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Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down Bernie Sanders’ Seattle Rally
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, whose shooting helped catapult a movement against police violence onto the global stage, protesters overtook a presidential rally to continue to make their voices heard. Activists associated with Black Lives Matter took over the stage at a rally for Vermont Sen. Bernie…
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Report: Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed College Student Christian Taylor Was Still in Training
A 49-year-old Texas officer with just 11 months on the job shot and killed unarmed college student Christian Taylor, 19, who police claim broke into a car dealership early Friday morning, according to the Dallas Morning News. Arlington Police Officer Brad Miller, 49, started in the department in September, the report says. Until now his…
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Watch: Dash-Cam Video Adds Details to Jonathan Ferrell’s Shooting by Police
Police dash-cam video footage released this week sheds new light on events leading up to the slaying of unarmed Jonathan Ferrell, who was shot and killed by an officer in September 2013 while seeking help after a car accident, according to NBC News. Randall Kerrick, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police officer who shot and killed Ferrell,…
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Police Facebook Group Mocks Death of Michael Brown
A police Facebook group reportedly posted a mocking memorial tribute to Michael Brown, the unarmed teen whose death last year in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a movement against police violence against blacks, according to Raw Story. Ahead of the first anniversary of Brown’s Aug. 9 death at the hands of then-Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, the Facebook…
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Nick Gordon Accused of Giving Bobbi Kristina Brown a ‘Toxic Cocktail’
Just a week after 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown was laid to rest amid extreme family drama comes this: an allegation that she was killed. Her court-appointed conservator, Bedelia Hargrove, on Friday amended a lawsuit to add a wrongful death claim alleging that Brown’s longtime boyfriend, Nick Gordon, gave her a “toxic cocktail” after an argument…
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19-Year-Old Unarmed College Student Fatally Shot by Texas Police
Arlington, Texas, police fatally shot a 19-year-old college student who they claim broke into a car dealership early Friday morning, but some members of the dead man’s family find the police version of the story hard to believe. According to the Star-Telegram, around 1 a.m. Friday, police were notified of a burglary in progress at…
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Brooklyn, NY, Man Accused of Stabbing 2 Children in Elevator Doesn’t Want Psych Exam
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man who is facing life is prison since being charged with stabbing two children in an elevator, denied needing a psychiatric evaluation and insists that he is innocent, the New York Daily News reports. Daniel St. Hubert steadfastly denied needing a second mental evaluation, countering his lawyer’s request. “I’d like to refuse…
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5 Takeaways From the 1st GOP Debates
Unless you were living under some virtual (or literal) rock, you should already know that the first Republican debates occurred last night on Fox News. There were actually two: The first one, with the seven “second tier” candidates, aired on Fox News earlier in the evening. The second one, in prime time, featured the top…
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Kalief Browder’s Family Plans $20,000,000 Lawsuit Against NYC
In May 2010, Kalief Browder, then 16, was stopped and arrested on a New York City street for reportedly stealing a backpack. Browder’s family was unable to pay Browder’s bail, and although no charges were filed against Browder, he spent some three years in the jail at Rikers Island. While locked away, he endured beatings from prisoners…
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Pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church Considering Run for US Senate: Report
The pastor of Atlanta’s renowned Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was once headed by Martin Luther King Jr., is considering a run for U.S. Senate, which would pit him directly against Republican Sen. John Isakson, who will be running for his third term, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Rev. Raphael Warnock, 46, in an exclusive interview,…