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US Supreme Court to Examine Racial Bias in Jury-Selection Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will be looking into racial prejudice in jury selection Monday, with the justices considering a case of a black teenager who was sentenced to death by an all-white jury in Georgia, The Guardian reports. According to the report, lawyers bringing forth the appeal on behalf of Timothy Foster, who admitted to…
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Okla. Mayor Apologizes After Husband, Friends Dress Up as KKK, Carry Burning Torches
The husband of a mayor in Oklahoma thought it would just be a hilarious laugh when he and friends donned white sheets to dress up as the Ku Klux Klan, complete with burning torches. Lahoma, Okla., Mayor Theresa Sharp is now apologizing for her husband Cary Sharp’s actions, which prompted alarm in their neighborhood, KOCO…
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Report: Hundreds of Cops Had Law-Enforcement Licenses Revoked for Sexual Offenses
The Associated Press has found that about 1,000 police officers have had their law-enforcement licenses revoked for sexual misconduct while in uniform. AP based its yearlong study on a state-by-state search of decertification records. It covered a six-year period, 2009-2014, during which 550 officers lost their license for rape, extorting citizens into performing sexual acts…
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Police Arrest Black Suspect in St. Louis-Area Church Fires
The police say they believe they’ve caught the person who torched churches in the St. Louis area. Authorities announced Friday the arrest of David Lopez Jackson, who has been charged with the arson of two churches, according to the Washington Post. “Hopefully, there are more charges coming,” said St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, referring…
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Corey Jones Laid to Rest
Scores of people gathered Saturday at Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in West Palm Beach, Fla., to say their final farewells to Corey Jones. He was laid to rest, with his drumsticks inside his casket, during a nearly four-hour funeral, the Sun-Sentinel reports. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Police Officer Nouman Raja killed Jones in…
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Medical Examiner Releases Autopsy Report of Amonderez Green
St. Louis County Police said Saturday that the county medical examiner’s autopsy concluded that Amonderez Green died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound under the chin, the Associated Press reports. The bullet was fired from a .38-caliber revolver, which is the same type of gun that police said Green used during a shootout with them. According…
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Judge Dismisses Manslaughter Charge Against Texas Cop in Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
A federal judge in Texas this week dismissed a manslaughter charge against a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 32-year-old black man after an attempted bank robbery in 2013, according to the Washington Post. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel dismissed the charge against Charles Kleinert in the shooting death of Larry Jackson Jr. in Austin,…
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NYC EMT Suspended for Helping 7-Year-Old Girl Who Was Choking
A New York City EMT has been suspended after stopping his ambulance to rush to the aid of a choking 7-year-old girl at a public elementary school without having been dispatched to the scene, according to Fox News. Despite Qwasi Reid’s valiant effort, the girl, Noelia Echavarria, a second-grader at P.S. 250 in Brooklyn, was declared…
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Watch: Spring Valley Students Stage Walkout to Back Fired Resource Deputy
About 50 students at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., walked out of class Friday in a show of support for a fired school resource officer who was recorded attacking a 16-year-old student in a viral video, according to Fox 57. The walkout occurred about 10 a.m. to show support for school resource officer…
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Clinton Atlanta Rally Interrupted by Black Lives Matter Supporters Singing, ‘Hell You Talmbout’
Supporters of Black Lives Matter interrupted a Hillary Clinton rally in Atlanta Friday, breaking out into chants of “Black lives matter” and also singing the popular anthem by Janelle Monáe and Wondaland, “Hell You Talmbout,” which is dedicated to the movement. NBC News reports that while the Democratic presidential hopeful was talking about civil rights and…