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Federal Lawsuit Accuses Mich. Police of Badly Beating, Wrongfully Arresting Unarmed Black Teen
A federal lawsuit filed last week accuses a Grand Rapids, Mich., police officer of using “unreasonable and excessive force” while having “no lawful authority” to arrest a black teen in June 2014 during an incident that left the young man severely injured, the New York Daily News reports. The officer, identified as Sean McCamman, punched…
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Officers Involved in Tamir Rice Shooting Death to Face New Administrative Review
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has stated that the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice will face a new administrative review, following a grand jury decision to decline to press charges against the officers, NBC News reports. During a press conference Tuesday, Jackson insisted that regardless of what the grand jury…
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NY Knicks Forward Cleanthony Early Is Robbed and Shot in the Knee
New York Knicks forward Cleanthony Early was robbed and shot early Wednesday morning after leaving a strip club in the Queens borough of New York City. Around 4 a.m., the 24-year-old left the CityScapes Gentlemen’s Club in the Maspeth neighborhood in an Uber car. The car was followed and eventually surrounded by several vehicles, out…
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Family of Jahi McMath, Teen Declared Brain-Dead 2 Years Ago, Fights to Void Death Certificate
Two years after an Oakland, Calif., teen was declared brain-dead following tonsil-surgery complications, the family is still fighting to void the death certificate that was issued, the New York Daily News reports. Jahi McMath was declared brain-dead in December 2013 after surgery to cure her sleep apnea. Hospital officials wanted to remove her from life…
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‘Affluenza’ Teen Had Party Before He Fled to Mexico; Was Captured After Calling for Pizza Delivery: Report
A desire for the comforts of home is apparently what led Mexican police to the doorstep of fugitive “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother: The pair reportedly used a cellphone to order from Domino’s Pizza, according to the New York Daily News. The Texas teen gained national attention after a 2013 fatal drunken-driving crash…
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Bill Cosby Arraigned in 2004 Sexual Assault Case
Updated Wednesday, Dec. 30, 3 p.m. EST: Bill Cosby was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in an Elkins Park, Pa., courtroom, ABC News reports, to answer to charges of alleged aggravated indecent assault. According to the report, the bail for the fallen comedian was set at $1 million, and he also turned over his passport to the…
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Homeless NYC Family Moved From Shelter After Child Threatened, Called ‘N–ger’
A New York City family was moved from a shelter in the Elmhurst section of the borough of Queens after their child was reportedly spit on, called a “n—ger” and taunted for living in a homeless facility. According to DNAinfo New York, the child, whose name was withheld by the news site, was inside a…
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World Health Organization Declares the End of Ebola in Guinea
The World Health Organization recently declared Guinea free of Ebola transmission, and Guineans plan to celebrate. The West African country was the site where the original Ebola chain of transmission began two years ago. A menacing disease, it spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and seven additional countries. According to the New York Times, the December…
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Antonio LeGrier: My Son ‘Was Still Alive and Moving and No One Assisted Him’
The father of Quintonio LeGrier, the 19-year-old who was fatally shot alongside his 55-year-old neighbor by Chicago police last week, filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that the officer shot his son without justification. According to CNN, Antonio LeGrier filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on Monday. In addition to claiming that the…
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Tamir Rice’s Mother Cried So Hard She Could Barely Speak After Grand Jury Did Not Indict Officers Involved in Son’s Death
The mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice was so devastated that a grand jury refused to indict the two Cleveland cops involved in her child’s death that she cried until she could barely speak, her lawyer said, according to WKYC-TV. Rice’s lawyer, Subodh Chandra, said that both he and the grieving mother believe that Cuyahoga County,…