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Minneapolis Protesters Demand Prosecution of Police Officers Who Fatally Shot Black Man
Protesters encamped at a Minneapolis police station demanded the prosecution of the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, the Associated Press reports. Mel Reeves, a longtime Minneapolis civil rights activist, told AP on Saturday night that witness statements are enough to get the process started. He said the officers…
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Watch: Trump Supporters Attack Black Activist at Ala. Rally
A black activist was attacked Saturday during a speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Birmingham, Ala., according to CBS News. Several recordings show Trump supporters pushing the man and kicking him to the ground. Before the melee, the unnamed man appeared to be shouting “Black lives matter,” which was also…
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Deranged Woman Accused of Cutting Baby From Womb of NYC Mom
Angelikque Sutton, 22, and Ashleigh Wade, 22, were classmates in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, N.Y., relatives tell the New York Daily News. They recently rekindled their friendship after Wade reached out to Sutton, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant and preparing for the baby’s arrival Dec. 2. She was registered at thebump.com for items…
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Watch: ‘Knockout’ Video Released in Racist Attack of Elderly Texas Man
The Department of Justice on Friday released a video of a “knockout game” attack against an elderly black man by a white man in a hate crime that resulted in the 29-year-old receiving a six-year federal prison sentence, according to CNN. Last month Conrad Alvin Barrett, 29, of Katy, Texas, was sentenced to six years…
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Princeton Weighs Removing Woodrow Wilson’s Name From Campus Over Racist Ties
Student protests at Princeton University have prompted officials to consider renaming buildings dedicated to former President Woodrow Wilson, who supported racial segregation, which was part of public policy at the time, mostly in Southern states, reports Reuters. The decision came after chief administrators signed a deal late Thursday with student demonstrators to end a 32-hour…
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Mali Forces Search for More Than 3 Suspects in Deadly Hotel Attack
At least three suspects are being searched for by Malian security forces after allegedly unleashing a deadly assault Friday at the Radisson Blu hotel, killing 27 people, including an American health worker, according to the Associated Press. President Barack Obama said Friday that U.S. officials were still trying to account for other Americans “who may…
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The Life and Legacy of Tech Innovator Hank Williams to Be Celebrated in NY
The life and works of tech entrepreneur Hank Williams, who worked tirelessly to champion diversity in the ever-growing technology field, is to be celebrated Saturday at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City at 9 a.m. Williams, 50, died Sunday following a battle with pneumonia and myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart, which left…
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Miami Teen, 15, Shot Dead While Walking Home From School
A Miami mother is looking for answers, and Miami-Dade police are looking for suspects, in the shooting death of a Miami teenager walking home from school, CBS Miami reports. Johnny Lubin Jr., a 15-year-old freshman at Miami Northwestern Senior High, was walking home when he was shot twice around 4 p.m. Wednesday. “This juvenile was…
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Portraits of Harvard Law School’s Black Professors Defaced
Photos of Harvard Law School’s black professors hanging up at the school were apparently targeted by an unidentified vandal early Thursday, and now the incident is being investigated as a hate crime, according to law-school Dean Martha Minow, WCVB reports. Black tape was reportedly placed over the pictures of black professors—apparently only the black professors—outside…
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Donald Trump Hires Black Republican Earl Phillip as NC State Director
Donald Trump has gone on a hiring spree, tapping several individuals as he expands his campaign. Most notably he has been hiring quite a few black Republicans, including Tea Partier Katrina Pierson, who now serves as national spokesperson. On Thursday he announced that Earl Phillip had joined his team as his North Carolina state director,…