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Ga. Park Hanging Referred to FBI
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed issued a statement Thursday afternoon announcing that the case regarding a black man found hanging from a tree in the city’s Piedmont Park has been referred to the FBI, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. According to the site, the announcement came hours after social media users expressed suspicions and outrage, with some…
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5 Things You Need to Know: #Dallas Sniper Shooting
A peaceful protest took place in Dallas July 7 to raise awareness of the police killings of Alton Sterling, 37, by Baton Rouge, La., police officers, and Philando Castile, 32, by a Minnesota police officer. At the rally’s conclusion, shots rang out. A total of 10 officers were shot by sniper fire, according to Dallas Police…
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5 Officers Killed in Dallas Sniper Attack After Black Lives Matter Protest
Updated Friday, July 8, 5:55 a.m. EDT: President Barack Obama blasted the Dallas shooting as a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.” Speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where the president traveled to attend the 2016 NATO Summit, Obama said, “The federal government will provide whatever assistance Dallas may need as it deals with this tremendous…
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NYC Man Who Recorded Eric Garner’s Choke Hold Death Takes Plea Deal, Will Likely Serve 4 Years in Prison
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner’s death, said he pleaded guilty in a 2014 Staten Island, N.Y., weapons and drug case Thursday and will likely spend the next four years in prison as part of the plea deal, the New York Daily News reports. “I’m supposed to be copping out,” Orta told the Daily…
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Girlfriend of Philando Castile Speaks Out About His Fatal Police Encounter: ‘They Are Here to Kill Us’
The girlfriend of Philando Castile, who was shot and killed Wednesday night during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn., made her first public appearance Thursday morning at a rally at the residence of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton in St. Paul, Fusion reports. Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds, who broadcast the aftermath of Castile’s shooting on Facebook…
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2 Ohio Brothers With BB Guns Arrested in Park, Ordered to Write Tamir Rice Essays
The situation is eerily, scarily familiar. Two young brothers from Parma, Ohio, were playing in a park with a pair of BB guns when police were called to the scene. According to the Washington Post, the orange tips that normally distinguish the toys from a real gun had been removed. A 911 caller reported the…
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Girlfriend Records Aftermath of Fatal Police Shooting of Minn. Man During Traffic Stop
Another black man has been fatally shot by police, this time during a traffic stop Wednesday night in Falcon Heights, Minn., WCCO reports. The mother of Philando Castile, the victim, confirmed that he died at Hennepin County Medical Center after 11 p.m. Wednesday. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds, who at the time was in the…
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Attorneys for Chicago Cop Who Shot Laquan McDonald Seek Access to Teen's Juvenile Record
Defense attorneys for the Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald are asking for access to the 17-year-old’s juvenile records, which detail his history as a state ward, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, the motion has caused outrage among child-welfare advocates, although legal experts say…