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2nd Victim in Fla. Nightclub Shooting Identified as 14-Year-Old Sean Archilles
The second victim of a shooting outside a Fort Myers, Fla., nightclub has been identified as 14-year-old Sean Archilles, the Fort Myers, Fla., News-Press reports. Sean was one of two teens killed in the incident that left dozens injured. According to the report, Jean Robert Archilles, Sean’s father, heard the news from the boy’s mother,…
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Michael Jordan Speaks Out on Police Brutality, Targeting of Cops
Basketball legend Michael Jordan is speaking out on the shootings of black Americans, as well as the recent attacks on officers, issuing a statement today through The Undefeated in which he declares that he “can no longer stay silent”: As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of…
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2 Dead, Several Injured After Shooting at Teen Event at Fla. Nightclub
A teen event at a Florida nightclub ended in tragedy after at least two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured after a shooting outside the club, NBC News reports. According to the report, the shots started just as family members were picking up the children from Club Blu in Fort…
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#PokémonGoWhileBlack: Police Point Guns at Iowa Football Player They Say Fit Description of Bank Robber
A University of Iowa defensive end took to Facebook Wednesday to describe a frightful encounter with police while outside playing Pokémon Go in an Iowa City, Iowa, park last week, the Washington Post reports. “Today was the first time I’ve truly feared my life and I have the media to thank for that,” Faith Ekakitie, a…
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Ky. Teens Mow Lawns for Free
It was meant to be a punishment. Kentucky mom Barbara Wilson said that she tried to punish her son Travis Durham by making the teen mow lawns for free. She told Travis to mow a couple of their neighbors’ yards. However, according to WDRB, Travis ended up loving the job so much that by the time…
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WNBA Drops Fines for Players Who Wore Protest Shirts
The WNBA has reversed its decision to fine the teams and players who wore black protest warm-up shirts saying “Alton Sterling,” ”Philando Castile,” “Black Lives Matter” and “Dallas 5,” ESPN reports. WNBA President Lisa Borders said in a statement Saturday that the league was rescinding the $5,000 penalties given to the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty…
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White Mass. Mayor Won’t Remove Black Lives Matter Banner From City Hall
A Massachusetts mayor has refused to remove a Black Lives Matter banner from City Hall at the request of the local police union. The banner features the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and has been hanging from Somerville City Hall since August 2015. According to USA Today, the Somerville Police Employee’s Association recently published a letter to Mayor Joseph…
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Man Who Videotaped Alton Sterling’s Death Not Allowed Back to Work
The man who videotaped the chilling death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge La., has effectively been given the ax. And according to his lawyer, it’s because he posted Sterling’s death on social media. According to WSB-TV, Christopher LeDay was arrested less than 24 hours after he posted video of Sterling being shot and killed…
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Va. Gov. to Restore Voting Rights to 200,000 Ex-Offenders
In what some will surely call “executive advocacy” (or abuse), the governor of Virginia will sign a staggering number of individual clemency grants to restore the voting rights of thousands of ex-offenders in the state after a court decision Friday threatened to take them away, reports ThinkProgress. In a 4-3 decision late Friday, the Supreme…