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Off-Duty NYC Cop Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder
The off-duty New York City police officer who shot and killed Delrawn Small on July 4 in the city’s Brooklyn borough after an altercation sparked by road rage has been charged with second-degree murder, the New York Post reports. Wayne Isaacs is also facing charges of first-degree manslaughter after being indicted by a Brooklyn grand…
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Tenn. Man Wrongly Imprisoned Says Money Awarded to Him Isn’t Enough
Clark McMillan, 59, of Memphis, Tenn., was wrongly convicted for the robbery and rape of a 16-year-old girl back in 1980. In 2002, DNA evidence cleared him and he was released from prison. And while he was awarded over $800,000, he says that it hasn’t been enough, USA Today reports. Because of his imprisonment, McMillan has…
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#Arabs4BlackPower Releases Movement for Black Lives Solidarity Statement
Arabs for Black Power—a circle of organizers from the United States and Arabic-speaking regions—has released a statement in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives. The Movement for Black Lives, or M4BL, is raising global consciousness about state-sanctioned and state-perpetuated violence against people of color in the United States, as well as actively working to…
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Deaths of 3 Ga. Teens Killed in Car Crash, Including 2 Brothers, Stun Community
The tragic news that three East Point, Ga., teens had been killed in a fiery car accident, which spread quickly on social media among friends and classmates of the teens, has now been confirmed by 11Alive. Brothers Jarrett Mumford, 18, and Jaylen Mumford, 16, as well as Ibrahim Sankoh, 18, were all killed when the…
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Video Shows Ga. Deputies Using Taser on Unresisting Black Man From Behind
Video showing a black man standing up against a wall in the Richmond County (Ga.) Jail with his hands behind his back before deputies used a Taser on him directly contradicts a police report stating that the man had become combative, WSB-TV reports. Carlos Seals, the man in question, acknowledges that he used profanity toward the…
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Here's a Look at All the NFL Players Who Protested Sunday
Colin Kapernick’s movement to protest police violence against unarmed men, women and children is spreading. Below is a look at the players who protested Sunday: Five players for the San Francisco 49ers also raised their right fists during the ceremony: Antoine Bethea, Rashard Robinson, Jaquiski Tartt, Keith Reaser and Mike Davis.
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4 Redskins Players Defy Coach, Protest Police Violence During Anthem
It took three games and two more deaths of unarmed black men for four Washington Redskins players to finally join the growing number of NFL players who are standing up against the over-policing of black and minority communities. On Sunday, DeSean Jackson, Niles Paul, Greg Toler and Rashad Ross all raised a fist during the national anthem before taking on…
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Identical Twin Confesses to 2003 Murder for Which Brother Was Convicted
Karl Smith took the witness stand at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Thursday and made a confession that stunned those present. Smith admitted to committing a 2003 murder for which his identical twin, Kevin Dugar, was put behind bars. “I’m here to confess to a crime I committed that he was wrongly…
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos to Join 2016 Olympic Team at White House
Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the U.S. Olympic sprinters who raised their fists during the 1968 Olympics, will join the U.S. Olympic team at the White House next week for its meeting with President Barack Obama, the Charlotte News & Observer reports. In the last week, the tide has continued to turn for the two…