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Report: Mo. Police Disproportionately Stop and Search Black Drivers
Missouri police were more likely to stop and search black drivers than white drivers in 2014, yet they were more likely to find contraband with white drivers, an annual Missouri attorney general report reveals, according to the New York Times. According to the report, police were 75 percent more likely to stop black motorists than…
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Did Fla. Police Lie About Jermaine McBean Not Wearing Earbuds During Fatal Shooting?
On July 13, 2013, 33-year-old Jermaine McBean had just purchased a BB gun from a Florida store and was headed home when police spotted him. Police say McBean ignored their orders to drop the weapon, so they fired shots, killing the information-technology specialist. A nurse on the scene that day says that police stopped her…
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Va. Mom Searches for Answers in Teen Son’s Unexplained Fatal Shooting by Police
William Chapman’s family believes that his case is akin to that of Michael Brown. However, unlike Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo., in August, Chapman’s April 22 death barely made a wave among activists and the media, The Guardian reports. “I feel alone,” Chapman’s mother, Sallie, told the news site. “Because my son is gone and because…
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Devon Still’s Daughter Experiences Setback in Her Battle Against Cancer
Devon Still is urging all of us to keep his 5-year-old daughter in our thoughts. On Friday he tweeted, “I need some prayers sent up for Leah tonight! We hit a pretty serious complication from the stem cell … ” Just two months after announcing that she’s in remission from cancer, the Cincinnati Bengals defensive…
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Tracy Morgan Speaks for the 1st Time Since His Accident
An emotional Tracy Morgan spoke with Today’s Matt Lauer for the first time since a 2014 accident in which, police say, the driver of a Wal-Mart delivery truck didn’t see slow-moving traffic and crashed into the back of Morgan’s limousine. The accident, which happened on the New Jersey Turnpike as Morgan and friends were returning…
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Racist Dr. Seuss Drawing Fails to Draw Bids at Auction
Before Dr. Seuss became a popular children’s author, he apparently worked as an illustrator of racist cartoons. Now one of the works is up for auction as his legacy take a major blow. In a 1929 illustration for Judge magazine, he depicted black people for sale with a racist sign in the image’s background, according…
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NJ Cops in Fatal Library Shooting Allege Suspect Charged at Them With Knife
Thirty-six-year-old Kevin Allen allegedly brandished a knife and charged at police during an altercation that led to his fatal shooting at a public library that took place in broad daylight in front of students who were there to study, according to The Guardian. Lyndhurst, N.J., Police Chief James O’Connor announced Saturday at a late-night news…
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Beau Biden, Vice President’s Son, Dies of Brain Cancer
Joseph “Beau” Biden III, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, died Saturday after a long battle with brain cancer, according to the Washington Post. Biden, 46, the oldest son of the vice president, had been admitted recently to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., the report says. “The entire Biden family…