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Milwaukee Man Arrested After Reportedly Drowning 3-Month-Old Son in Pond
Sean A. Flowers Jr. of Milwaukee allegedly drowned his 3-month-old son in a pond. He was taken into custody Saturday after he reportedly held his son underwater until the infant fell unconscious, according to the New York Daily News. Robert Amstadt, who witnessed the incident, said that the “baby cried all the way out into the…
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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton to Step Down in September
About a week after announcing that he had no intention of staying into a second term, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton has formally announced his plans to step down in September, NPR reports. During the announcement made on Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that Chief of Department James O’Neill will be…
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Attorneys Argue Against 'Unconstitutional' Death Penalty for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter
Federal prosecutors are trying to obtain the death penalty against Dylann Roof, 22, who is charged with opening fire in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015, killing nine black worshippers during their Bible-study session. Roof’s attorneys, however, are arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional and that he therefore…
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Ga. Police Sergeant Terminated for Having Confederate Flag
In Roswell, Ga., a police officer was fired in July after a complaint was filed against her but is planning to contest the firing, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Former Sgt. Silvia Cotriss had a Confederate flag on display underneath the American flag outside her home. She had apparently been flying the flag for about a…
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Baltimore County Police Fatally Shoot 23-Year-Old Black Woman After Hourslong Standoff
Updated Tuesday, Aug. 2, 10:23 a.m. EDT: On Tuesday morning, BallerAlert posted a tweet, which the site reported showed two videos that Gaines took of the incident before she was killed. In one video, an officer in full SWAT gear appears to be seen standing in the corner looking at Gaines. In another, Gaines appears to…
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Body Camera of Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Teen Was Not Recording During Incident: Police
The family of Paul O’Neal, the 18-year-old who was shot in the back and killed by police last week, is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit, an attorney for the family announced Monday, CBS Chicago reports. The wrongful death lawsuit claims that officers effectively “executed” O’Neal, who was a suspect in a car theft. “Paul O’Neal’s…
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Yale May Reconsider Keeping Name of Calhoun College
It seems that the name of Calhoun College at Yale is still up for debate. The university has announced that it may revisit the decision to keep the name of the residential college, which was named after 19th-century alumnus John C. Calhoun, a known and ardent supporter of slavery, the Associated Press reports. Originally, despite students’…
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Texas Campus-Carry Law Goes Into Effect
Texas’ campus-carry law has officially taken effect as of Monday, allowing gun owners with concealed-handgun licenses to carry their firearms into public university buildings, classrooms and dorms in the state, the Associated Press reports. The law, AP notes, takes effect on the 50th anniversary of the mass shooting at the University of Texas’ clock tower.…
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#ShutDownCityHallNYC: Protesters Demand That NYPD Commissioner Is Fired
On Monday, about 100 Black Lives Matter activists gathered at City Hall in New York City before noon to hold protests all day, demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio fire Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, according to the New York Daily News. Nicholas Heyward Sr. held a sign that read, “What can we expect from a cop who considers youth a…
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Hillary Clinton to Address 2016 NABJ-NAHJ Convention
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton will go to Washington, D.C., to address the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists at the largest joint convention of black and Latino journalists since 2008, as reported by BuzzFeed News. The convention will be held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. “It is notable that Democratic presidential nominee…