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Protests erupted Sunday in Minneapolis after witnesses said an officer shot a handcuffed black man. Around 12:45 a.m., police were responding to an assault call that escalated to a “help” call when the suspect reportedly returned to the area, “confronting paramedics and disrupting their ability to render aid,” according to a police statement viewed by…

Jonathan Dotson Sr., 31, was shot and killed Nov. 7, his body left in a New Orleans house that was under construction. Alonia Singleton, a crime-lab technician, had been called out to photograph the crime scene when she recognized the victim’s tattoo. Before Dotson’s body was placed in a body bag, Singleton asked if the…

The Cleveland police officers who fatally shot Tamir Rice filed a legal motion Friday to dismiss the medical-indifference claim alleged in the wrongful death lawsuit of Tamir’s family, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.   Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback argued in the motion (pdf) that they “did not show a deliberate indifference to…

Foreign policy was the primary focus of Saturday night’s Democratic presidential debate in Iowa. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fielded tough questions on the night following the terrorist attack in Paris, NBC reports.    Clinton has more foreign policy experience than rivals Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. Yet…

Virginia’s attorney general lacks the authority to take over the investigation into Linwood Lambert Jr.’s death, his spokeswoman said, according to the Associated Press. MSNBC was first to obtain a video that shows South Boston, Va., police officers shooting a handcuffed Lambert, 46, multiple times with Tasers. The incident happened in 2013, and black leaders…

On Saturday, Baltimore’s law-enforcement officials recorded the city’s 300th homicide, the Associated Press reports. “This challenging moment shall pass if we reject blame and embrace the hope, dreams, and promise of a great American city. Baltimore will win again, 2015 will not define us, and the nation will once again see our city for the…

Amid innumerable tales of horror in the aftermath of coordinated terror attacks in Paris on Friday night emerges an unbelievable story of survival that was propelled only by fate. A man identified as Sylvestre told On Demand News that he was standing outside the Stade de France stadium after ending a call on his Samsung…

After threats of violence surfaced online this week against black students at the University of Missouri, a local NAACP chapter has opened a confidential telephone hotline that will allow students to report threats immediately, according to the Huffington Post. The NAACP’s Jefferson City branch said Friday that students can call 844-NAACP-HELP if they need assistance.…