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Texas Trooper Violated Policy in Sandra Bland Arrest
A trooper violated Texas Department of Public Safety procedures and the agency’s courtesy policy when he stopped Sandra Bland, who was jailed and days later was found dead in her cell in what police are calling an apparent suicide, reports Reuters. The trooper has been put on desk duty during an investigation by the FBI…
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Ex-NFL Player Buster Barnett’s Wife Slain in Grisly Love Triangle
The mistress of former NFL player Buster Barnett reportedly killed his wife and herself after a miles-long police chase from Georgia into Alabama, according to 11Alive, WXIA. Lisa Brown reportedly kidnapped Sandra Barnett, 49, at her Ellenwood, Ga., home just outside Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon, escaping in a Dodge Durango reportedly owned by Buster Barnett.…
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Boom for Whom? Making Sure Blacks Aren’t Left in the Dark When It Comes to Solar Energy
Van Jones started Green for All, a national nongovernmental organization focused on building a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, because he saw a simple demand and an easy solution to it. There were people in communities of color who needed jobs and, to Jones, the most important work to be done…
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Detroit Mom Who Killed Children and Put Their Bodies in the Freezer Sentenced to Life
Mitchelle Blair, the Detroit woman who killed two of her four children and stuffed their bodies in the freezer, was sentenced to life in prison Friday and told the judge, “I don’t regret none of this. … I don’t feel no remorse for the death of them demons.” According to the New York Daily News,…
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Gunman Opens Fire in Tenn.: 4 Marines Dead, 3 Other People Injured
On Thursday a man driving a rented silver Ford Mustang convertible pulled up to a military recruitment center in Chattanooga, Tenn., and fired several shots. He then drove some seven miles to the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center and opened fire again, this time killing four Marines. Three people, including a…
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Obama Becomes 1st Sitting President to Visit Prison; Pushes Reform
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 46 people serving lengthy jail terms for nonviolent drug offenses. On Thursday, Obama continued his commitment to prison reform when he became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. According to the Associated Press, Obama visited with staff and inmates at the…
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Sandra Bland May Have Suffered From Depression, PTSD
Sandra Bland used Facebook as a diary of sorts. She would post stream of consciousness videos on a variety of topics, from going natural with her hair to the Black Lives Matter movement. She called the videos “Sandy Speaks.” She called her viewers “kings and queens.” Some five months before she would be found dead…
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Everything We Know About Sandra Bland
Sandra Bland was found dead Monday while in the custody of a Waller County, Texas, jail. Police have called her death a suicide, claiming that she died from “self-inflicted asphyxiation.” Her family and friends insist that the 28-year-old, an outspoken voice against police brutality who was on her way to begin a new job in Texas,…
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18-Year-Old Ala. Inmate Hanged Herself in Jail, Authorities Say
An 18-year-old Alabama girl reportedly took her own life while being held at a local jail, AL.com reports. Kindra Darnell Chapman was reportedly booked at Homewood City Jail Tuesday at around 6:22 p.m. on a first-degree-robbery charge for allegedly taking a cellphone from another individual. She was last seen alive at 6:30 p.m. Jailers found…
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Mayor in Wash. State Calls Michelle Obama ‘Gorilla Face,’ Refuses to Step Down: Report
The mayor of a city in Spokane County, Wash., reportedly took to his private Facebook account to make racist comments about both the president and first lady, and now county officials and residents are calling for him to step down. According to KXLY, Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing allegedly posted a comment on his Facebook…