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Okla. Mom Stops Burglar With Crutch and Vacuum
An Oklahoma City mother was shocked Tuesday morning when a burglar forced his way through a locked window and threw his backpack inside her house. “I was afraid. I was freaked out about the whole situation because I had this guy I don’t know hanging from my window trying to get in,” Natalie Williamson told Fox…
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Supreme Court Sides With Black Death Row Inmate Convicted by All-White Jury, Orders New Trial
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of a black death row inmate Monday, declaring that prosecutors in Georgia went against the Constitution and blocked black jurors from his trial nearly 30 years ago, USA Today reports. Timothy Foster’s 1987 case came up before the Supreme Court after a series of notes…
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Report: Software Used to Predict Future Crime Shows Racial Bias
Risk-assessment scores, which are becoming ever more common in courtrooms across the nation, are often used to make important decisions regarding a defendant’s freedom or the terms of the defendant’s freedom. However, according to ProPublica, the scores—which are based on an algorithm whose creators claim can predict defendants’ likelihood of committing another crime—seem to show…
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Baltimore Officer Found Not Guilty in Death of Freddie Gray
Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero was found not guilty Monday on all four charges in connection with his alleged part in the April 2015 death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Nero, 30, had pleaded not guilty to all charges he faced following the arrest and subsequent death of Gray, who suffered a spinal injury while in…
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Fight Breaks Out at Ga. High School Graduation After Parents Told They Won’t Be Able to See Their Children Graduate
A fight broke out and police used a Taser on one person after parents and family members of students graduating from an East Point, Ga., high school were not allowed into the ceremony. According to WSB-TV, Tri-Cities High School’s graduation was originally scheduled to take place in the school’s stadium Friday night, but rain moved…
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Watch: Morris Brown’s Herndon Stadium Now in Shambles
Morris Brown has had a bit of a time since its founding. In fact, the school, established in 1881—one of only a handful of HBCUs founded by African Americans—has had some serious struggles in recent years. The college has filed for bankruptcy its once flush enrollment of 2,700 students in 2003 has dwindled to fewer than 20. And yet…
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‘Negro,’ ‘Oriental’ and ‘Indian’ to Be Scrubbed From All Federal Laws
As the country begins to reconcile its sometimes inglorious past, as with Confederate statues and heroes being swept into the dustbin of history, President Barack Obama signed a bill taking racially offensive words such as “negro” and “Oriental” out of all Federal laws, reports Mediaite. Sponsored by Congresswoman Grace Meng and co-sponsored by all 51 members of…
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Tamar Braxton Reportedly Fired From The Real
Tamar Braxton, a staple in the two-year old morning gab fest, The Real, has been fired, reports B.Scott. Scott says that a “very reliable source” says the youngest Braxton was axed because she wasn’t “reading too well with the audience,” nor was she a good fit with advertisers. Also, that she was “difficult” with production.…
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Convicted Rapist Daniel Holtzclaw Speaks: And We Wish He Hadn’t
Daniel Holtzclaw, the disgraced former Oklahoma City police officer convicted in the rape and sexual assault of seven black women and one underage black girl, has broken his silence, proclaiming his innocence and denigrating everyone who worked on the case from the prosecution and detectives to the victims. “I have never sexually assaulted anyone,” Holtzclaw…
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African-American Woman Named as Head of Teen Vogue
Elaine Welteroth, who made headlines when she became Teen Vogue’s first African American beauty director, has been made the title’s new editor-in-chief. She will be the youngest editor in the company’s 107-year history. She is also the second black woman named to head a Conde Nast book; Keija Minor has been at the helm of Brides…