aware its officers were responding to a “5150” call when Olango was killed. The name of the police officer who killed Olango has not been released. A 5150 call…
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Justice Department’s Head of National Security Division Stepping Down
The head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division is stepping down next month to pursue a career in the private sector, the Washington Post reports. John P. Carlin, 43, is the youngest and longest-serving head of the NSD. He oversaw the prosecution arising out of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and his department initiated…
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US Government Settles $492,000,000 in Lawsuits With 17 American indian Tribes
The U.S. government will pay $492 million to 17 American Indian tribes to settle lawsuits over the mismanagement of natural resources and other tribal assets, NPR reports. The U.S. says that there are more than 100 lawsuits totaling $3.3 billion that have been brought against the federal government by American Indian individuals and tribes, some…
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No Disciplinary Action for Law Professor's 'Run Them Down' Tweet
The University of Tennessee will not take disciplinary action against the law professor who urged Charlotte, N.C., motorists to run down protesters who were blocking roads last week, the school announced Tuesday. “In short, no disciplinary action will be taken against Professor Reynolds. The tweet was an exercise of his First Amendment rights,” College of…
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UN Panel Says US Owes Black People Reparations
Colonial history, a legacy of enslavement and segregation are among the chief reasons reparations are owed to African Americans, according to a report put out by a United Nations group (pdf). The U.N.’s Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, which reports to the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights, presented its findings…
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NYC 6-Year-Old Dies After Being Rushed to Hospital Covered in Bruises
Zymere Perkins, 6, was rushed to the hospital by his mother Monday afternoon and died a short time later. He was unconscious and covered in bruises, the New York Daily News reports. Geraldine Perkins, Zymere’s mother, took Zymere to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in a taxicab after emerging from the apartment building holding his limp body,…
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'Road Rage' Cop Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Fails to Make Bail
The New York City police officer who is facing murder charges after fatally shooting a civilian during an off-duty road rage encounter is on his way to jail because he could not raise the $500,000 bail set by a judge Tuesday morning, the New York Post reports. According to the Post, the judge ruled 37-year-old…
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Young Girl Delivers Powerful Statement About Police Shootings at Charlotte City Council Meeting
Out of the mouths of babes. A young Charlotte, N.C., girl delivered a powerful message while speaking out on police brutality at a tense Charlotte City Council meeting, the first such meeting since the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on Sept. 20, CNN reports. “It’s a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed…
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Bucks President: Milwaukee ‘Is the Most Segregated, Racist Place I’ve Ever Experienced in My Life’
Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin believes that he was just stating some “hard truths” when he said that Milwaukee “is the most segregated, racist place I’ve ever experienced in my life,” Feigin told the audience gathered at the Madison Rotary in Madison, Wis., the Wisconsin State Journal reports. He added that his hope was to…
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Did the Falcons and Saints Show the NFL How to Honor the Flag and Protest?
Before the Atlanta Falcons took on the New Orleans Saints, Monday night, all of the players stood for the national anthem. Once the Star-Spangled Banner was complete, players and coaches from both teams all met in the middle of the field and joined hands for a moment of silence. ESPN broadcasters noted that quarterbacks Drew…