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San Francisco Police Fatally Shoot Suspect
On Wednesday, San Francisco police fatally shot a suspect who had a knife in the Bayview District, CBS San Francisco reports. According to authorities, the man was allegedly involved in a stabbing earlier and was eventually caught by police. Police Chief Greg Suhr said that when officers attempted to detain him with nonlethal force, shooting…
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Active Shooter Reported in San Bernardino, Calif.; Multiple Victims Reported
Authorities are responding to an “active shooter” situation in San Bernardino, Calif., involving up to three suspects that has left at least 12 people dead and multiple injuries, NBC Los Angeles reports. The shooting was reported inside a social center—the Inland Regional Center—that serves people with developmental disabilities, the report notes, according to the local…
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Tenn. Officers Surprise Young Boy Who Had His Xbox Stolen in a Home Burglary
Four Memphis, Tenn., police officers gave back a little when they surprised an 11-year-old boy with a new Xbox after his old one was stolen from his home. According to the Memphis Police Department’s Facebook page, the child and his mother, who were not identified, returned home from church Sunday afternoon to find that their…
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Majority-Black Jury Selected in 1st Freddie Gray Trial
A majority-black jury will decide the fate of Baltimore City Police Officer William Porter, who was one of the officers indicted in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, on Wednesday, court officials announced that eight black jurors and four white jurors will determine whether Porter—who has been…
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Man Charged in Case of Toddler Burned to Death in Oven Speaks Out: ‘I’m Not a Bad Person’
A Texas man who was charged in the gruesome death of a toddler who was found severely burned after her siblings put her inside an oven acknowledged that he and the children’s mother left them alone, but only for a short while, KHOU-TV reports. In an interview with the news station, Cornell Malone, 21, admitted…
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Black Alum Charged With Making Fake Threats Against Black Students at Kean University
A Kean University alum has been charged with making false threats against black students at the school last month and is facing one count of creating a false public alarm, the Associated Press reports. Kayla-Simone McKelvey, a New Jersey resident and self-proclaimed activist, allegedly participated in a Nov. 17 rally concerning racial issues but then…
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Chicago Police Superintendent Out, Fired Amid Laquan McDonald Video Controversy
Someone had to go, and according to the Chicago Sun-Times, the someone is Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, who was reportedly fired by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Tuesday amid multiple controversies involving the Chicago Police Department. “He has become an issue, rather than dealing with the issue, and a distraction,” Emanuel said, according to the…
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Suspect Arrested for Threatening to Shoot 16 White Men at the University of Chicago
Law-enforcement officials arrested a suspect accused of threatening to kill white men at the University of Chicago, CNN reports. Jabari Dean, 21, allegedly posted his threat on social media over the Thanksgiving weekend. It stated that he would shoot 16 white male students or staff at the campus Monday morning. The message noted that the…
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Police Officer Charged With Gunning Down Laquan McDonald Is Out on Bail
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke walked out of jail Monday night after posting $150,000 bail—that’s 10 percent of his $1.5 million bond, USA Today reports. Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder for gunning down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald last year. The police dash-cam video of the shooting, released just last week by a judge’s order,…
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Tamir Rice’s Mother and Siblings Testify Before Grand Jury
Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer, testified Monday before the grand jury investigating the case, WKYC reports. The family’s attorney, Subodh Chandra, released a statement following her appearance, which lasted less than 90 minutes. “Ms. Rice told the grand jury about how she learned about…