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Off-Duty Cops Walk Off Job as Security for Minn. Lynx Game After Players Warm Up in Black Lives Matter Shirts
Players from the WNBA team the Minnesota Lynx are taking a stand against police brutality, choosing, as many others have done, to warm up in shirts making a political statement. The shirts, according to the Washington Post, read, “Change Starts With Us—Justice and Accountability” on the front. On the backs of the shirts were the names…
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9-Year-Old Girl Uses Money to Buy Lunch for Detroit Cops Following Dallas Shooting
Instead of spending her birthday treating herself, a 9-year-old Detroit girl decided to show her appreciation for some of the city’s cops by bringing them lunch, WWJ reports. According to the news station, Samya McLaughlin brought the city’s 11th Precinct officers bagged lunches of sandwiches, chips, fruit and a cookie, paying for the lunches with…
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Off-Duty NYPD Officer Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Stripped of Badge, Gun
The off-duty NYPD officer who fatally shot Delrawn Small during a road rage incident July 4 has been placed on modified duty, CBS New York reports. It had been previously reported that the officer, identified as Wayne Isaacs, shot and killed Small after Small got out of his vehicle and punched Isaacs repeatedly in the head, prompting…
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Mich. Courthouse Shooter Identified as Larry Darnell Gordon
The man who fired shots inside the Berrien County (Mich.) Courthouse Monday, killing two bailiffs and injuring two others, has been identified as Larry Darnell Gordon, WOOD TV reports. According to the report, a deputy was escorting Gordon from a holding cell to the courtroom when Gordon overpowered the deputy, snatched his gun and started…
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Detroit Police Detective Demoted After Rant Against Black Lives Matter
A Detroit Police Department detective has been demoted and an internal investigation is being launched following a Facebook post that blasted the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit Free Press reports. The detective involved was identified as Nathan Weekley, the brother of Police Officer Joseph Weekley, who shot and killed 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a…
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At Least 3 People Dead in Mich. Courthouse Shooting
WZZM is reporting that there are at least three dead and one injured following a shooting in a Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Mich., an employee at the county prosecutor’s office said. Michigan State Police confirmed the shooting around 2:30 p.m. Monday. The two victims were both court bailiffs, while the third deceased individual…
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NBA Champ Tim Duncan Retires After 19 Seasons
It’s been almost 20 years, and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs is ready to slow down a bit. On Monday he announced his retirement, signaling the end of an era, CBS News reports. It’s been a long ride, marked with five NBA titles, two NBA MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances, ESPN notes,…
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Video Appears to Show Alva Braziel With His Hands Up Prior to Being Shot by Police
Alva Braziel was shot and killed by police in Texas early Saturday morning. Houston police said Braziel was waving a gun when they approached him. Authorities said the officers gave multiple commands for him to drop the weapon, but Braziel, they said, pointed his gun at officers, prompting them to discharge their weapons, ultimately killing Braziel.…
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Man Who Shared Video of Alton Sterling's Shooting Death Arrested
A day after Chris LeDay started circulating one of the graphic videos of police officers gunning down Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., he was arrested, Complex reports. Coincidence? Could be, but LeDay believes that his arrest was an act of retaliation by police, Complex notes. As the site note, LeDay did not film the…