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In May 2014, Ray Tensing, the University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder in the death of Sam Dubose, stopped a vehicle carrying two young black men. The bumper was dragging on the car Sexton Henley was driving. Demetrius Pace was a passenger. The two believed the officer was harassing them, so Pace started…

Memphis, Tenn., police are searching for Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, in the fatal shooting of Officer Sean Bolton after the officer reportedly interrupted a small-time drug deal. According to the Associated Press, Wilbourn has been identified as a suspect and faces a first-degree-murder charge in the 33-year-old officer’s death. Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong told those…

President Barack Obama has done nothing for African Americans and “set the bar very low,” according to Donald Trump, who also says he thinks Obama’s done such a bad job, there won’t be another black president for a long time. In an interview with ABC News Sunday, the Republican presidential candidate said that President Obama…

Former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin wants to make it clear that he doesn’t believe his ex-football coach is a racist; he just feels that he has trouble relating to men of “our culture.” Boykin explained to CSN Philly in a series of text messages that he wasn’t trying to call Chip Kelly a bigot,…

Who said protesting is ineffective? Since Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Mo., was shot and killed Aug. 9, 2014, by white then-Officer Darren Wilson, lawmakers in nearly every state have proposed changes to the way police deal with the public, according to the Associated Press. An analysis by AP shows that 24…

On Sunday, Memphis, Tenn., police investigators searched for a suspect in the death of a 33-year-old officer who was shot during a routine traffic stop, reports the Associated Press. Officer Sean Bolton, who was shot multiple times, died after he was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. No arrests have been made, and the…

Two University of Cincinnati police officers who arrived on the scene after a colleague fatally shot Samuel Dubose will not be charged, according to the Associated Press. A Hamilton County grand jury on Friday failed to indict officers Phillip Kidd and David Lindenschmidt, the report says. The decision, which reinforces the blue wall of silence,…

NAACP leaders on Saturday kicked off a 40-day Journey for Justice march across the South, beginning with a rally in Selma, Ala., a city that played a pivotal role in the the 1960s civil rights movement, according to the Associated Press. The goal of the march is to “call attention to the issue of racial…