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4 Miss. Men Ordered to Pay $840,000 for Brutal, Racially Charged Killing of Black Man
On Monday, four white men were ordered by a federal judge in Mississippi to pay $840,000 in restitution to the estate of James Craig Anderson, a black man who died as a result of their racially charged cruelty, the Washington Post reports. Deryl Dedmon, 23; John Rice, 23; Dylan Butler, 24; and William Montgomery, 26,…
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Louis Farrakhan on Donald Trump: ‘I Like What I’m Looking At’
Politics can make strange bedfellows, with Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan finding a commonality in Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Trump “is the only member who has stood in front of the Jewish community and said, ‘I don’t want your money,’” Farrakhan said during a weekend sermon, Politico reports. “Any time a man…
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Police Shooting in Utah Triggers Protests
Protesters took to the streets Monday night after police shot and seriously injured a 17-year-old Somali refugee in Salt Lake City, the Associated Press reports. Abdi Mohamed, who immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 2004, was reportedly shot twice in the torso as officers intervened as he and another person allegedly attacked a…
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NC Man Shot 7 Times While Running Away from Police, Mother Says
A Raleigh, North Carolina police officer has been placed on administrative duty pending the investigation of the shooting death of a young black man, who was wanted on a warrant, ABC 11 reports. Officers declined to identify the dead man on Monday, however Rolanda Byrd said that the man who was fatally wounded by officers…
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Texas Man Accused of Screaming ‘F–k the N–gers’ While Shooting at Campaign Office of Black Candidate for Sheriff
Police in Beaumont, Texas, arrested a white man and were questioning others after an allegedly racially charged shooting at the campaign headquarters of Jefferson County, Texas, sheriff candidate Zena Stephens, who is black, KMBT reports. Stephens told the news station that she was standing outside the headquarters with a group of people when a white…
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Family of Ala. Man Fatally Shot by Cop Outside His Home Wants Answers
On Thursday a Montgomery, Ala., police officer shot and killed Greg Gunn, 58, steps away from Gunn’s home. On Monday, Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange and Police Chief Ernest Finley held a press conference, where Gunn’s brother Franklin Gunn asked them both for five minutes. Five minutes, he said, that had his brother been afforded the…
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Army Sgt. Accused of Killing Wife and Va. Cop Working Her 1st Shift
Prince William County Police Officer Ashley Guindon, 28, completed her official ceremony to join the Virginia force Friday and was working her first full shift Saturday when she responded to a domestic violence call with two other officers. When Guindon and her fellow officers arrived at the front door, “the subject opened fire,” Prince William…
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NJ Woman Pleads Guilty to Burning Newborn Baby to Death in the Middle of a Road
A 23-year-old New Jersey woman pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of aggravated manslaughter in the death of her newborn daughter, who was set on fire in the middle of a roadway, Reuters reports. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier had originally been charged with first-degree murder in the case, but as part of the plea deal, the…
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Justice Clarence Thomas Asks Question in Court, Ending 10-Year Silent Streak
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas created quite a stir Monday when he spoke for the first time in a decade during oral arguments, CNN reports. Thomas reportedly directed his questions to government attorney Ilana H. Eisenstein in the case Voisine v. United States. His questions concerned whether a previous domestic-assault conviction based on reckless conduct…
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KKK Members Involved in Calif. Brawl Acted in Self-Defense, Police Say
Members of the Ku Klux Klan who were arrested after a brutal beatdown in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday were released because they were acting in self-defense, police said, the Associated Press reports. The five KKK members were released, but seven other people remained in custody because they were seen beating, stomping and attacking the Klansmen with…