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Dismembered Black Child Found in Chicago’s Garfield Park Lagoon
The body parts that have been recovered from the lagoon in Chicago’s Garfield Park over the Labor Day weekend belong to an African-American child thought to be between 2 and 3 years old, medical examiners announced on Monday, according to CBS Chicago. According to the report, authorities recovered the body parts of a child, including…
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Baltimore Agrees to $6,400,000 Settlement With the Family of Freddie Gray
The city of Baltimore has agreed to a proposed $6.4 million wrongful death settlement in the case of Freddie Gray, who died in April from an injury sustained while he was in police custody, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, officials could announce the details of the proposed deal as early as Tuesday,…
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Lawyer for NY Governor Critically Wounded in Shooting Before West Indian Day Parade
Carey Gabay, 43, a lawyer advising the administration of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was clinging to life after a gunman fired several shots into a crowd gathered early Monday morning before the start of the West Indian Day Parade in New York City. According to the New York Daily News, Gabay was shot in the…
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NC Teen Charged as Adult Faces 10 Years in Prison for Having Naked Photos of Himself and Teen Girlfriend
A North Carolina teen is being charged as an adult and facing 10 years in prison for having and sharing naked photos of his girlfriend. In case you missed that, Cormega Copening, 17, is being charged as an adult and facing a decade in prison for possessing naked photos of himself and his 16-year-old girlfriend,…
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Ohio Parents Publicize Daughter's Heroin Overdose to Spark Dialogue
When 18-year-old Allison Shuemake died in late August, her parents, Dorothy and Fred, could have kept the cause a secret. But according to Cleveland.com the Middletown Ohio couple chose the rare step of publicizing her heroin overdose in hopes of shining some light on the drug plague that is claiming so many lives in their…
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Watch: Black Man Pulled Over in RI for Driving With Air Freshener in Windshield
A video of a Providence, R.I., white officer stopping a 23-year-old black man for driving with an air freshener dangling from his car windshield has gone viral. Dana Harris Jr. uploaded a cellphone video on YouTube after he was stopped in Mount Hope, R.I., by Providence Officer Brian Murphy on Aug. 24, according to Raw…
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Ga. Brothers Accused of Stabbing and Beating Parents in Death Plot
Two brothers were arrested Saturday on charges of brutally beating their parents and trying to set their home on fire in Snellville, Ga., a suburb just outside of Atlanta, reports the New York Daily News. Cameron Ervin, 17, and Christopher Ervin, 22, were arrested at their parent’s home and each charged with two felony counts…
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White Mom Mistakenly Impregnated With Black Man’s Sperm Loses Court Battle
Saying it lacked legal merit, an Illinois judge last week dismissed a white mother’s lawsuit against a sperm bank after she was accidentally impregnated with the semen of an African-American man, according to the Washington Post. The mother, Jennifer Cramblett of Uniontown, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Midwest Sperm Bank after she was artificially…
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Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Christian Taylor Was Hired After 2 Rejections
The former Arlington, Texas cop who shot and killed a football player last month had been rejected twice by the Arlington Police Department before he was hired on the third try, according to the New York Daily News. Brad Miller, 49, was fired in August by the police department after he shot and killed unarmed…
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Fla. Teen Flees Cop Because He Does Not ‘Like White People Touching’ Him
A 19-year-old Florida man suspected of possessing marijuana reportedly tried to run from an officer with the Clearwater Police Department this week because, well, he doesn’t like “white people touching” him and “white people do weird stuff,” according to the Smoking Gun. Officer Joseph May was in a gas station convenience store in Clearwater, Fla.,…