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Darrien Hunt’s Mom Rejects $900,000 Settlement in Son’s Police Shooting Death
The mother of a 22-year-old man who was killed by police last year in Saratoga Springs, Utah, has rejected a $900,000 offer to settle her lawsuit against the city and two officers, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Susan Hunt told the news outlet that the deal contained an unacceptable provision, a requirement that she refrain…
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Serena Williams Upset at US Open, Falls Short of Grand Slam
A stunned Serena Williams quickly ran off the court after her dreams of pulling off a calendar-year grand slam—a feat that hasn’t been accomplished since Steffi Graf in 1988—were dashed when Williams was bounced from the U.S. Open Friday by a 300-1 underdog. According to NBC News, little-known Roberta Vinci, 32, an unseeded Italian ranked No.…
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Watch: Video Released of James Blake Arrest; NYPD Cop Involved Has Been Sued Before for Excessive Force
On Wednesday, former tennis superstar James Blake made news when he was tackled by an undercover New York City police officer and taken to the ground, suffering cuts in the incident, which stemmed from mistaken identity in a credit card fraud case. Turns out that the officer, identified as James Frascatore, has been sued four…
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Police Told to ‘Be on Lookout’ for Black Lives Matter Attacks on 9/11: Report
Police officers in the U.S. have reportedly been warned to be on high alert for Friday’s anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, conservative-leaning media have reported, according to the International Business Times. The alerts were reportedly based on death threats coming from activists who claim to be associated with Black Lives Matter, although the severity…
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Ore. Police Officer Who Turned in Chief for Racist Comments Says He’s Received Death Threats
An Oregon police officer who outed his chief for making racist remarks in response to a black woman’s complaints is now claiming that he and his family are fearful for their lives, Agence France-Presse reports. Clatskanie, Ore., Police Officer Dustin Alex Stone says that he has received death threats from the community and has been…
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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Will Not Seek Re-Election: Report
It’s been a whirlwind week of news coming out of Baltimore surrounding the Freddie Gray case. In the latest development, embattled Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who has been dealing with the fallout since Gray’s in-custody death and subsequent protests and riots in April, has announced that she has no further plans to seek re-election, the Baltimore…
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Black Girl Called ‘Lazy Lucy’: Minn. Residents Upset After School Texts Full of Racist Stereotypes
The Minneapolis school board paid for a series of books that it hoped would be part of a new reading curriculum for kids. But many teachers were shocked to find books rife with stereotypes, including a drawing of a black girl called “Lazy Lucy” and Kenyans being described as being able to “run very fast.”…
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Black Women, Girls Trigger My PTSD: Iowa Man Who Called Black Girls Racial Slurs
Patrick Tomkins, 43, was arrested at his Iowa home Sunday after he reportedly approached several African-American girls at a school playground and began calling them racial slurs, asking if they wanted to fight and holding himself. According to the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Tomkins told police that Saturday’s reported incident at Prescott Elementary School took place…
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Va. Sheriff’s Office Releases Video of Deputies Restraining Natasha McKenna
The Fairfax County, Va., Sheriff’s Office has finally released video of deputies’ ultimately fatal encounter with Natasha McKenna, who later died after being shocked four times with a Taser, even as she was fully restrained, NBC Washington reports. In the video, deputies dressed in biohazard suits can be seen attempting to restrain McKenna, who suffered…
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Officers’ Trials in Freddie Gray Case to Stay in Baltimore
The trials for the six police officers charged in the ultimately fatal arrest of Freddie Gray will remain in Baltimore, a judge ruled on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams brushed off arguments from the officers’ attorneys claiming that it would be hard to choose unbiased jurors in the city…