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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,…
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Chicago Judge Orders Release of Video Showing Teen Being Shot 16 Times by Police; Boy’s Mom Worries Footage May Cause Unrest
A Chicago judge has ordered police to release by Wednesday dash-cam video that reportedly shows the fatal October 2014 police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times, the Huffington Post reports. Laquan’s family say that they believe the teen was walking away when he was shot and that he may have been…
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DC to Pay $16,650,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 27 Years
Police framed Donald Eugene Gates for the 1981 rape and murder of Catherine T. Schilling in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., and he was sentenced in 1982 to life in prison. In 2009, after Gates had spent 27 years behind bars for the crime, DNA evidence cleared him of the Georgetown University student’s death.…
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SD Man Who Killed Adrian Peterson’s Son Gets Life in Prison
Joseph Patterson will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s 2-year-old son. Patterson, 29, was convicted of second-degree murder in September and was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in South Dakota, the Associated Press reports. According to AP, an autopsy concluded that the…